Singapore vs Türkiye: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 100% in Singapore and 89.5% in Türkiye, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 10.5 percentage points, or 1.12 times that in Türkiye.

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% of people · UN

SingaporeTürkiyeUN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)

What the numbers say

Singapore has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts Singapore at 100% and Türkiye at 91.4% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Singapore	Türkiye
2025	100	89.5
2024	100	89.3
2023	100	89
2022	100	89
2021	100	89.2
2020	100	88.9
2019	100	88.7
2018	100	88.2
2017	100	88
2016	100	88.1
2015	100	87.2
2014	100	83.6
2013	100	78.5
2012	100	73.8
2011	100	71
2010	100	69.4
2009	100	67.8
2008	100	66.5
2007	100	65.3
2006	100	64.3
2005	100	63.3
2004	100	62.4
2003	100	61.6
2002	100	60.7
2001	100	59.9
2000	100	59
1999	100	58.1
1998	100	57.3
1997	100	56.5
1996	100	55.8
1995	100	55.1
1994	100	54.3
1993	100	53.6
1992	100	52.8
1991	100	52
1990	100	51
1989	100	50
1988	100	49
1987	100	47.8
1986	100	46.7
1985	100	45.6
1984	100	44.4
1983	100	43.2
1982	100	42
1981	100	40.9
1980	100	39.9
1979	100	39
1978	100	38.1
1977	100	37.2
1976	100	36.4
1975	100	35.4
1974	100	34.4
1973	100	33.4
1972	100	32.3
1971	100	31.3
1970	100	30.3
1969	100	29.2
1968	100	28.1
1967	100	27
1966	100	26.1
1965	100	25.4
1964	100	24.9
1963	100	24.5
1962	100	24.1
1961	100	23.8
1960	100	23.4
1959	100	23.1
1958	100	22.7
1957	100	22.3
1956	100	21.8
1955	100	21.2
1954	100	20.2
1953	100	18.9
1952	100	17.6
1951	100	16.5
1950	100	15.6

UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050

Year	Singapore	Türkiye
2026	100	89.6
2027	100	89.8
2028	100	89.9
2029	100	90.1
2030	100	90.2
2031	100	90.3
2032	100	90.4
2033	100	90.5
2034	100	90.6
2035	100	90.7
2036	100	90.8
2037	100	90.9
2038	100	90.9
2039	100	91
2040	100	91.1
2041	100	91.1
2042	100	91.2
2043	100	91.2
2044	100	91.2
2045	100	91.3
2046	100	91.3
2047	100	91.3
2048	100	91.3
2049	100	91.4
2050	100	91.4

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The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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