| Tours | Unesco WHS | Guidebooks |
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| groups tours with set departures |
World Heritage Sites | country, regions and cities |
| Time zone: | GMT +8 (Singapore standard time) | Daylight savings: None |
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| Main languages: | English, Malay, Mandarin Chinese |
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| Other languages: | Cantonese, Hokkien, Tamil, Teochew |
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| Currency: |
Singapore dollars (SGD) €1 = S$1.00, $1 = S$1.36, £1 = S$1.81 (rates as of Sep 2016) |
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| Internet Domain: | .sg | International Dialling Code: 65 |
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For help planning your trip to Singapore including visas, vaccinations, currency exchange, flights, accomodation and insurance, see our Singapore trip planning page.
Further information on Singapore
Discover more about Singapore - the country's geogrpahy and natural features, an assessment of its status on freedom and rights and data on the country's population and economy.
Geography & Natural Features
Total area: 693 sq km (10 sq km under water)
Coastline: 193 km (South China Sea)
Neighbours (border lengths): No land borders
Climate: Tropical climate with hot, humid and rainy conditions. There are two distinct monsoon seasons - Northeastern monsoon from December to March and Southwestern monsoon from June to September. Inter-monsoon there are frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms.
Highest mountain: Bukit Timah (166m)
Freedom & Rights
Summary status and rankings for Singapore from classifications of different organisations measuring political and economic freedom, democracy and civil rights. See more details of these rankings.
| Index | Status | Rank | |
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 | Freedom in the World | Partly Free | - |
 | Democracy Index | Flawed democracy | 75/167 |
 | Economic Freedom | Free | 2/179 |
 | Press Freedom | Difficult situation | 151/179 |
 | ILGA LGBT rights | No rights | - |
 | Corruption Perceptions | Low corruption | 7/174 |
| Overall Ranking: | 79/195 | ||
Other Data & Links
Full name: Republic of Singapore Status: Independent Country
Population: 5,567,301 (rank: 114/196) Density: 8037.1 people/sq km (rank: 2/196)
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)
GDP (PPP): $339 billion GDP per capita: $62,400 (rank: 5/195)
Information derived from the CIA World Factbook. Other country profiles: BBC News.