Singapore 
Facts
Population: 4,553,009 (July 2007 est.).
Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.2% (male 358,064/female 333,702)
15-64 years: 76.3% (male 1,692,817/female 1,780,982)
65 years and over: 8.5% (male 171,876/female 215,568) (2007 est.).
Population growth rate: 1.275% (2007 est.).
Birth rate: 9.17 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Death rate: 4.4 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Net migration rate: 7.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.073 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.797 male(s)/female
total population: 0.954 male(s)/female (2007 est.).
Infant mortality rate: total: 2.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 81.8 years
male: 79.21 years
female: 84.59 years (2007 est.).
Total fertility rate: 1.07 children born/woman (2007 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% (2000 census).
GDP (purchasing power parity): $141.2 billion (2006 est.).
GDP - real growth rate: 7.9% (2006 est.).
GDP - per capita (PPP): $31,400 (2006 est.).
GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 0%
industry: 33.8%
services: 66.2% (2006 est.).
Labor force: 2.4 million (2006 est.).
Labor force - by occupation: manufacturing 18%, construction 6%, transportation and communication 11%, financial, business, and other services 39%, other 26% (2003).
Population below poverty line: NA%.
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%.
Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1% (2006 est.).
Unemployment rate: 3.1% (2006 est.).
Budget: revenues: $19.71 billion
expenditures: $19.85 billion; including capital expenditures of $5.1 billion (2006 est.).
Agriculture - products: rubber, copra, fruit, orchids, vegetables; poultry, eggs; fish, ornamental fish.
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, entrepot trade.
Industrial production growth rate: 12.6% (2006 est.).
Electricity - production: 32.64 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - consumption: 30.35 billion kWh (2004).
Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2004).
Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2004).
Exports: $283.6 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).
Exports - commodities: machinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer goods, chemicals, mineral fuels.
Exports - partners: Malaysia 13.3%, US 10.4%, Indonesia 9.6%, Hong Kong 9.4%, China 8.6%, Japan 5.5%, Thailand 4.1% (2005).
Imports: $246.1 billion (2006 est.).
Imports - commodities: machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs.
Imports - partners: Malaysia 13.7%, US 11.7%, China 10.3%, Japan 9.6%, Taiwan 5.9%, Indonesia 5.2%, Saudi Arabia 4.5%, South Korea 4.3% (2005).
Debt - external: $24.3 billion (2006 est.).
Economic aid - recipient: $NA.
Currency (code): Singapore dollar (SGD).
Exchange rates: Singapore dollars per US dollar - 1.5889 (2006), 1.6644 (2005), 1.6902 (2004), 1.7422 (2003), 1.7906 (2002).
Fiscal year: 1 April - 31 March.
Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.
Press
(Pro-government, financial), Singapore
http://business-times.asiaone.com/
(Pro-government, Chinese-language), Singapore
http://www.zaobao.com/
(pro-government), Singapore
http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/
(Pro-government, English-language), Singapore
http://www.todayonline.com/
Singapore in the News
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World Press Review associate editor Rachel S. Taylor interviews Singaporean Ambassador Mark Hong Tat Soon about Jemaah Islamiyah, the North Korean conflict, and the impending war in Iraq.
Singapore reacts to the terrorist attacks on the United States.
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