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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 (Decemberto March) and Southwestern monsoon (June to September); inter-monsoon - frequentafternoon 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: 1.47% permanent crops: 1.47% other: 97.06% (2005)

Irrigated land:

NA

Total renewable water resources: 0.6 cu km (1975)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

total: 0.19 cu km/yr (45%/51%/4%) per capita: 44 cu m/yr (1975)

Natural hazards:
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Environment - current issues:

industrial pollution; limited natural freshwater resources; limited land availability presentswaste disposal problems; seasonal smoke/haze resulting from forest fires in Indonesia

Environment - international agreements:

party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification,Endangered Species, Hazardous W astes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, ShipPollution signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography - note:

focal point for Southeast Asian sea routes

People and Society :: SINGAPORE

Nationality:

noun: Singaporean(s) adjective: Singapore

Ethnic groups:

Chinese 76.8%, Malay 13.9%, Indian 7.9%, other 1.4% (2000 census)

Languages:

Mandarin (official) 35%, English (official) 23%, Malay (official) 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%,

Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil (official) 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other0.9% (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)

Population:

5,353,494 (July 2012 est.)

country comparison to the world: 11 4

Age structure:

0-14 years: 13.8% (male 338,419/female 314,704) 15-64 years: 77% (male 1,774,444/female 1,874,985) 65 years and over: 9.2% (male 196,101/female 242,084) (2011 est.)

Median age:

total: 40.1 years male: 39.6 years female: 40.6 years (2011 est.)
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4/16


5/16

Health expenditures:

3.9% of GDP (2009)


Physicians density:

1.833 physicians/1,000 population (2009)

country comparison to the world: 72

Hospital bed density:

3.14 beds/1,000 population (2008)


Drinking water source:

improved:urban: 100% of populationtotal: 100% of population (2008)

Sanitation facility access:

improved:urban: 100% of populationtotal: 100% of populationunimproved:urban: 0% of populationtotal: 0% of population (2008)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:

0.1% (2009 est.)


HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:

3,400 (2009 est.)


HIV/AIDS - deaths:

fewer than 100 (2009 est.)


Obesity - adult prevalence rate:

6.9% (2004)


Children under the age of 5 years underweight:

3.3% (2000)


Education expenditures:
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6/16

3% of GDP (2009)


Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 92.5% male: 96.6% female: 88.6% (2000 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):

NA

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24:

total: 12.9%

country comparison to the world: 87male: 9.9%

female: 16.6% (2009)

Government :: SINGAPORE

Country name:

conventional long form: Republic of Singapore conventional short form: Singapore local long form: Republic of Singapore local short form: Singapore

Government type:

parliamentary republic

Capital:

name: Singapore geographic coordinates: 1 17 N, 103 51 E t ime difference: UTC+8 (13 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Stan dard Time)

Administrative divisions:

none

Independence:

9 August 1965 (from Malaysian Federation)

National holiday:

National Day, 9 August (1965)

Constitution:
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3 June 1959; amended 1965 (based on pre-independence State of Singapore Constitution)

Legal system:

English common law

International law organization participation:

has not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaratio n; non-part y state to the ICCt

Suffrage:

21 years of age; universal and compulsory

Executive branch:

chief of state: President Tony TAN Keng Yam (since 1 Sept ember 2011) head of government: Prime Minister LEE Hsien Loong (since 12 August 2004); Deputy PrimeMinister TEO Chee Hean (since 1 April 2009) and Deput y Prime Minister THARMAN

Shanmugaratnam (since 21 May 2011); Senior Mi nister HENG Chee How (since 21 May 2011) cabinet: appointed by president, responsible to parliament

(For more information visit the World Leaders website )

elections: president elected by popular vote for six-year term; election last held on 27 August2011 (next election to be held by August 2 017); following legislative elections, le ader ofmajority party or leader of majority coalition usually appointed prime minister by president;deputy prime ministers appointed by president election results: Tony TAN Keng Yam elected president from a fiel d of four candidates with35.2% of the votes cast

Legislative branch:

unicameral Parliament (87 seats; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms);

note - in addition, there are up to ni ne nominated members; up to three losing opposi tioncandidates who came closest to winning seats may be appointed as Nomin ated Members ofParliament (NMP)elections: last held on 7 May 2011 (next to b e held in May 2016) election results: percent of vote by party - PAP 60.1%, WP 12.8%, NSP 12.1%, others 15%;seats by party - PAP 81, WP 6

Judicial branch:

Supreme Court (chief justice is appointed by the president with the advice of the primeminister, other judges are appointed by the president with the advice of the chief justice);Court of Appeals

Political parties and leaders: National Solidarity Party or NSP [Hazel POA]; Peopl e's Action Party or PAP [LEE HsienLoong]; Reform Party [Kenneth JEYARETNAM]; Singapore Democratic Alli ance or SDA[CHIAM See Tong]; Singapore Democratic Party or SDP [CHEE Soon Juan]; Workers' Party orWP [Sylvia LIM Swee Lian]note : SDA includes Singapore Justice Party or SJP, Singapore National Malay Organization orPKMS, Singapore People's Party or SPP

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none

International organization participation:

ADB, AOSIS, APEC, ARF, ASEAN, BIS, C, CP, EAS, FATF, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IM SO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC,

MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNMIT, UPU, W CO, WHO, WIPO, WMO,WTO

Diplomatic representation in the US:

chief of mission: Ambassador CHAN Heng Chee chancery: 3501 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008 telephone: [1] (202) 537-3100 FAX: [1] (202) 537-0876 consulate(s) general: San Francisco consulate(s): New York

Diplomatic representation from the US:

chief of mission: Ambassador David I. ADELMAN embassy: 27 Napier Road, Singapore 258508 mailing address: FPO AP 96507-0001 telephone: [65] 6476-9100 FAX: [65] 6476-9340

Flag description:

two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white; near the hoist side of the red band, there isa vertical, white crescent (closed portion is toward th e hoist side) partially enclosing five whit efive-pointed stars arranged in a circle; red denotes brotherhood and equality; white signifiespurity and virtue; the waxing crescent moon sy mbolizes a young nation on the as cendancy; thefive stars represent the nation's ideals of democr acy, peace, progress, justice, and equality

National symbol(s):

lion

Economy :: SINGAPORE

Economy - overview:

Singapore has a highly developed and successful free-market economy. It enjoys a remarkablyopen and corruption-fre e environment, stable prices, and a per capita GDP high er than that ofmost developed countries. The economy depends heavily o n exports, particularly in consumer

electronics, information technology products, pharmaceuticals, and on a growing financialservices sector. Real GDP growth averaged 8.6% between 2004 and 20 07. The economycontracted 1.0% in 2009 as a result of the global fin ancial crisis, but rebounded 14.8% in 201 0and 4.9% in 2011, on the strength of renewed exports. Over the longer term, the governmenthopes to establish a new growth path that focuses on raising pr oductivity, which has sunk to acompound annual growth rate of just 1.8% in the last decad e. Singapore has attracted majorinvestments in pharmaceuticals and medical technology production and will continue efforts toestablish Singapore as Southeast Asia's financial and high-tech hub.
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GDP (purchasing power parity):

$314.2 billion (2011 est.)

country comparison to the world: 40$299.5 billion (2010 est.)$260.9 billion (2009 est.)note :

data are in 2011 US dollars

GDP (official exchange rate):

$266.5 billion (2011 est.)

GDP - real growth rate:

4.9% (2011 est.)

country comparison to the world: 8114.8% (2010 est.)-1% (2009 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP): $59,900 (2011 est.)

country comparison to the world: 5$57,800 (2010 est.)$51,400 (2009 est.)note : data are in 2011 US dollars

GDP - composition by sector:

agriculture: 0% industry: 26.6% services: 73.4% (2010 est.)

Labor force:

3.212 million

country comparison to the world: 10 0note : excludes non-residents (2011 est.)

Labor force - by occupation:

agriculture: 0.1% industry: 19.6% services: 80.3% note : excludes non-residents (2011)

Unemployment rate: 2% (2011 est.)

country comparison to the world: 132.2% (2010 est.)

Population below poverty line:

NA %
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Household income or consumption by percentage share:

lowest 10%: 4.4% highest 10%: 23.2% (2008)

Distribution of family income - Gini index:

47.3 (2011)country comparison to the world: 3148.1 (2008)

Investment (gross fixed):

23.4% of GDP (2011 est.)


Budget:

revenues: $39.33 billion expenditures: $38.52 billion note :

expenditures include both operational and development expenditures (2011 est.)

Taxes and other revenues:

14.8% of GDP (2011 est.)


Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-):

0.3% of GDP (2011 est.)


Public debt:

118.2% of GDP (2011 est.)country comparison to the world: 10112.4% of GDP (2010 est.)note : for Singapore, public debt consists largely of Singapore Government Securities (SGS)issued to assist the Central Provident Fund (CPF), which administers Singapore's definedcontribution pension fund; special issues of SGS are held by the CPF, and are non-tradeable;the government has not borrowed to finance defici t expenditures since the 1980s

Inflation rate (consumer prices):

5.2% (2011 est.)

country comparison to the world: 12 12.8% (2010 est.)

Central bank discount rate:

NA% (31 December 2011 est.)

country comparison to the world: 14 30.13% (31 December 2010 est.)

Commercial bank prime lending rate:
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