Singapore People:
Population:
4,425,720 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 16% (male:366,971; female:342,295)
15-64 years: 75.9% (male:1,639,842; female:1,719,829)
65 years and over: 8.1% (male:157,636; female:199,147) (2005)
Median age:
total: 36.76 years
male: 36.4 years
female: 37.07 years (2005)
Population growth rate:
1.56% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
9.49 births
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
4.16 deaths
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
10.3 migrant(s)
/
1,000 population (2005 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female (2005)
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female (2005)
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female (2005)
65 years and over: 0.79 male(s)/female (2005)
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 2.29 deaths
/
1,000 live births (2005 est.)
male: 2.5 deaths
/
1,000 live births
female: 2.06 deaths
/
1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth:
total: 81.62 years (2005 est.)
male: 79.05 years
female: 84.39 years
Total fertility rate:
1.05 children born/woman (2005 est.)
HIV/AIDS — adult prevalence rate:
0.2% (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — people living with HIV/AIDS:
4,100 (2003 est.)
HIV/AIDS — deaths:
less than 200 (2003 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Singaporean(s)
adjective: Singapore
Ethnic groups:
Chinese 76.8%, Malay 13.9%, Indian 7.9%, other 1.4% (2000)
Religions:
Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, other Christian 9.8%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, Taoist 8.5%, other 0.7%, none 14.8%
Languages:
other Chinese dialects 1.8%, Malay 14.1%, Tamil 3.2%, English 23%, Mandarin 35%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, other 0.9% (2000)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 92.5%
male: 96.6%
female: 88.6% (2002)
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