Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Singapore
- Region
- Asia, South-Eastern Asia
- Population
- 6,111,175 (2025)
- Area
- 736 km²
- Currency
- Singapore dollar (SGD)
- Languages
- Mandarin Chinese, English, Malay (macrolanguage), Tamil, Chinese
- Calling code
- +65
- Internet domain
- .sg, .新加坡, .சிங்கப்பூர்
- ISO codes
- SG, SGP, 702
- Time zone
- UTC+8:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- ###### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Singapore covers about 736 square kilometres. By area it ranks 196th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Tonga and a little larger than Micronesia. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 1° north, 104° east, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 6.11 million people live in Singapore (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 114th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 8,303 people to each square kilometre. About 100 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 83 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Mandarin Chinese, English, Malay (macrolanguage), Tamil, Chinese. A person from Singapore is called Singaporean.
Money and economy
The currency is the Singapore dollar (code SGD, symbol $). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 604 billion (2025), which is about US$ 98,814 for each person (2025).
Time
Singapore uses one time zone, UTC+8:00 (Asia/Singapore). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Singapore | 5,638,700 |
| Ulu Bedok | 276,990 |
| Bedok New Town | 276,990 |
| Sengkang New Town | 267,600 |
| Jurong Town | 262,730 |
| Woodlands | 254,440 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in South-Eastern Asia
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.