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Republic o Singapore | |
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Motto: "Majulah Singapura" (Malay) (Scots: "Onwart, Singapore") | |
.svg) Location o Singapore (red) | |
| Caipital | Singapore (ceety-state) 1°17′N 103°50′E / 1.283°N 103.833°E |
| Lairgest PA | Bedok[1] 1°19′24.97″N 103°55′38.43″E / 1.3236028°N 103.9273417°E |
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| Demonym(s) | Singaporean |
| Govrenment | Unitar dominant-pairty pairlamentary republic |
• Preses | Tharman Shanmugaratnam |
| Lee Hsien Loong | |
| Sundaresh Menon | |
| Legislatur | Pairlament |
| Aurie | |
• Total | 719.9 km2 (278.0 sq mi)[3] (176th) |
| Population | |
• 2016[3] estimate | 5,607,300 (113t) |
• Density | 7,797/km2 (20,194.1/sq mi) (3rd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2018[4] estimate |
• Total | $537.447 billion (39th) |
• Per capita | $93,678 (3rd) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2018[4] estimate |
• Tot | $316.872 billion (41st) |
• Per capita | $55,231 (10t) |
| Gini (2014) |  46.4[5]heich · 30t |
| HDI (2015) |  0.925[6]verra heich · 5t |
| Currency | Singapore dollar (SGD) |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (SST) |
| Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
| Drivin side | caur |
| Cawin code | +65 |
| ISO 3166 code | SG |
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Singapore, offeecially the Republic o Singapore, is a wee island kintra aff the soothren tip o the Malay Peninsula, 137 kilometres (85 mi) north o the equator, in the Sootheast Asien region o the Asien continent. It is separate frae Malaysie bi the Straits o Johor tae its north, an frae Indonesie's Riau Islands bi the Singapore Strait tae its sooth. A ceety-state, Singapore is the warld's fowert leadin financial centre an a cosmopolitan warld ceety, playin a key role in internaitional trade an finance.
Singapore haes a lang history o immigration. It haes a diverse population o close tae 5 million fowk made up o Chinese, Malay, Indians, Asians o sindry strynd, an Caucasians.[7] 42% o the population in Singapore are foreigners who wirk an study thare. Furrn wirkers mak up 50% o the service sector.[8][9] The kintra is the seicont maist densely populatit in the warld efter Monaco.[10] A.T. Kearney named Singapore the maist globalised kintra in the warld in 2006 in its Globalization Index.[11]
Afore unthirldom in 1965, Singapore wis a vibrant tradin port wi a GDP per capita o $511, the third heichest in East Asie then.[12] Efter unthirldom, foreign direct investment an a state-led drive for industrialisation based on plans bi umwhile Deputy Prime Meenister Dr. Goh Keng Swee creatit a modren economy.[13]
The Economist Intelligence Unit in its "Quality-Of-Life Index" ranks Singapore as haein the best quality o life in Asie and eleivent oweraw in the warld.[14] Singapore possesses the warld's nint lairgest foreign reserves.[15][16] The kintra an aa maintains airmed forces that are technologically advanced an well-equipped.[17][18]
Efter a contraction o -6.8% in the 4t quarter of 2009,[19] Singapore claimed the title o fastest-growin economy in the warld, wi GDP growth o 17.9% in the first hauf o 2010.[20]
- ↑ "Singapore Residents by Planning Area/Subzone, Age Group and Sex, June 2000 – 2015". Statistics Singapore. Archived frae the original (XLS) on 30 Januar 2016. Retrieved 7 Januar 2016. Unknown parameter
|deadurl=ignored (help) Archived 2018-12-25 at the Wayback Machine - ↑ Statistics Singapore: 2015 General Household Survey Archived 2018-02-12 at the Wayback Machine. Religion data Archived 2016-04-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ a b "Population & Land Area (Mid-Year Estimates)". Statistics Singapore. Juin 2014. Archived frae the original on 29 November 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
- ↑ a b "Singapore". International Monetary Fund.
- ↑ "Distribution of family income – Gini Index". CIA. 2015. Archived frae the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
- ↑ "2016 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2016. Retrieved 23 Mairch 2017.
- ↑ "Statistics Singapore - Latest Data". Singstat.gov.sg. Archived frae the original on 26 December 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
- ↑ "Trends in international migrant stock: The 2008 revision", United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2009).
- ↑ "Population Trends 2009", Singapore Department of Statistics. ISSN 1793-2424
- ↑ Leet kintras an dependencies bi population density.
- ↑ "Measuring Globalization", Foreign Policy, no date.
- ↑ GDP (per capita) (1968) by country, NationMaster.com.
- ↑ Murphy, Craig (2006). The United Nations Development Programme: A Better Way?. Cambridge University Press. p. 101. ISBN 9780521864695.
- ↑ "The Economist Intelligence Unit's quality-of-life index", 2005.
- ↑ Official Foreign Reserves Archived 2011-10-21 at the Wayback Machine, Monetary Authority of Singapore.
- ↑ Top 10 countries with Largest Foreign Exchange Reserves Archived 2011-11-08 at the Wayback Machine, Shine, 8 September 2009.
- ↑ Moss, Trefor (18 Januar 2010). "Buying an advantage". Jane's Defence Review. Archived frae the original on 23 Januar 2010. Retrieved 22 Januar 2011.
- ↑ "The Impact of Singapore's Military Development on Malaysia's Security". Journal of Politics and Law. Canadian Center of Science and Education. 2 (2): P68. 2009. ISSN 1913-9047. Unknown parameter
|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ↑ "Singapore GDP Contracts By 6.8% In The Fourth Quarter". Gov Monitor. 3 Januar 2010. Retrieved 1 November 2010.
- ↑ Ramesh, S. (8 August 2010). "Govt's goal is to ensure all S'poreans enjoy fruits of growth: PM Lee". Channel News Asia. Singapore. Archived frae the original on 2 December 2012. Retrieved 22 Januar 2011.