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SINGAPORE

Republic of Singapore
SG · SGP INDEPENDENT 1965 ONE OF ONLY THREE SOVEREIGN CITY-STATES IN THE WORLD
LIVE --:--:-- SINGAPORE · SGT
POPULATION (WORLD BANK EST., PROJECTED) ↑ … 1 USD = … SGD (LIVE RATE) POPULATION (WORLD BANK EST., PROJECTED) ↑ … 1 USD = … SGD (LIVE RATE)
POPULATION
6.0M
AREA
710 km²
CAPITAL
Singapore
CURRENCY
SGD
GDP / CAPITA
$88,000
Singapore SOURCE: NATURAL EARTH (50M) · REAL BOUNDARY DATA, SIMPLIFIED

TERRITORY

HIGHEST POINT
Bukit Timah Hill, 164 m
LOWEST POINT
Singapore Strait, 0 m
COASTLINE
193 km
LAND BORDERS
Island nation, 0 km
TERRAIN
Low-lying, gently undulating terrain; central plateau with nature reserves.

POSITION

CAPITAL COORDINATES
1.35°N, 103.82°E
TIME ZONE
SGT, UTC+8 — no daylight saving
NEIGHBORS
None — island nation

GOVERNMENT & SOCIETY

GOVERNMENT
Parliamentary republic
RELIGION
Buddhism, ~31%; Christianity, ~19%; Islam, ~16%
LIFE EXPECTANCY
84 years
HDI
0.949 — Very high (rank 9)
LANGUAGES
EnglishOFFICIAL
MalayOFFICIAL
MandarinOFFICIAL
TamilOFFICIAL

ECONOMY

KEY INDUSTRIES
Electronics manufacturing Financial services Oil refining & trading Biomedical sciences
TOP EXPORTS
Electronic components
Refined petroleum
Machinery
Chemicals
TOP IMPORTS
Electronic components
Crude petroleum
Machinery
LAND USE
Agricultural, 1% Forest, 3% Urban / other, 96%

POPULATION, 1970–2024

2.1M
1970
2.4M
1980
3.0M
1990
4.0M
2000
5.1M
2010
5.7M
2020
6.0M
2024
SOURCES: WORLD BANK · CIA WORLD FACTBOOK · NATURAL EARTH · ISO 4217
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