Singapore vs United Arab Emirates: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 100% in Singapore and 86% in United Arab Emirates, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 14 percentage points, or 1.16 times that in United Arab Emirates.

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% of people · UN

SingaporeUnited Arab EmiratesUN 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 United Arab Emirates at 87.9% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Singapore	United Arab Emirates
2025	100	86
2024	100	85.8
2023	100	85.7
2022	100	85.5
2021	100	85.4
2020	100	85.2
2019	100	85
2018	100	84.9
2017	100	84.7
2016	100	84.5
2015	100	84.3
2014	100	84.1
2013	100	84
2012	100	83.8
2011	100	83.6
2010	100	83.4
2009	100	83.2
2008	100	83
2007	100	82.8
2006	100	82.6
2005	100	82.2
2004	100	81.5
2003	100	80.9
2002	100	80.3
2001	100	79.8
2000	100	79.3
1999	100	78.9
1998	100	78.6
1997	100	78.4
1996	100	78.3
1995	100	78.3
1994	100	78.3
1993	100	78.4
1992	100	78.4
1991	100	78.6
1990	100	78.7
1989	100	78.8
1988	100	79
1987	100	79.2
1986	100	79.3
1985	100	79.5
1984	100	79.7
1983	100	80
1982	100	80.3
1981	100	80.7
1980	100	81.1
1979	100	81.8
1978	100	82.6
1977	100	83.4
1976	100	83.9
1975	100	83.9
1974	100	83.7
1973	100	83.2
1972	100	82.6
1971	100	82
1970	100	81.2
1969	100	80.5
1968	100	79.8
1967	100	79.2
1966	100	78.5
1965	100	77.8
1964	100	77.1
1963	100	76.3
1962	100	75.5
1961	100	74.5
1960	100	73.5
1959	100	72.3
1958	100	70.9
1957	100	69.4
1956	100	67.7
1955	100	65.8
1954	100	63.8
1953	100	61.6
1952	100	59.4
1951	100	57
1950	100	54.5

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

Year	Singapore	United Arab Emirates
2026	100	86.1
2027	100	86.2
2028	100	86.4
2029	100	86.5
2030	100	86.6
2031	100	86.7
2032	100	86.8
2033	100	87
2034	100	87.1
2035	100	87.2
2036	100	87.2
2037	100	87.3
2038	100	87.4
2039	100	87.5
2040	100	87.6
2041	100	87.6
2042	100	87.7
2043	100	87.7
2044	100	87.8
2045	100	87.8
2046	100	87.8
2047	100	87.9
2048	100	87.9
2049	100	87.9
2050	100	87.9

Each country on its own

Good to know

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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Deaths in conflictsSingapore: 0 deaths in 2022United Arab Emirates: 3 deaths in 2022