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Singapore
 
Capital: Singapore
Area size (Land only): 610 sq. km Approximately four times the size of Washington D.C.
Time zone: GMT +8
Currency: Singapore dollar
Area code: (+) 65
Driving: Left
Climate description: Tropical; hot, humid, rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons - Northeastern monsoon from December to March and Southwestern monsoon from June to September; inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms.
 

People
Standard of living
Economy & aid
Health
Disasters, conflict & migration
Language
Malay, English, Chinese (Mandarin) and Tamil are the official languages. Malay is considered the national language, but English is spoken in the public administration. Various Chinese dialects are spoken. Punjabi, Hindi, Bengali, Telegu and Malayalam are spoken in the Indian communities.
Source: New Internationalist World Guide

Population
2009 4.7 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2009)
2007 4.5 million U.N. Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) Population Division (2006)
2006 4.4 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2005 4.3 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2004 4.3 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2003 4.2 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2002 4.2 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2001 4.1 million U.N. DESA (2006)
2000 4.0 million U.N. DESA (2006)

Future population estimates
5.2 million (2050)
Source: U.N. DESA (2009)

Ethnic groups
Singaporeans of Chinese origin make up 76 percent. Malaysians account for 15 percent and 6 percent are from India and Sri Lanka.
Source: NI World Guide

Religion
Buddhist 28 percent, Christian 19 percent, Muslim 13 percent, Taoist 13 percent, Hindu 5 percent. There are Sikh and Jewish minorities.
Source: NI World Guide

Percentage urban population
2007 100 percent U.N. DESA - World Urbanisation Prospects 2005
2006 100 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2005 100 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2004 100 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2003 100.0 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2002 100 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2001 100 percent U.N. DESA (2005)
2000 100 percent U.N. DESA (2005)

Year women granted right to vote
1947
Source: U.N. Development Programme (UNDP) Human Development Report
Where two figures are shown, the first refers to a partial recognition of the right to vote and the second to the year women received the right to vote on a universal and equal basis.

Net percentage of girls enrolled in primary education
No data available (2007)

Percentage of population under 15
2005 19.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 20.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 20.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 21.1 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 21.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 21.9 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002


Average life expectancy
2005 79.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 78.9 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 78.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 78.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 77.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 77.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - male
2005 77.5 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 77.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 76.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 75.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 75.7 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 75.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Life expectancy - female
2005 81.4 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 80.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 80.6 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 80.2 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 80.0 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 79.8 years UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Infant mortality
2007 2 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006 2 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 3 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 3 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 3 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 3 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 3 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 4 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Child mortality - deaths before the age of five
2007 3 per 1,000 live births U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2006 3 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
2005 3 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
2004 3 per 1,000 live births UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2006
2003 3 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 4 per 1,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Births attended by skilled personnel
1997-2005 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1996-2004 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1995-2003 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
1995-2002 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1995-2001 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
1995-2000 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Maternal mortality
2005 14 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2000 30 per 100,000 live births UNDP - Human Development Report 2006

Human development index (HDI rank)
2005 25 UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 25 UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 25 UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 25 UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 28 UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 25 UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Percentage of children under weight for age (under age 5)
2000-2007 3 percent U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) - State of the World's Children 2009
2000-2006 3 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2008
1996-2005 3 percent UNICEF - State of the World's Children 2007
1996-2004 No data available percent
1995-2003 No data available percent
1995-2002 No data available percent
1995-2000 No data available percent

Percentage of undernourished population
No data available percent

Population with access to improved water
2006 No data available percent
2004 100 percent UNICEF and World Health Organisation (WHO) 2006
2002 No data available percent
2000 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Population with access to improved sanitation
2006 No data available percent
2004 100 percent UNICEF and WHO 2006
2002 No data available percent
2000 100 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004

Literacy - average
2004 92.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 92.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 92.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 92.5 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 92.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - male
2004 96.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 96.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 96.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 96.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 96.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Literacy - female
2004 88.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 88.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2002 88.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2001 88.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003
2000 88.4 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2002

Landlines telephones
2008 402 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 415 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 425 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 432 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 442 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 455 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2002 468 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2001 477 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2000 484 per 1,000 people ITU 2009

Cellular telephone subscribers
2008 1382 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 1321 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 1097 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 1028 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 950 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 861 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2002 804 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2001 733 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2000 684 per 1,000 people ITU 2009

Internet users
2008 700 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2007 700 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2006 596 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2005 610 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2004 620 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2003 530 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2002 496 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2001 415 per 1,000 people ITU 2009
2000 324 per 1,000 people ITU 2009

Transparency International corruption ranking (Scale: 1 = least corrupt, >175 = most corrupt)
2008 4 Transparency International 2008
2007 4 (joint) Transparency International 2007
2006 5 Transparency International
2005 5 Transparency International
2004 5 Transparency International
2003 5 Transparency International
2002 5 (joint) Transparency International
2001 4 (joint) Transparency International
2000 6 (joint) Transparency International

Signatory of International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment for the crime of Genocide
Yes (1948)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
No (1984)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

Signatory of the Convention on the Rights of the Child
Yes (1989)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report

International humanitarian aid flows
Access the Financial Tracking Service, a global real-time database which records all reported humanitarian aid - including that for NGOs, the Red Cross/Crescent Movement, bilateral aid, in-kind aid and private donations - searchable by country.
Source: Financial Tracking Service, ReliefWeb

Percentage of population living on less than US$1 a day
No data available percent

GNI per capita, Atlas method
2007 32340 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006 28930 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005 26210 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004 24330 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003 22180 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002 20870 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001 21090 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000 22970 current US$ World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

The purpose of the Atlas conversion factor is to reduce the impact of exchange rate fluctuations in a cross-country comparison of national incomes. The Atlas conversion factor for any year is the average of a country's exchange rate (or alternative conversion factor) for that year and its exchange rates for the two preceding years.

GDP
2007 161.3 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006 136.6 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005 119.8 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004 109.2 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003 93.2 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002 88.3 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001 85.6 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000 92.7 current US$ billions World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Annual GDP growth
2006 7.9 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2005 6.6 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2004 8.8 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2003 3.1 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2002 4.2 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2001 -2.4 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008
2000 10.1 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2008

Annual inflation
2007 4.0 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2006 0.6 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2005 0.7 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2004 4.3 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2003 -0.8 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2002 -1.1 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2001 -1.7 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009
2000 3.7 percent World Bank Data Profile Tables 2009

Share of income or consumption (poorest 10 percent)
1.9 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Share of income or consumption (richest 10 percent)
32.8 (latest available year)
Source: UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008

Physicians
2000-2004 140 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
1990-2004 140 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
1990-2003 140 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
1990-2002 135 per 100,000 people UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage HIV+ (adults aged 15-49)
2007 0.2 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2006 0.2 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2005 0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2004 0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008
2003 0.1 percent U.N. Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) 2008

Malaria
No risk
Source: WHO

TB cases
2007 27 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2006 27 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2005 28 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2004 30 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2003 32 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2002 33 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2001 35 per 100,000 people WHO 2009
2000 37 per 100,000 people WHO 2009

Chronology of natural disasters
Access EM-DAT, a database of natural disasters from 1900 to the present - death tolls and numbers of affected people - searchable by country.
Source: Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters, Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium

Number of refugees originating here
2008 109 UNHCR
2007 116 UNHCR
2006 111 Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
2005 39 UNHCR
2004 36 UNHCR
2003 35 UNHCR
2002 39 UNHCR
2001 16 UNHCR
2000 22 UNHCR

Number of refugees residing here
2008 10 UNHCR
2007 10 UNHCR
2006 1 UNHCR
2005 3 UNHCR
2004 1 UNHCR
2003 1 UNHCR
2002 2 UNHCR
2001 2 UNHCR
2000 No data available

Number of internally displaced people\Estimate
No data available

Landmine casualties per year
2004 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2005
2003 0 Landmine Monitor Report 2004

Casualty figures may include both civilians and military personnel injured or killed by landmines and unexploded ordnance.
Signatory to landmine convention?
No
Source: Landmine Monitor Report

Percentage of GDP spent on military
2005 4.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2004 4.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2003 5.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005

Percentage of GDP spent on education
2002-2005 No data available percent
2002-2004 No data available percent
1998-2000 3.7 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003

Percentage of GDP spent on health
2004 1.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2007/2008
2003-2004 1.6 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2006
2002 1.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2005
2001 1.3 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2004
2000 1.2 percent UNDP - Human Development Report 2003


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