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Singapore

SG / SGP   1.3°, 103.8°

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country in Southeast Asia. Its territory comprises a main island, over 60 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. The country is about one degree of latitude north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east and the Straits of Johor along with the State of Johor in Malaysia to the north.

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People are called
Singaporean
Driving side
Left
Calling code
+65
Capital
Singapore
Population
5,866,139
Area
719 km2
Climate
Tropical
Government
Parliamentary republic
Currency
Singapore dollar
Languages
English 48.3%, Mandarin 29.9%, Malay 9.2%
Sells
integrated circuits, refined petroleum, machinery, vaccines
Sells to
Hong Kong 13%, China 11%, USA 10%
Land borders
None
Drives on the
left
Calling code
+65
Founded
1965
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Singaporean

These are English demonyms for people from Singapore. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Singapore yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

A curated timeline is not available yet. Explore the country's history and the historical figures below.

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

Singapore in the study desk

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Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Englishofficial
48.3%
Mandarinofficial
29.9%
Malayofficial
9.2%
Tamilofficial
2.5%

Largest cities

Singapore  capital 5,917,600

Form of government

Parliamentary republic.

Climate and geography

tropical; hot, humid, rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons - northeastern monsoon (December to March) and southwestern monsoon (June to September); inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms

Climate zone

Highest point

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Lee Kuan Yew
Lee Kuan Yew Founding prime minister Lee Kuan Yew, also known as LKY, was a Singaporean politician, barrister and statesman who served as the first prime minister of Singapore from 1959 to 1990.
Stamford Raffles
Stamford Raffles Founder of the colonial port Sir Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles was a British colonial official who served as the governor of the Dutch East Indies between 1811 and 1816 and lieutenant-governor of Bencoolen between 1818 and 1824.

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: cities, wars.