Hong Kong vs Singapore: Population by level of education

Hong Kong
3.90 million people
in 2100
Singapore
4.00 million people
in 2100
Hong Kong rank
96th
Singapore rank
95th

Population by level of education over time

  • Hong Kong
  • Singapore
01.0M2.0M3.0M4.0M195020252100

How they compare

Singapore currently reports 4.00 million people against 3.90 million people in Hong Kong, a difference of 104,000 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 31 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Hong Kong ahead.

Hong Kong ranks 96th and Singapore ranks 95th of 200 countries.

Across the 16 decades both report, Hong Kong averaged higher in 4 and Singapore in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade Hong Kong Singapore Difference Ahead
1950s 19,300 people 8,750 people 10,550 people Hong Kong
1960s 58,350 people 36,350 people 22,000 people Hong Kong
1970s 123,500 people 112,350 people 11,150 people Hong Kong
1980s 301,550 people 297,200 people 4,350 people Hong Kong
1990s 610,600 people 696,150 people 85,550 people Singapore
2000s 1.05 million people 1.31 million people 254,550 people Singapore
2010s 1.62 million people 2.33 million people 700,850 people Singapore
2020s 2.07 million people 3.11 million people 1.04 million people Singapore
2030s 2.40 million people 3.56 million people 1.16 million people Singapore
2040s 2.81 million people 3.97 million people 1.16 million people Singapore
2050s 3.14 million people 4.27 million people 1.13 million people Singapore
2060s 3.41 million people 4.42 million people 1.01 million people Singapore
2070s 3.67 million people 4.44 million people 773,600 people Singapore
2080s 3.85 million people 4.35 million people 508,350 people Singapore
2090s 3.90 million people 4.17 million people 274,200 people Singapore
2100s 3.90 million people 4.00 million people 104,000 people Singapore

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by level of education, Hong Kong or Singapore?
Singapore, at 4.00 million people against 3.90 million people in Hong Kong as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by level of education between Hong Kong and Singapore?
104,000 people, with Singapore ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Singapore?
31 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2100.
How do Hong Kong and Singapore rank globally for population by level of education?
Hong Kong ranks 96th and Singapore ranks 95th of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Population by level of education. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Hong Kong vs Singapore: Population by level of education. Statizoid, drawing on Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 27 August 2026, from https://education.statizoid.com/compare/world-population-level-education/hong-kong-sar-china/singapore/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://education.statizoid.com/compare/world-population-level-education/hong-kong-sar-china/singapore/">Hong Kong vs Singapore: Population by level of education</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Population by level of education
Unit
people
Source
Wittgenstein Centre (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 6,005 data points, 1950–2100
Last refreshed

De facto population withpost_secondary education in a country or region.