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Singapore - People

Contents:
Introduction
Geography
People
Government
Economy
Communications
Transportation
Military
Transnational Issues
   
 
People:
Population: 4,553,009 (July 2007 est.)

Age Structure: 
0-14 years: 15.2% (male 358,064/female 333,702)
15-64 years: 76.3% (male 1,692,817/female 1,780,982)
65 years and over: 8.5% (male 171,876/female 215,568) (2007 est.)

Median Age: 
total: 37.8 years
male: 37.4 years
female: 38.2 years (2007 est.) 

Population Growth Rate: 1.275% (2007 est.) 

Birth Rate: 9.17 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) 

Death Rate: 4.4 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net Migration rate: 7.98 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex Ratio: 
at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.073 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.797 male(s)/female
total population: 0.954 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant Mortality Rate: 
total: 2.3 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.5 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) 

Life Expectancy at birth: 
total population: 81.8 years
male: 79.21 years
female: 84.59 years (2007 est.)

Total Fertility Rate: 1.07 children born/woman (2007 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 census) 

Religions: Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% (2000 census) 

Languages: Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% (2000 census) 

Literacy: 
definition: age 15 and over can read and write 
total population: 92.5% 
male: 96.6% 
female: 88.6% (2002) 

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook January 2008.

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