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.
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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