People

 

Nationality

noun: Singaporean(s)

adjective: Singapore
Population (July 2010 est.-CIA) 4,701,069
Annual population growth rate (2010 est.) 0.863% and 1.8%, including resident foreigners
Age Structure (2010 est.)

0-14 years: 14.4% (male 348,382/female 324,050)

15-64 years: 76.7% (male 1,737,972/female 1,833,415)

65 years and over: 8.9% (male 184,393/female 229,330)
Urbanization

urban population: 100% of total population (2008)

rate of urbanization: 1.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
Ethnic groups (2000 census) Chinese 76.8%, Malay 13.9%, Indian 7.9%, other 1.4%
Languages (2000 census) Mandarin (official) 35%, English (official) 23%, Malay (official) 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil (official) 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9%
Religion (2000 census) Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8%
Life expectancy (2010 est.)

total population: 82.06 years

male: 79.45 years

female: 84.87 years
Infant mortality rate (2010 est.)

total: 2.32 deaths/1,000 live births

male: 2.52 deaths/1,000 live births

female: 2.1 deaths/1,000 live births

Singapore

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