Country name: Republic of Singapore
Capital: Singapore
Location: An island and islets in the heart of Southeast Asia, between Malaysia and Indonesia
Area: 710.3 sq km
Highest point: Bukit Timah Hill at 163.36m
Climate: Tropical. It’s hot and sunny all year, with two monsoon seasons (December to March and June to September) bringing heavy rains
Government: Parliamentary republic
Gross Domestic Product: S$265,057.9 million (Statistics Singapore, 2009)
Major industries: Electronics, chemicals, financial services, oil drilling equipment, petroleum refining, rubber processing and products, processed food and beverages, ship repair, offshore platform construction, life sciences, entrepot trade
Currency: Singapore Dollar
Population: 5,076,700 (Statistics Singapore, 2010)
Median age: 37.4 years
Life expectancy: 81.4 years
Population growth rate: 3.1%
Ethnic groups: Chinese 74.1%, Malay 13.4%, Indian 9.2%, Other races 3.3%
Language: Malay, Mandarin, Tamil and English are the 4 official languages in Singapore. The national language shall be the Malay language and shall be in the Roman script.
Religions: Buddhism 42.5%, Islam 14.9%, Christianity 9.8%, Taoism 8.5%, Catholicism 4.8%, Hinduism 4%, other religions 0.7%, none 14.8% (Statistics Singapore, Census of Population 2000)
Literacy: 95.9% of the population above 15 years of age can read and write
Communications: Excellent facilities and services, including 3G wireless service launched in 2005, and a 193.4% household broadband penetration rate (Infocomm Development Authority, January 2011)
Mobile phone penetration: 143.9% (January 2011)
International country code: +65
Internet country code: .sg
