Singapore

**Singapore**, officially the **Republic of Singapore**, is a sovereign country as well as a city-state. It is nicknamed as 'The Lion City', 'The Garden City' or 'The Little Red Dot'. It is an island state at the southern end of the Malay Peninsula in Southeast Asia, between the Straits of Malacca and the South China Sea. Singapore is about one degree of latitude () north of the equator. About 5.70 million people live in Singapore. About 3.31 million are citizens. Most of them are ethnically Chinese, Malay, or Indian, as well as a smaller number of other Asians and Europeans.

## Infobox (infobox)

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- **rowclass1**: mergedrow
- **label1**: Standard Chinese, Chinese
- **rowclass2**: mergedrow
- **label2**: Malay language, Malay:
- **rowclass3**: mergedrow
- **label3**: Tamil language, Tamil:


## Infobox (country)

- **common name**: Singapore
- **image flag**: Flag of Singapore.svg
- **image coat**: Coat of arms of Singapore (blazon).svg
- **national motto**:
(English: "Onward, Singapore")
- **national anthem**: _Majulah Singapura_
(English: "Onward, Singapore")
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- **image map**: Singapore on the globe (Southeast Asia centered) zoom.svg
- **map width**: 280px
- **capital**: **Singapore**
- **languages type**: National language
- **languages**: Malay language, Malay
- **ethnic groups year**: 2019
- **religion year**: 2015
- **demonym**: Singaporeans, Singaporean
- **government type**: Unitary state, Unitary one party dominant state, dominant-party Parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional republic
- **leader title1**: President of Singapore, President
- **leader name1**: Tharman Shanmugaratnam
- **leader title2**: Prime Minister of Singapore, Prime Minister
- **leader name2**: Lawrence Wong
- **leader title3**: Chief Justice of Singapore, Chief Justice
- **leader name3**: Sundaresh Menon
- **leader title4**: Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore, Parliament Speaker
- **leader name4**: Seah Kian Peng
- **legislature**: Parliament of Singapore, Parliament
- **sovereignty type**: Independence
- **sovereignty note**: from the United Kingdom and Malaysia
- **established date1**: 3 June 1959
- **established date2**: 16 September 1963
- **established event3**: Proclamation of Singapore
- **established date3**: 9 August 1965
- **established event4**: ASEAN Declaration
- **established date4**: 8 August 1967
- **area km2**: 731.0
- **area rank**: 176th
- **population estimate**: 5,703,600
- **population estimate year**: 2019
- **population estimate rank**: 115th
- **population density km2**: 7,804
- **population density sq mi**: 20,212
- **population density rank**: 2nd
- **gdp ppp**: $615.698 billion
- **gdp ppp year**: 2020
- **gdp ppp rank**: 36th
- **gdp ppp per capita**: $107,604
- **gdp ppp per capita rank**: 3rd
- **gdp nominal**: $391.875 billion
- **gdp nominal year**: 2020
- **gdp nominal rank**: 31st
- **gdp nominal per capita**: $68,487
- **gdp nominal per capita rank**: 7th
- **gini**: 45.9
- **gini year**: 2017
- **gini change**: steady
- **hdi**: 0.938
- **hdi year**: 2019
- **hdi change**: increase
- **hdi rank**: 11th
- **currency**: Singapore dollar (S$)
- **currency code**: SGD
- **time zone**: Singapore Standard Time
- **utc offset**: +8
- **date format**: //
- **drives on**: Right- and left-hand traffic, left
- **calling code**: +65
- **iso3166code**: SG
- **cctld**: .sg
- **electricity**: 230 V–50 Hz