Population in cities over 1 million — all countries

Population in cities over 1 million — Singapore

Population in cities over 1 million in Singapore in 2025 — 6,157,267 people. Ranked 47 in the world out of 121. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 277%.

2025 6.16M people +0.62% vs 2024
World rank 47of 121
Period maximum 6.16M people2025
Period minimum 1.63M people1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · people

Population in cities over 1 million — Singapore, 1960–202502M4M6M8M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 1,633,086 people1962: 1,741,417 people1964: 1,834,493 people1966: 1,919,268 people1968: 1,996,866 people1970: 2,072,290 people1972: 2,150,524 people1974: 2,226,404 people1976: 2,288,888 people1978: 2,341,429 people1980: 2,411,700 people1982: 2,517,579 people1984: 2,643,951 people1986: 2,763,589 people1988: 2,876,892 people1990: 3,012,953 people1992: 3,189,433 people1994: 3,385,350 people1996: 3,566,133 people1998: 3,731,440 people2000: 3,913,960 people2002: 4,131,208 people2004: 4,370,040 people2006: 4,611,901 people2008: 4,851,109 people2010: 5,074,252 people2012: 5,270,958 people2014: 5,448,342 people2016: 5,622,455 people2018: 5,791,901 people2020: 5,935,053 people2022: 6,039,577 people2024: 6,119,203 people2025: 6,157,267 people
Change over the period: +4.52M (+277.03%) Average annual rate: 2.06 %

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Singapore

Singapore 6.16M people
World computed 2.01B people
East Asia & Pacific computed 718M people
South-Eastern Asia computed 119M people
High-income countries computed 499M people
Population in cities over 1 million — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2025 6.16M +38,064 +0.62%
2024 6.12M +38,344 +0.63%
2023 6.08M +41,282 +0.68%
2022 6.04M +47,776 +0.8%
2021 5.99M +56,748 +0.96%
2020 5.94M +66,949 +1.14%
2019 5.87M +76,203 +1.32%
2018 5.79M +83,057 +1.45%
2017 5.71M +86,389 +1.54%
2016 5.62M +87,193 +1.58%
2015 5.54M +86,920 +1.6%
2014 5.45M +87,505 +1.63%
2013 5.36M +89,879 +1.71%
2012 5.27M +94,941 +1.83%
2011 5.18M +101,765 +2.01%
2010 5.07M +108,734 +2.19%
2009 4.97M +114,409 +2.36%
2008 4.85M +118,581 +2.51%
2007 4.73M +120,627 +2.62%
2006 4.61M +120,859 +2.69%
2005 4.49M +121,002 +2.77%
2004 4.37M +120,745 +2.84%
2003 4.25M +118,087 +2.86%
2002 4.13M +112,429 +2.8%
2001 4.02M +104,819 +2.68%
2000 3.91M +95,498 +2.5%
1999 3.82M +87,022 +2.33%
1998 3.73M +82,305 +2.26%
1997 3.65M +83,002 +2.33%
1996 3.57M +87,354 +2.51%
1995 3.48M +93,429 +2.76%
1994 3.39M +97,762 +2.97%
1993 3.29M +98,155 +3.08%
1992 3.19M +92,863 +3%
1991 3.1M +83,617 +2.78%
1990 3.01M +72,689 +2.47%
1989 2.94M +63,372 +2.2%
1988 2.88M +57,291 +2.03%
1987 2.82M +56,012 +2.03%
1986 2.76M +58,054 +2.15%
1985 2.71M +61,584 +2.33%
1984 2.64M +63,690 +2.47%
1983 2.58M +62,682 +2.49%
1982 2.52M +57,192 +2.32%
1981 2.46M +48,687 +2.02%
1980 2.41M +39,085 +1.65%
1979 2.37M +31,186 +1.33%
1978 2.34M +26,414 +1.14%
1977 2.32M +26,127 +1.14%
1976 2.29M +29,140 +1.29%
1975 2.26M +33,344 +1.5%
1974 2.23M +36,769 +1.68%
1973 2.19M +39,111 +1.82%
1972 2.15M +39,549 +1.87%
1971 2.11M +38,685 +1.87%
1970 2.07M +37,762 +1.86%
1969 2.03M +37,662 +1.89%
1968 2M +38,140 +1.95%
1967 1.96M +39,458 +2.06%
1966 1.92M +41,460 +2.21%
1965 1.88M +43,315 +2.36%
1964 1.83M +45,155 +2.52%
1963 1.79M +47,921 +2.75%
1962 1.74M +51,871 +3.07%
1961 1.69M +56,460 +3.46%
1960 1.63M

South-Eastern Asia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The population of urban agglomerations with more than one million residents. The unit of count is the agglomeration, not the city within its administrative boundaries, and that is essential: along administrative lines many of the largest concentrations of people break up into dozens of municipalities. The indicator measures not urbanization as such but its concentration in large centers — a country can be highly urbanized without a single million-plus city.

Important: The table covers about 120 territories — the rest have no agglomerations of this size, and that is a zero, not a gap. Aggregates for groups of countries are therefore calculated at a lowered coverage threshold.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.