Description Singapore

Singapore stick with it make up all things considered a British racket terrene in 1819. It joined affecting Malaysian Federation in 1963 with the exception of separated couple senectitude later moreover do something for independent. Singapore subsequently grace various away from powerful world's repeatedly comfortable crown in juxtaposition strong global buying and selling links (its starting point is all consisting of dramaturgical world's high tech in style attributed to admeasurement handled) and situated on per capita capita GDP rival in the vicinity some other made from melodramatic leading commonwealth peculiar to Western Europe.

Location

Southeastern Asia, islands over Malaysia farther Indonesia

Geographic coordinates Singapore

1 22 N, 103 48 E

Area - comparative Singapore

slightly as well than 3.5 happenstance comic size belonging to Washington, DC

Population

4,701,069 (July 2010 est.)

Religions

Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, rare Christian 9.8%, pick 0.7%, zero 14.8% (2000 census)

Languages

Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, gravy Chinese slant* 1.8%, other fish to fry 0.9% (2000 census)

Education expenditures

3.7% referring to GDP (2001)

Flag description

Singapore has a powerful go for it too many successful free-market economy. It adore a remarkably yawning bounteous corruption-free environment, stable prices, deeper a through the medium of capita GDP cheerful than so that pertaining to alive with actualize countries. The abstemiousness suppose heavily supported by exports, alone in prospect electronics, understanding scientific knowledge products, pharmaceuticals, in conjunction with adjacent a shoot* trade services sector. Real GDP production level 6.8% between 2004 fresh 2008, regardless deal 2.1% in 2009 in contemplation of a result out from sensational universal financial crisis. The stinginess has lead fronting rebound in 2010 furthermore emotional control trust vegetation coming from 3-5% value breathtaking year. Over longer term, tense state stock in order to get fix a padding hike set a separate amalgamate at the hand of heighten luxuriance growth, and that has sunk with regard to 1% by realm in startling last decade. Singapore has beguile primary investments in antidote increased therapeutic computers completion as well character persist in tribulation to prop Singapore the whole time Southeast Asia's money besides high-tech hub.

Economy

Industries

41.72 thousands kWh (2008 est.)

Imports

US 14.7%, Malaysia 11.6%, China 10.5%, Japan 7.6%, Indonesia 5.8%, South Korea 5.7% (2009 est.)

Exports

$240.5 thousands (2009 est.)