Singapore: People & Society#
Population | 5,781,728 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Singaporean(s) adjective: Singapore |
Ethnic groups | Chinese 74.2%, Malay 13.3%, Indian 9.2%, other 3.3% (2013 est.) |
Languages | Mandarin (official) 36.3%, English (official) 29.8%, Malay (official) 11.9%, Hokkien 8.1%, Cantonese 4.1%, Tamil (official) 3.2%, Teochew 3.2%, other Indian languages 1.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.1%, other 1.1% (2010 est.) |
Religions | Buddhist 33.9%, Muslim 14.3%, Taoist 11.3%, Catholic 7.1%, Hindu 5.2%, other Christian 11%, other 0.7%, none 16.4% (2010 est.) |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 12.94% (male 382,479/female 365,595) 15-24 years: 17.02% (male 484,355/female 499,940) 25-54 years: 50.45% (male 1,420,833/female 1,496,125) 55-64 years: 10.34% (male 299,446/female 298,562) 65 years and over: 9.24% (male 243,418/female 290,975) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 37.4% youth dependency ratio: 21.4% elderly dependency ratio: 16.1% potential support ratio: 6.2% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 34.3 years male: 34.2 years female: 34.4 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 1.86% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 8.4 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 3.5 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | 13.6 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Urbanization | urban population: 100% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 2.02% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | SINGAPORE (capital) 5.619 million (2015) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.95 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 30.5 median age (2015 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate | 10 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 2.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 2.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.2 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 85 years male: 82.3 years female: 87.8 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 0.82 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Health expenditures | 4.9% of GDP (2014) |
Physicians density | 1.95 physicians/1,000 population (2013) |
Hospital bed density | 2 beds/1,000 population (2011) |
Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2015 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
Major infectious diseases | note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 6.8% (2014) |
Education expenditures | 2.9% of GDP (2013) |
Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.8% male: 98.6% female: 95% (2015 est.) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 7% male: 5.4% female: 9% (2013) |