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Singapore’s country conventional long form name is Republic of Singapore. Locally, it is called Republic of Singapore or Singapore for short.

Singapore’s national symbol is lion, merlion (mythical half lion-half fish creature), and orchid, while its national colors are red and white. Its national anthem is “Majulah Singapura” or Onward Singapore in English. Its capital is Singapore, with geographic coordinates of 1 17 N, 103 51 E.

Sources: The World Factbook, World Bank Open Data

Unemployment rate: 2.2% in 2017

Population below poverty line: –

Household income or consumption by percentage share: 1.7% for the lowest 10% and 26% for the highest 10% in 2016

Economics

Political parties and leaders: National Solidarity Party or NSP, People’s Action Party or PAP [LEE Hsien Loong], Singapore Democratic Party or SDP [Dr. CHEE Soon Juan], and Workers’ Party or WP [LOW Thia Khiang]

International organizations: ADB, AOSIS, APEC, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN, BIS, C, CP, EAS, FAO, FATF, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, and WTO.

Politics

President: Halimah Yacob

Prime Minister: Lee Hsien Loong

Female representation in parliament: –

Government type: Unitary dominant-party parliamentary republic

Administrative districts: –

Independence: 9 August 1965 (from Malaysian Federation)

National holidays: National Day, 9 August (1965)

Military expenditure: 3.35% of GDP in 2016

Military branches: Singapore Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Air Force (includes Air Defense) in 2013

Government

Nationality: Singaporean

Population: 5,888,926 in July 2017

Ethnic groups: Chinese 74.3%, Malay 13.4%, Indian 9.1% (includes Sri Lankan), and other 3.2%.

Religions: Buddhist 33.9%, Muslim 14.3%, Taoist 11.3%, Catholic 7.1%, Hindu 5.2%, other Christian 11%, other 0.7%, none 16.4% in 2010.

Age structure: 0-14 years: 12.82% (male 386,139/female 368,874), 15-24 years: 16.56% (male 479,683/female 495,649), 25-54 years: 50.53% (male 1,448,463/female 1,527,038), 55-64 years: 10.46% (male 308,477/female 307,557), and 65 years and over: 9.63% (male 258,597/female 308,449) in 2017

Dependency ratio: total dependency ratio: 37.3, youth dependency ratio: 21.3, elderly dependency ratio: 16, and potential support ratio: 6.2 in 2015 .

Population growth rate: 1.82% in 2017

Birth rate: 8.6 births/1,000 population in 2017

Death rate: 3.5 deaths/1,000 population in 2017

Urban population: 100% of total population in 2017

Rate of urbanization: 1.5% annual rate of change in 2015-20

Demographics

Education expenditures: 2.9% of GDP in 2013

Literacy rate (age 15 and over can read and write): 97% of total population with ratio male: female 98.7%: 98.2% in 2016

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): 13 years total in 2009

Unemployment: 6.6% in total with ratio male: female 5.6%: 7.7% in 2010

Female labour force participation rate: 24.6.

Education

Natural resources: fish and deepwater ports

Agriculture products: –

Industries: electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and rubber products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, offshore platform construction, life sciences, and entrepot trade

Industrial production growth rate: 3% in 2017

Labor force: 3.668 in 2016

Labor force by occupation: agriculture (0.96%), industry (15.5%), and services (83.5%) in 2016

Exports: $396.4 million in 2017

Commodities: machinery and equipment (including electronics and telecommunications), pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, refined petroleum products, foodstuffs and beverages

Imports: $309.7 million in 2017

Commodities: machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs, and consumer goods

Natural Resources

World Press Freedom Index: –

Total subscriptions of fixed lines: 2,003,200 and the subscriptions per 100 inhabitants was less than 35 in July 2016

Total subscriptions of mobile cellular: 8,399,700 and the subscriptions per 100 inhabitants was 145 in July 2016

International country code: 65 (international service is available)

Broadcast media: 8 domestic TV stations; a total of 18 domestic radio stations; and another 4 stations

Internet country code: .sg

Internet users: 4,683,200 in total that is 81.0% of population in July 2016

Culture

Flora and Fauna

Area: 719.2 sq km in total with 709.2 sq km of land and 10 sq km of water

Land boundaries: 0 km in total

Border country: –

Climate: tropical; hot, humid, rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons – northeastern monsoon (December to March) and southwestern monsoon (June to September); inter-monsoon – frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms

Land use: arable land 0.9%; permanent crops 0.1%; permanent pasture 0%

Irrigated land: 0 sq km in 2012

Borderline

Maternal mortality ratio: 10 deaths/100,000 live births in 2015

Infant mortality rate: 2.4 deaths/1,000 live births in total in 2017

Life expectancy at birth: 85.2 years in total population in 2017

Total fertility rate: 0.83 children born/woman in 2017

Contraceptive prevalence: –

Health expenditures: 4.9% of GDP in 2014.

Physicians density: 1.91 physicians/1,000 population in 2011

Hospital bed density: 2.4 beds/1,000 population in 2015