Singapore
Country in Asia
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 6.1M (2025). World rank 113 of 216; in Asia, 35 of 49. Area: 710 km². World rank 195 of 249; in Asia, 48 of 50. GDP per person: $98,814 (2025). World rank 8 of 210 (1 = best); in Asia, 1 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: population 5.5M → 6.1M, GDP $308B → $603.9B, and GDP per person $55,646 → $98,814.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Singapore
- Local name
- Singapore
- Capital
- Singapore
- Region
- Asia
- Form of government
- Parliamentary republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Tharman Shanmugaratnam
- Head of government
- Lawrence Wong
- Independence
- August 9, 1965
- Women in parliament
- 32.3% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 6,111,175 2025
- Area
- 710 km²
- GDP
- $603.9B 2025
- GDP per person
- $98,814 2025
- Life expectancy
- 83.4 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- English, Malay, Tamil, Chinese
- Currency
- Singapore Dollar (SGD)
- Time zones
- UTC+8
- Calling code
- +65
- Emergency numbers
- 995, 999
- Driving side
- Left
- Plug types
- G
- Mains voltage
- 230 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 193
- Neighbours
- None
- Agricultural land
- 0.9% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Bukit Timah, 166 m
- Lowest point
- Singapore Strait, 0 m
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 27
- Warmest month in the capital
- May, 28°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, 26°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 2,497 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 8,607.3 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- +1.2% 2025
- Living in cities
- 100% 2025
- Net migration per year
- +16.9K 2025
- Born in another country
- 48.7% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 11.7% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 74.1% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 14.2% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 85.6 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 81.2 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 7.4 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 6 2024
Society
- Religions
- Buddhist 31.1%, no religion 20%, Christian 18.9%, Muslim 15.6%, and folk religions 8.8% (2020)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 83.2 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 87.8 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 95.2 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 91.9 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 54.6 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $163,354 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +5% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $81,760 2025
- Inflation
- +0.9% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 60 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 0% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 22.7% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 71.6% 2025
- Unemployment
- 2.8% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 6.8% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 63.6% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 178% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 142% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +16.7% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +26.3% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 13.6% 2024
Education
- Adult literacy
- 97.7% 2021
- Primary school enrolment
- 100% 2023
- Secondary school enrolment
- 103% 2023
- Higher education enrolment
- 97.3% 2023
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 2.2% 2024
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 4.5% 2023
- Health spending per person
- $3,922 2023
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 25.4% 2023
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 2.8 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 6.6 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 2.8 2023
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 97% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 2.2 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 2.7 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 6 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.1% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 11.4% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 40.7% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 13.8% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 100% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 100% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 100% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 0.1 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 2.1 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 8.1 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 89 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 15.1 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 9.8 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 12.6 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 21.8% 2024
- Protected areas
- 2.1% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 106 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 33.3% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 94.4% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 171 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 27.8 2024
- Internet domain
- .sg .新加坡 .சிங்கப்பூர்
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 9,947 2024
- Renewable share of energy use
- 1.1% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 4% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 94.3% 2024
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 47,502,834 2023
- Airports
- 9 2025
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 1.8% 2022
- Researchers per million people
- 8,782 2022
- Scientific articles per year
- 11,894 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 1,898 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 59.4% 2024