Facts and Figures

Country name: Republic of Singapore

Capital: Singapore

Location: An island and islets in the heart of Southeast Asia, between Malaysia and Indonesia

Area: 724.2 sq km

Highest Point: Bukit Timah Hill at 163.63m

Climate: Tropical. It’s hot and sunny all year, with two monsoon seasons (December to March and June to September) bringing heavy rains

Government: Parliamentary Republic

Gross Domestic Product: S$507.5 billion (Statistics Singapore, 2019)

Per Capita Gross National Income: $88,991 (Statistics Singapore, 2019)

Major industries: Electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, offshore platform construction, life sciences, entrepot trade

Home Ownership: 90.9%

Currency: Singapore Dollar (SGD)

Population: 5,638,700 (Statistics Singapore, 2017)

Median age: 40.5 years

Life expectancy: 81.8 years

Population growth rate: 0.8%

Ethnic groups: Chinese 74.3%, Malay 13.4%, Indian 9.1%, Other races 3.2%

Language: Malay, Mandarin, Tamil and English are the 4 official languages in Singapore. The national language shall be the Malay language and shall be in the Roman script.

Religions: Buddhism 33.3%, Islam 14.7%, Christianity 11.3%, Taoism 10.9%, Catholicism 7.1%, Hinduism 5.1%, other religions 0.7%, none 16.9% (Statistics Singapore, Census of Population 2010)

Literacy: 96.8% of the population above 15 years of age can read and write

Communications: Excellent facilities and services, including 3G wireless service launched in 2005, and a 104.2% household broadband penetration rate (Infocomm Development Authority, February 2012 )

Smart Phone penetration: 78% (2019)

International country code: +65

Internet country code: .sg

Read more about the Brief History of Singapore.