The latest officially reported population of Singapore was 6,036,860 in 2024 vs 48,848,840 people in Spain in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Singapore's population is 6,113,174 people compared to 48,787,930 in Spain.
Population statistics:
- Spain's population is 7.98 times bigger than Singapore's.
- Singapore is ranked the 113th most populous country in the world, while Spain is the 32nd.
- The countries together account for 0.66% of the world: 0.07% for Singapore vs 0.59% for Spain.
- For the last 10 years, Singapore has had an average growth rate of +1.04% per year vs +0.43% in Spain.
- Since 2006, the population of Singapore has increased from 4.4M people to 6.11M (38.9% growth), while Spain has grown from 44.4M to 48.8M (9.89% growth).
- Singapore is projected to reach its peak in 2040 at 6.41M people, while Spain's population already peaked in 2024 at 48.8M people and is projected to decrease to 33.8M people by 2100.
Singapore vs Spain: live population counter
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| Current population |
6113174
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48787930
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| Population rank | 113/197 | 32/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | 0.59% |
| One net population change |
4.41 minutes
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1.06 minutes
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| One birth every |
12 minutes
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1.62 minutes
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| One death every |
14.3 minutes
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1.21 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
26.3 minutes
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4.71 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +20,011 | +111,674 |
| Daily growth/decline | +327 | +1,360 |
| Annual growth/decline | +119,212 | +496,312 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.01% | +1.03% |
| Population growth rate rank | 50/197 | 101/197 |
Singapore and Spain: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 1,646,400 | 30,455,000 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,702,400 | 30,739,250 | 3.4% | 0.93% |
| 1962 | 1,750,200 | 31,023,366 | 2.81% | 0.92% |
| 1963 | 1,795,000 | 31,296,651 | 2.56% | 0.88% |
| 1964 | 1,841,600 | 31,609,195 | 2.6% | 1% |
| 1965 | 1,886,900 | 31,954,292 | 2.46% | 1.09% |
| 1966 | 1,934,400 | 32,283,194 | 2.52% | 1.03% |
| 1967 | 1,977,600 | 32,682,947 | 2.23% | 1.24% |
| 1968 | 2,012,000 | 33,113,134 | 1.74% | 1.32% |
| 1969 | 2,042,500 | 33,441,054 | 1.52% | 0.99% |
| 1970 | 2,074,507 | 33,814,531 | 1.57% | 1.12% |
| 1971 | 2,112,900 | 34,224,490 | 1.85% | 1.21% |
| 1972 | 2,152,400 | 34,604,469 | 1.87% | 1.11% |
| 1973 | 2,193,000 | 34,988,947 | 1.89% | 1.11% |
| 1974 | 2,229,800 | 35,373,335 | 1.68% | 1.1% |
| 1975 | 2,262,600 | 35,757,900 | 1.47% | 1.09% |
| 1976 | 2,293,300 | 36,137,812 | 1.36% | 1.06% |
| 1977 | 2,325,300 | 36,511,638 | 1.4% | 1.03% |
| 1978 | 2,353,600 | 36,864,898 | 1.22% | 0.97% |
| 1979 | 2,383,500 | 37,191,330 | 1.27% | 0.89% |
| 1980 | 2,413,945 | 37,491,165 | 1.28% | 0.81% |
| 1981 | 2,532,835 | 37,758,631 | 4.93% | 0.71% |
| 1982 | 2,646,466 | 37,986,012 | 4.49% | 0.6% |
| 1983 | 2,681,061 | 38,171,525 | 1.31% | 0.49% |
| 1984 | 2,732,221 | 38,330,364 | 1.91% | 0.42% |
| 1985 | 2,735,957 | 38,469,512 | 0.14% | 0.36% |
| 1986 | 2,733,373 | 38,584,624 | -0.09% | 0.3% |
| 1987 | 2,774,789 | 38,684,815 | 1.52% | 0.26% |
| 1988 | 2,846,108 | 38,766,939 | 2.57% | 0.21% |
| 1989 | 2,930,901 | 38,827,764 | 2.98% | 0.16% |
| 1990 | 3,047,132 | 38,867,322 | 3.97% | 0.1% |
| 1991 | 3,135,083 | 38,966,376 | 2.89% | 0.25% |
| 1992 | 3,230,698 | 39,157,685 | 3.05% | 0.49% |
| 1993 | 3,313,471 | 39,361,262 | 2.56% | 0.52% |
| 1994 | 3,419,048 | 39,549,108 | 3.19% | 0.48% |
| 1995 | 3,524,506 | 39,724,050 | 3.08% | 0.44% |
| 1996 | 3,670,704 | 39,889,852 | 4.15% | 0.42% |
| 1997 | 3,796,038 | 40,057,389 | 3.41% | 0.42% |
| 1998 | 3,927,213 | 40,223,509 | 3.46% | 0.41% |
| 1999 | 3,958,723 | 40,386,875 | 0.8% | 0.41% |
| 2000 | 4,027,887 | 40,567,864 | 1.75% | 0.45% |
| 2001 | 4,138,012 | 40,850,412 | 2.73% | 0.7% |
| 2002 | 4,175,950 | 41,431,558 | 0.92% | 1.42% |
| 2003 | 4,114,826 | 42,187,645 | -1.46% | 1.82% |
| 2004 | 4,166,664 | 42,921,895 | 1.26% | 1.74% |
| 2005 | 4,265,762 | 43,653,155 | 2.38% | 1.7% |
| 2006 | 4,401,365 | 44,397,319 | 3.18% | 1.7% |
| 2007 | 4,588,599 | 45,226,803 | 4.25% | 1.87% |
| 2008 | 4,839,396 | 45,954,106 | 5.47% | 1.61% |
| 2009 | 4,987,573 | 46,362,946 | 3.06% | 0.89% |
| 2010 | 5,076,732 | 46,576,897 | 1.79% | 0.46% |
| 2011 | 5,183,688 | 46,742,697 | 2.11% | 0.36% |
| 2012 | 5,312,437 | 46,773,055 | 2.48% | 0.06% |
| 2013 | 5,399,162 | 46,604,197 | 1.63% | -0.36% |
| 2014 | 5,469,724 | 46,460,733 | 1.31% | -0.31% |
| 2015 | 5,535,002 | 46,422,303 | 1.19% | -0.08% |
| 2016 | 5,607,283 | 46,458,139 | 1.31% | 0.08% |
| 2017 | 5,612,253 | 46,571,232 | 0.09% | 0.24% |
| 2018 | 5,638,676 | 46,782,011 | 0.47% | 0.45% |
| 2019 | 5,703,569 | 47,118,501 | 1.15% | 0.72% |
| 2020 | 5,685,807 | 47,359,424 | -0.31% | 0.51% |
| 2021 | 5,453,566 | 47,443,821 | -4.08% | 0.18% |
| 2022 | 5,637,022 | 47,786,102 | 3.36% | 0.72% |
| 2023 | 5,917,648 | 48,352,528 | 4.98% | 1.19% |
| 2024 | 6,036,860 | 48,848,840 | 2.01% | 1.03% |
| 2025 | 6,076,565 | 48,827,866 | 0.66% | -0.04% |
| 2026 | 6,112,792 | 48,787,930 | 0.6% | -0.08% |
| 2027 | 6,147,775 | 48,738,456 | 0.57% | -0.1% |
| 2028 | 6,182,764 | 48,683,694 | 0.57% | -0.11% |
| 2029 | 6,214,576 | 48,619,674 | 0.51% | -0.13% |
| 2030 | 6,242,825 | 48,542,955 | 0.45% | -0.16% |
| 2031 | 6,270,800 | 48,454,221 | 0.45% | -0.18% |
| 2032 | 6,298,559 | 48,362,482 | 0.44% | -0.19% |
| 2033 | 6,325,401 | 48,271,264 | 0.43% | -0.19% |
| 2034 | 6,349,852 | 48,177,551 | 0.39% | -0.19% |
| 2035 | 6,368,948 | 48,077,695 | 0.3% | -0.21% |
| 2036 | 6,383,048 | 47,970,911 | 0.22% | -0.22% |
| 2037 | 6,394,813 | 47,860,116 | 0.18% | -0.23% |
| 2038 | 6,404,994 | 47,747,343 | 0.16% | -0.24% |
| 2039 | 6,411,057 | 47,629,540 | 0.09% | -0.25% |
| 2040 | 6,411,962 | 47,504,152 | 0.01% | -0.26% |
| 2041 | 6,408,383 | 47,373,061 | -0.06% | -0.28% |
| 2042 | 6,402,235 | 47,234,914 | -0.1% | -0.29% |
| 2043 | 6,394,872 | 47,092,497 | -0.12% | -0.3% |
| 2044 | 6,384,418 | 46,942,712 | -0.16% | -0.32% |
| 2045 | 6,372,013 | 46,778,501 | -0.19% | -0.35% |
| 2046 | 6,358,982 | 46,604,170 | -0.2% | -0.37% |
| 2047 | 6,343,000 | 46,421,312 | -0.25% | -0.39% |
| 2048 | 6,327,523 | 46,230,109 | -0.24% | -0.41% |
| 2049 | 6,312,515 | 46,024,720 | -0.24% | -0.44% |
| 2050 | 6,294,905 | 45,808,469 | -0.28% | -0.47% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Singapore increased by 1,205,918 people (a 27.4% growth), while Spain gained 2,060,820 people (a 4.64% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Singapore gained 505,891 (a 9.02% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,329,791 (a 5.01% growth).
Singapore was ranked 117th most populous country in 2006 and is 113th in 2026. Spain was ranked 28th in 2006 and ranked 32nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Singapore's population will grow by 2.97% to 6,294,905 people with a rank change from 113th to 118th. The population of Spain will decrease by 6.11% to 45,808,469 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Singapore | 5.87M |
| Bukit Merah | 152K |
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Population differences between Singapore and Spain
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| Life expectancy | 84.1 years | 84.1 years |
| Average age | 39.3 years | 44.7 years |
| Median age | 36.8 years | 46.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.7:48.3 | 49.1:50.9 |
| Fertility rate | 0.97 births per woman | 1.12 births per woman |
| Population density | 21,776 ppl/mi² | 253.2 ppl/mi² |
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