Singapore vs United States: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 100% in Singapore and 80.2% in United States, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 19.8 percentage points, or 1.25 times that in United States.

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% of people · UN

SingaporeUnited StatesUN 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 States at 86.5% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Singapore	United States
2025	100	80.2
2024	100	80.1
2023	100	80.1
2022	100	80
2021	100	80
2020	100	80
2019	100	80.1
2018	100	80.3
2017	100	80.4
2016	100	80.5
2015	100	80.6
2014	100	80.6
2013	100	80.7
2012	100	80.7
2011	100	80.7
2010	100	80.7
2009	100	80.7
2008	100	80.6
2007	100	80.5
2006	100	80.4
2005	100	80.2
2004	100	80
2003	100	79.8
2002	100	79.6
2001	100	79.3
2000	100	79.1
1999	100	78.8
1998	100	78.5
1997	100	78.1
1996	100	77.7
1995	100	77.2
1994	100	76.7
1993	100	76.3
1992	100	75.9
1991	100	75.5
1990	100	75.3
1989	100	75.1
1988	100	74.9
1987	100	74.7
1986	100	74.5
1985	100	74.3
1984	100	74.2
1983	100	74
1982	100	73.9
1981	100	73.8
1980	100	73.8
1979	100	73.7
1978	100	73.7
1977	100	73.7
1976	100	73.6
1975	100	73.6
1974	100	73.6
1973	100	73.6
1972	100	73.6
1971	100	73.5
1970	100	73.5
1969	100	73.4
1968	100	73.3
1967	100	73
1966	100	72.7
1965	100	72.3
1964	100	71.9
1963	100	71.4
1962	100	70.9
1961	100	70.5
1960	100	70
1959	100	69.5
1958	100	69
1957	100	68.5
1956	100	67.9
1955	100	67.3
1954	100	66.6
1953	100	66
1952	100	65.3
1951	100	64.7
1950	100	64

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

Year	Singapore	United States
2026	100	80.3
2027	100	80.4
2028	100	80.5
2029	100	80.6
2030	100	80.7
2031	100	80.9
2032	100	81.1
2033	100	81.2
2034	100	81.4
2035	100	81.7
2036	100	81.9
2037	100	82.1
2038	100	82.4
2039	100	82.6
2040	100	82.9
2041	100	83.2
2042	100	83.5
2043	100	83.8
2044	100	84.2
2045	100	84.5
2046	100	84.9
2047	100	85.3
2048	100	85.7
2049	100	86.1
2050	100	86.5

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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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