Singapore

People

Singapore is one of the most densely populated countries in the world. The annual growth rate has been slowing from 3% in 1990 to .5% in 2019
Singapore has a varied linguistic, cultural, and religious heritage. Malay is the national language, but Chinese, English, and Tamil also are official languages. English is widely used in professions, businesses, and schools.

 

 

1990 2000 2010 2018
Population, total (millions) 3.05 4.03 5.08 5.64
Population growth (annual %) 3.9 1.7 1.8 0.5
Surface area (sq. km) (thousands) 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7
Population density (people per sq. km of land area) 4,548.00 6,011.80 7,231.80 7,953.00
Income share held by lowest 20% .. .. .. ..
Life expectancy at birth, total (years) 75 78 82 83
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) 1.8 1.6 1.2 1.2
Adolescent fertility rate (births per 1,000 women ages 15-19) 8 8 5 4
Contraceptive prevalence, any methods (% of women ages 15-49) 65 62 .. ..
Births attended by skilled health staff (% of total) .. 100 100 100
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) 8 4 3 3
Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) .. 3.3 .. ..
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) 84 96 95 95
Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group) .. .. .. 100
School enrollment, primary (% gross) .. .. .. 100.8
School enrollment, secondary (% gross) .. .. .. 108
School enrollment, primary and secondary (gross), gender parity index (GPI) .. .. .. 1
Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49) 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Environment
Forest area (sq. km) (thousands) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) .. .. .. 2.5
Annual freshwater withdrawals, total (% of internal resources) .. .. .. ..
Urban population growth (annual %) 3.9 1.7 1.8 0.5
Energy use (kg of oil equivalent per capita) 3,783 4,635 5,007 ..
CO2 emissions (metric tons per capita) 14.6 12.17 10.96 ..
Electric power consumption (kWh per capita) 4,983 7,575 8,680 ..
External debt stocks, total (DOD, current US$) (millions) .. .. .. ..
Total debt service (% of exports of goods, services and primary income) .. .. .. ..
Net migration (thousands) 249 436 338 298