Capital Singapore
(Downtown Core, Central)
Official language(s) English (Main language)
Malay (National language)
Mandarin Chinese
Tamil
Official scripts English alphabet
Malay alphabet
Simplified Chinese
Tamil script
Demonym Singaporean
Government Parliamentary republic
- President S.R. Nathan
- Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
- Speaker of Parliament Abdullah Tarmugi
- Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong
Legislature Parliament
Formation
- Founding 29 January 1819
- Self-government 3 June 1959
- Independence from the United Kingdom 31 August 1963
- Merger with Malaysia 16 September 1963
- Separation from Malaysia 9 August 1965
Area
- Total 710.2 km2 (187th)
274.2 sq mi
- Water (%) 1.444
Population
- 2009 estimate 4,987,600
- 2010 census 5,076,700[8] (115th)
- Density 7,022/km2 (3rd)
17,275.7/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2010 estimate
- Total $255.338 billion
- Per capita $52,839
GDP (nominal) 2010 estimate
- Total $194.918 billion
- Per capita $40,336
HDI (2010) 0.846 (very high) (27th)
Currency Singapore dollar (SGD)
Time zone SST (UTC+8)
Date formats dd/mm/yyyy
Drives on the left
ISO 3166 code SG
Internet TLD .sg
Calling code +65
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