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location:
southeastern asia. islands between malaysia and indonesia
geographic coordinates:
1 22 n. 103 48 e
map references:
southeast asia
area:
total: 692.7 sq km land: 682.7 sq km water: 10 sq km
area - comparative:
slightly more than 3.5 times the size of washington. dc
land boundaries:
0 km
coastline:
193 km
maritime claims:
territorial sea: 3 nm exclusive fishing zone: within and beyond territorial sea. as defined in treaties and practice
climate:
tropical; hot. humid. rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons - northeastern monsoon from december to march and southwestern monsoon from june to september; inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms
terrain:
lowland; gently undulating central plateau contains water catchment area and nature preserve
elevation extremes:
lowest point: singapore strait 0 m highest point: bukit timah 166 m
natural resources:
fish. deepwater ports
land use:
arable land: 1.64% permanent crops: 0% other: 98.36% (2001)
irrigated land:
na sq km
natural hazards:
na
environment - current issues:
industrial pollution; limited natural fresh water resources; limited land availability presents waste disposal problems; seasonal smoke/haze resulting from forest fires in indonesia
environment - international agreements:
party to: biodiversity. climate change. desertification. endangered species. hazardous wastes. law of the sea. ozone layer protection. ship pollution signed. but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
geography - note:
focal point for southeast asian sea routes
population:
4.425.720 (july 2005 est.)
age structure:
0-14 years: 16% (male 366.971/female 342.295) 15-64 years: 75.9% (male 1.639.842/female 1.719.829) 65 years and over: 8.1% (male 157.636/female 199.147) (2005 est.)
median age:
total: 36.76 years male: 36.4 years female: 37.07 years (2005 est.)
population growth rate:
1.56% (2005 est.)
birth rate:
9.49 births/1.000 population (2005 est.)
death rate:
4.16 deaths/1.000 population (2005 est.)
net migration rate:
10.3 migrant(s)/1.000 population (2005 est.)
sex ratio:
at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
infant mortality rate:
total: 2.29 deaths/1.000 live births male: 2.5 deaths/1.000 live births female: 2.06 deaths/1.000 live births (2005 est.)
life expectancy at birth:
total population: 81.62 years male: 79.05 years female: 84.39 years (2005 est.)
total fertility rate:
1.05 children born/woman (2005 est.)
hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate:
0.2% (2003 est.)
hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids:
4.100 (2003 est.)
hiv/aids - deaths:
less than 200 (2003 est.)
nationality:
noun: singaporean(s) adjective: singapore
ethnic groups:
chinese 76.8%. malay 13.9%. indian 7.9%. other 1.4% (2000 census)
religions:
buddhist 42.5%. muslim 14.9%. taoist 8.5%. hindu 4%. catholic 4.8%. other christian 9.8%. other 0.7%. none 14.8% (2000 census)
languages:
mandarin 35%. english 23%. malay 14.1%. hokkien 11.4%. cantonese 5.7%. teochew 4.9%. tamil 3.2%. other chinese dialects 1.8%. other 0.9% (2000 census)
literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 92.5% male: 96.6% female: 88.6% (2002)
country name:
conventional long form: republic of singapore conventional short form: singapore
government type:
parliamentary republic
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