A city-state that has grown its land area by about a quarter through reclamation since independence.
Singapore
Republic of Singapore
Asia
ยท South-Eastern Asia
- ISO codes
- SG ยท SGP
- Density
- 8,033 /kmยฒ
- Languages
- English, Malay, Tamil, Chinese
- Currency
- Singapore dollar (SGD)
- Dial code
- +65
- Internet domain
- .sg
- Time zones
- 1
- Coastline
- Has a coast
- Map centre
- 1.3670ยฐ N, 103.8170ยฐ E
- Demonym
- Singaporean
- UN region
- South-Eastern Asia
- Economy
- Developing region
- Income group
- High income: nonOECD
- Total GDP
- $372.06B
- Sovereignty
- Independent ยท UN member
- Borders
- None
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By the numbers
How Singapore stacks up against all 242 mapped countries.
Ten facts about Singapore
The first is hand-written; the rest are worked out from this country's own figures.
Population is about 5,703,569 people, the 116th largest of the 242 countries mapped here - roughly one in 1,346 of everyone alive.
Covers 710 kmยฒ, making it the 190th largest country here - about 2.2 times the size of Malta.
Population density is about 8,033 people per kmยฒ, among the most crowded countries in the world.
The capital is Singapore, at 1.29ยฐ N, 103.85ยฐ E, with a metropolitan population of about 5,183,700.
Has no land neighbours - it is an island nation, surrounded entirely by water.
Has its own coastline and direct access to the open sea.
Keeps a single time zone, Asia/Singapore.
The currency is the Singapore dollar (SGD, symbol $).
Has 4 official languages: English, Malay, Tamil and Chinese.
Local time
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Cities
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A city-state that grew its land area by a quarter through reclamation, and calls itself a city in a garden.