Singapore vs Vietnam: Urban population

Urban population in 2025: 100% in Singapore and 38.8% in Vietnam, by UN estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Singapore, by 61.2 percentage points, or 2.58 times that in Vietnam.

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% of people · UN

SingaporeVietnamUN 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 Vietnam at 46.5% in 2050.

Every year

% of people · UN

Year	Singapore	Vietnam
2025	100	38.8
2024	100	38.5
2023	100	38.1
2022	100	37.6
2021	100	36.7
2020	100	35.6
2019	100	34.6
2018	100	33.9
2017	100	33.4
2016	100	32.9
2015	100	32.4
2014	100	32
2013	100	31.5
2012	100	31.1
2011	100	30.7
2010	100	30.3
2009	100	29.8
2008	100	29.2
2007	100	28.7
2006	100	28.1
2005	100	27.4
2004	100	26.8
2003	100	26.2
2002	100	25.6
2001	100	25
2000	100	24.4
1999	100	23.8
1998	100	23.3
1997	100	22.7
1996	100	22.1
1995	100	21.5
1994	100	20.9
1993	100	20.3
1992	100	19.8
1991	100	19.4
1990	100	19.2
1989	100	19.1
1988	100	19.1
1987	100	19.1
1986	100	19.1
1985	100	19.1
1984	100	19.1
1983	100	19.1
1982	100	19.1
1981	100	19.1
1980	100	19.2
1979	100	19.2
1978	100	19.2
1977	100	19.6
1976	100	20.4
1975	100	20.6
1974	100	20.5
1973	100	20.5
1972	100	20.6
1971	100	20.7
1970	100	20.7
1969	100	20.6
1968	100	20.1
1967	100	19.3
1966	100	18.4
1965	100	17.5
1964	100	17
1963	100	16.5
1962	100	16.1
1961	100	15.7
1960	100	15.3
1959	100	14.7
1958	100	13.8
1957	100	12.9
1956	100	12
1955	100	11.3
1954	100	10.8
1953	100	10.5
1952	100	10.2
1951	100	10
1950	100	10.1

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

Year	Singapore	Vietnam
2026	100	39.2
2027	100	39.5
2028	100	39.8
2029	100	40.2
2030	100	40.5
2031	100	40.8
2032	100	41.2
2033	100	41.5
2034	100	41.8
2035	100	42.1
2036	100	42.5
2037	100	42.8
2038	100	43.1
2039	100	43.4
2040	100	43.7
2041	100	44
2042	100	44.3
2043	100	44.6
2044	100	44.9
2045	100	45.2
2046	100	45.5
2047	100	45.7
2048	100	46
2049	100	46.3
2050	100	46.5

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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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