Official name
Republic of Singapore
Name in local language
新加坡共和国 (zh) - Republik Singapura (ms) - சிங்கப்பூர் குடியரசு (ta)
Continent
Asia
Subcontinent
Southeast Asia
Population (ranking: 117e )
5,637,022 inhabitants (2022)
Population growth
3.36 % / year
Area
719 km²
Density
7,840.09 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 28e )
466.789 billions $USD (2022)
GDP/capita (ranking )
82,808 $USD (2022)
GDP growth
3.60 % / year (2022)
Life expectancy (ranking )
83.50 years (2018)
Birth rate
8.90 ‰ (2017)
Fertility rate
1.16 children / woman (2017)
Death rate (ranking )
5.00 ‰ (2017)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
2.20 ‰ (2017)
Literacy rate
100.00 % (2018)
Official languages
English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil
Currency
Singapore dollar ($ SGD)
HDI (ranking: 17e )
0.939 / 1 (2021)
EPI (ranking )
64.23 (2018)
Government
Unitary dominant-party parliamentary republic
Head of State
President Tharman Shanmugaratnam
National Day
9 August (independence from Malaysia in 1965)
ISO Codes
SG, SGP
Demonym
Singaporean
Tourists (ranking )
15,119,000 people (2019)
Island of wealth between Malaysia and Indonesia
Singapore is a Southeast Asian city-state located on an island in the far south of the Malay Peninsula. It shares maritime borders with Malaysia to the north and Indonesia to the south. The small archipelago comprises 64 islands and islets, the main one being Pulau Ujong, very densely urbanized.
Singapore. On the left, the amazing Marina Bay Sands hotel and its pool located on the terrace rooftop
Urban areas (2016)
Urban areas
Population
Singapour
8,081,299 inhabitants
See also