Kuwait vs Singapore: Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050
Kuwait
100.0%
in 2025
Singapore
100.0%
in 2025
Kuwait rank
1st
Singapore rank
1st
Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 over time
- Kuwait
- Singapore
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 100.0% against 100.0% in Singapore, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 108 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Kuwait ahead.
Kuwait ranks 1st and Singapore ranks 1st of 238 countries.
Across the 40 decades both report, Kuwait averaged higher in 15 and Singapore in 23.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kuwait | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kuwait |
| 1100s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kuwait |
| 1200s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kuwait |
| 1300s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kuwait |
| 1400s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Kuwait |
| 1500s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Kuwait |
| 1600s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Kuwait |
| 1700s | 1.5% | 1.0% | 0.5% | Kuwait |
| 1710s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 0.3% | Kuwait |
| 1720s | 1.8% | 1.5% | 0.3% | Kuwait |
| 1730s | 2.1% | 1.8% | 0.3% | Kuwait |
| 1740s | 2.4% | 2.2% | 0.2% | Kuwait |
| 1750s | 2.8% | 2.6% | 0.2% | Kuwait |
| 1760s | 3.3% | 3.1% | 0.2% | Kuwait |
| 1770s | 3.8% | 3.7% | 0.1% | Kuwait |
| 1780s | 4.5% | 4.5% | 0.0% | Singapore |
| 1790s | 5.2% | 5.4% | 0.2% | Singapore |
| 1800s | 6.1% | 6.5% | 0.4% | Singapore |
| 1810s | 7.1% | 7.7% | 0.7% | Singapore |
| 1820s | 8.2% | 9.3% | 1.1% | Singapore |
| 1830s | 9.6% | 11.2% | 1.5% | Singapore |
| 1840s | 11.2% | 13.4% | 2.2% | Singapore |
| 1850s | 13.1% | 16.1% | 3.0% | Singapore |
| 1860s | 15.3% | 19.3% | 4.0% | Singapore |
| 1870s | 17.8% | 23.1% | 5.3% | Singapore |
| 1880s | 20.8% | 27.8% | 7.0% | Singapore |
| 1890s | 24.3% | 33.3% | 9.0% | Singapore |
| 1900s | 28.3% | 40.0% | 11.7% | Singapore |
| 1910s | 33.0% | 48.0% | 14.9% | Singapore |
| 1920s | 38.5% | 57.5% | 19.0% | Singapore |
| 1930s | 44.9% | 69.1% | 24.1% | Singapore |
| 1940s | 52.4% | 82.9% | 30.4% | Singapore |
| 1950s | 68.6% | 100.0% | 31.4% | Singapore |
| 1960s | 78.3% | 100.0% | 21.7% | Singapore |
| 1970s | 87.8% | 100.0% | 12.2% | Singapore |
| 1980s | 97.2% | 100.0% | 2.8% | Singapore |
| 1990s | 98.2% | 100.0% | 1.8% | Singapore |
| 2000s | 99.7% | 100.0% | 0.3% | Singapore |
| 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 share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050, Kuwait or Singapore?
- Kuwait, at 100.0% against 100.0% in Singapore as of 2025.
- What is the difference in share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050 between Kuwait and Singapore?
- 0.0%, with Kuwait ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kuwait and Singapore?
- 108 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2025.
- How do Kuwait and Singapore rank globally for share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050?
- Kuwait 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 Share of population living in urban areas projected to 2050. 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.