Singapore population
Singapore: 6.11 million people in 2025 (6,111,175), 113th of 217 countries and areas — and 6.26 million projected for 2050.
Compare Singapore with another country
Where it stands
In 2025 Singapore has 6,111,175 people, which is 0.075% of the 8.19 billion counted across the 217 countries and areas on this site. That puts it 113th by population, behind El Salvador and ahead of Denmark.
Since 1960
In 1960 the figure was 1,646,400. Since then the population has grown 3.71×, an average of 2.04% a year upward. It doubled at some point along the way — the year it first reached 3,292,800 was 1993.
The projection puts the peak in 2039 at 6,393,702, after which it declines. By 2050 the projected total is 6,257,122, 2.4% above the 2025 figure.
The ranking in 2050
In 2050 the projected rank is 116th, down 3 places from 113th. Rankings move when other countries grow faster or slower, not only when Singapore changes.
People and land
Singapore covers 718 km² of land, so 2025 density is 8,511 people per km² — 3rd most crowded of 216 places with an area figure. At that density a square 10 km on a side holds about 851,139 people.
The fertility rate was 0.97 births per woman in 2024, below the roughly 2.1 needed to keep a population steady without migration; life expectancy at birth was 83.3 years (2024); 11.7% of people were under 15 and 14.2% were 65 or older (2025); 100% of the population lived in cities. These shape the curve above: a young population keeps growing after fertility falls, an old one starts shrinking sooner.
Its nearest neighbours in the ranking are El Salvador just above, with 6.37 million (1.04× as many), and Denmark just below, with 6.01 million (1.02× as many as Denmark has).
How the numbers are taken. Total population from the World Bank's population estimates and projections (built from United Nations and national statistics). Values to 2025 are estimates; 2026–2050 are projections that continue current fertility, mortality and migration trends. Sources and limits.