Nauru vs Singapore: Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Nauru
100.0%
in 2025
Singapore
100.0%
in 2025
Nauru rank
1st
Singapore rank
1st
Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time
- Nauru
- Singapore
How they compare
Nauru currently reports 100.0% against 100.0% in Singapore, a difference of 0.0%.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Singapore has been ahead every year.
Nauru ranks 1st and Singapore ranks 1st of 238 countries.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nauru | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1960s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1970s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1980s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 1990s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2000s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2010s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 2020s | 100.0% | 100.0% | 0.0% | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher do more people live in urban or rural areas?, Nauru or Singapore?
- Nauru, at 100.0% against 100.0% in Singapore as of 2025.
- What is the difference in do more people live in urban or rural areas? between Nauru and Singapore?
- 0.0%, with Nauru ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Singapore?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Nauru and Singapore rank globally for do more people live in urban or rural areas??
- Nauru ranks 1st and Singapore ranks 1st of 238 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Do more people live in urban or rural areas?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.