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Geography

Location: Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia

Area:
total area: 632.6 sq km
land area: 622.6 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 193 km


People

Population: 2,890,468 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 23% (female 327,417; male 348,345)
15-64 years: 70% (female 991,015; male 1,030,668)
65 years and over: 7% (female 105,081; male 87,942)

Population growth rate: 1.06% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 15.93 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 5.35 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 5.7 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 76.16 years
male: 73.28 years
female: 79.25 years

Total fertility rate: 1.87 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Chinese 76.4%, Malay 14.9%, Indian 6.4%, other 2.3%

Religions: Buddhist (Chinese), Muslim (Malays), Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Taoist, Confucianist

Languages: Chinese (official), Malay (official and national), Tamil (official), English (official)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990)
total population: 89%
male: 95%
female: 83%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Singapore
conventional short form: Singapore

Type: republic within Commonwealth

Capital: Singapore

Independence: 9 August 1965 (from Malaysia)

Constitution: 3 June 1959, amended 1965 (based on preindependence State of Singapore Constitution)


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $57 billion

National product real growth rate: 10.1%

National product per capita: $19,940

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 3.6%

Unemployment rate: 2.6%

Electricity:
capacity: 4,510,000 kW
production: 17 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 5,590 kWh



Olympic Factoid
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