Singapore vs United Kingdom: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 100% in Singapore and 83.3% in United Kingdom, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 16.7 percentage points, or 1.2 times that in United Kingdom.

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% of people · UN

SingaporeUnited KingdomUN 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 Kingdom at 84.4% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Singapore	United Kingdom
2025	100	83.3
2024	100	83.2
2023	100	83.2
2022	100	83.1
2021	100	83
2020	100	82.9
2019	100	82.7
2018	100	82.5
2017	100	82.2
2016	100	82
2015	100	81.8
2014	100	81.6
2013	100	81.5
2012	100	81.3
2011	100	81.1
2010	100	81
2009	100	80.9
2008	100	80.8
2007	100	80.7
2006	100	80.6
2005	100	80.5
2004	100	80.3
2003	100	80.2
2002	100	80.1
2001	100	80
2000	100	79.8
1999	100	79.6
1998	100	79.4
1997	100	79.1
1996	100	78.9
1995	100	78.7
1994	100	78.5
1993	100	78.3
1992	100	78.2
1991	100	78.1
1990	100	78.1
1989	100	78.1
1988	100	78.2
1987	100	78.3
1986	100	78.3
1985	100	78.4
1984	100	78.5
1983	100	78.5
1982	100	78.6
1981	100	78.6
1980	100	78.6
1979	100	78.5
1978	100	78.3
1977	100	78.1
1976	100	77.8
1975	100	77.6
1974	100	77.3
1973	100	77.1
1972	100	77
1971	100	76.9
1970	100	76.9
1969	100	77
1968	100	77.1
1967	100	77.2
1966	100	77.4
1965	100	77.6
1964	100	77.8
1963	100	78
1962	100	78.2
1961	100	78.4
1960	100	78.6
1959	100	78.8
1958	100	79
1957	100	79.3
1956	100	79.5
1955	100	79.8
1954	100	80
1953	100	80.1
1952	100	80.2
1951	100	80.3
1950	100	80.3

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

Year	Singapore	United Kingdom
2026	100	83.4
2027	100	83.5
2028	100	83.6
2029	100	83.6
2030	100	83.7
2031	100	83.8
2032	100	83.8
2033	100	83.9
2034	100	83.9
2035	100	84
2036	100	84.1
2037	100	84.1
2038	100	84.2
2039	100	84.2
2040	100	84.2
2041	100	84.3
2042	100	84.3
2043	100	84.3
2044	100	84.4
2045	100	84.4
2046	100	84.4
2047	100	84.4
2048	100	84.4
2049	100	84.4
2050	100	84.4

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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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