Singapore: Statistical Overview

Capital: Singapore

Population

Total Population: 5,685,807

Natural Increase: -0.3%

Density: 8,019 Inhabitants/km²

Urban Population: 100.0%

Population of main cities: Singapore is a city state (5,685,800)

Ethnic Origins: 74.3% of Chinese origin, 13.5% of Malay origin, 9% of Indian origin and 3.2% of other origins. (Statistics Singapore)

Official Language: English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, Tamil.

Other Languages Spoken: Hakka, Cantonese, Teochew, other Chinese dialects.

Business Language(s): English is the most commonly spoken language. It unites the different ethnic groups and business community.

Religion: Buddhism, Islam, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity and other religious communities, including Jews, Sikhs, Jains, etc.

Local Time:

It is %T:%M %A In Singapore

Exchange Rate on :

National Currency: Singapore Dollar (SGD)

Country Overview

Area: 719 km²

Type of State: Singapore is a parliamentary representative democratic republic.

Type of Economy: High-income economy.
Southeast Asia's regional hub ; hi-tech and wealthy city-state. Economy based on banking and financial services, shipyards and oil refining. The leading world port in tons of goods transported.

HDI*: 0.912/1

HDI (World Rank): 11/188

Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an Indicator Which Synthesizes Several Data Such as Life Expectancy, Level of Education, Professional Careers, Access to Culture etc.

Telecommunication

Telephone Code:
To call from Singapore, dial 001
To call Singapore, dial +65

Internet Suffix: .sg

Computers: 74.3 per 100 Inhabitants

Telephone Lines: 37.8 per 100 Inhabitants

Internet Users: 74.2 per 100 Inhabitants

Access to Electricity: 100% of the Population

Foreign Trade in Figures

Foreign Trade Indicators	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Imports of Goods (million USD)	282,925	327,923	370,881	359,266	329,830
Exports of Goods (million USD)	329,773	373,446	412,955	390,763	362,534
Imports of Services (million USD)	155,581	181,256	199,891	207,966	172,480
Exports of Services (million USD)	149,642	172,304	206,441	216,880	187,261

Source: WTO – World Trade Organisation, Latest Available Data

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