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Singapore vs (UN M49): Do more people live in urban or rural areas?

Singapore
100.0%
in 2025
(UN M49)
69.3%
in 2025
Singapore rank
1st
(UN M49) rank
1st

Do more people live in urban or rural areas? over time

  • Singapore
  • (UN M49)
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How they compare

Singapore currently reports 100.0% against 69.3% in (UN M49), a difference of 30.7%.

That makes Singapore's figure about 1.4 times (UN M49)'s.

Across all 76 years both countries report, Singapore has been ahead every year.

Singapore ranks 1st and (UN M49) ranks 1st of 238 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Do more people live in urban or rural areas?
Unit
%
Source
HYDE (2023); United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 24,444 data points, 1000–2025
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Share of the population living in urban areas, combining UN estimates with modelled historical data.