Singapore

Facts

Population:  4,300,419 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  17.89% (male 397,124; female 372,058) 15-64 years:  75.16% (male 1,575,381; female 1,656,838) 65 years and over:  6.95% (male 130,815; female 168,203) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  3.5% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  12.8 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  4.24 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  26.45 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 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:  0.78 male(s)/female total population:  0.96 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  3.62 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  80.17 years male:  77.22 years female:  83.35 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  1.22 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.19% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  4,000 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  210 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Singaporean(s) adjective:  Singapore
Ethnic groups:  Chinese 76.7%, Malay 14%, Indian 7.9%, other 1.4%
Religions:  Buddhist (Chinese), Muslim (Malays), Christian, Hindu, Sikh, Taoist, Confucianist
Languages:  Chinese (official), Malay (official and national), Tamil (official), English (official)
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  93.5% male:  97% female:  89.8% (1999)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $109.8 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  10.1% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $26,500 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  NEGL% industry:  30% services:  70%
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  1.4% (2000)
Labor force:  2.1 million (2000)
Labor force - by occupation:  financial, business, and other services 35%, manufacturing 21%, construction 13%, transportation and communication 9%
Unemployment rate:  3% (2000 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $18.1 billion expenditures:  $17.1 billion, including capital expenditures of $9.5 billion (FY99/00 est.)
Industries:  electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and rubber products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, entrepot trade, biotechnology
Industrial production growth rate:  14% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:  27.381 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  100% hydro:  0% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  25.464 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  rubber, copra, fruit, orchids, vegetables; poultry, eggs, fish, ornamental fish
Exports:  $137 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:  machinery and equipment (including electronics), chemicals, mineral fuels
Exports - partners:  US 19%, Malaysia 17%, Hong Kong 8%, Japan 7%, Taiwan 5%, Thailand 4%, UK 4%, Netherlands 3.8%, China 3%, South Korea 3%, Germany 3% (1999)
Imports:  $127 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and equipment, mineral fuels, chemicals, foodstuffs
Imports - partners:  US 17%, Japan 17%, Malaysia 16%, Thailand 5%, China 5%, Taiwan 4%, Germany 3%, Saudi Arabia 3% (1999)
Debt - external:  $9.7 billion (2000)
Economic aid - recipient:  $NA
Currency:  Singapore dollar (SGD)
Currency code:  SGD
Exchange rates:  Singapore dollars per US dollar - 1.7365 (January 2001), 1.7240 (2000), 1.6950 (1999), 1.6736 (1998), 1.4848 (1997), 1.4100 (1996)
Fiscal year:  1 April - 31 March

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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