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Singapore

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Capital: Singapore

Population

Total Population (million): 4.59
Annual growth rate: 1.14%
Density: 6,652 inhab./km²
Urban population: 0.00%
Population of : Singapore is a single city State. ()
Ethnic Origins: Chinese 75%, Malays 13,7%, Indians 8,7%, Others 2,6% (Year 2007)
Official Language: English, Mandarin Chinese, Malay, Tamil.
Other languages spoken: Hakka, Cantonese, Teochew, Other Chinese dialects.
Business language: English is the most common language used and is the language which unites the different ethnic groups and business together.
Religion: Buddhism, Islam, Taoism, Hinduism, Christianity and others like Jews, Sikhs, Jains, etc.
Literacy rate: n.c.%

Local time:

It is %T:%M %A in Singapour

Exchange rate on :


Country overview

Area: 699 km²
Type of State: Singapore is a republic state based on parliamentary democracy.
Type of economy: High-income economy
South-east Asia's hi-tech and wealthy city-state. Based on banking and financial services; shipyards and oil refining; leading world port in tonnes of goods transported.
HID*: 0.922
HDI (world rank): 25/177

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.


Weather in Singapore
 | 

27°

Low: 24°  |  High: 29°

Humidity: 89%  |  Wind: 27 km/h
Sunrise: 6:47 am  |  Sunset: 6:50 pm

Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Singapore, dial 001
To call in Singapore, dial 65
Internet suffix: .sg
Computers: 0.0
Telephone lines: 41.9 per 100 inhabitants
Internet users: 60.9 per 100 inhabitants
Access to electricity: 100% of the population

Indicator of economic freedom

Score:
87.4/100
Position:
Free
World Rank:
2 out of 157
Regional Rank:
2 out of 30

Distribution of Economic freedom in the world
Source: 2008 Index of Economic freedom, Heritage Foundation

 

Country risk

See the country risk analysis from provided by Ducroire.

 

Indicator of political freedom

Political freedom:
5/7
Civil liberties:
4/7
Ranking:
Partly Free

Map of freedom 2007
Source: Freedom House

 

Indicator of freedom of the press

World Rank:
141/169
Evolution:
5 places up compared to 2006

Source: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2007, Reporters Without Borders

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