Location: Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia.
Area: total: 719.2 sq k, land: 709.2 sq k, water: 10 sq km.
Natural resources: Fish, deepwater ports.
Population: 5,888,926 (July 2017 est.).
Capital: Singapore.
Time Zone: UTC+8.
Languages: English (official) 36.9%, Mandarin (official) 34.9%, other Chinese dialects (includes Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew) 12.2%, Malay (official) 10.7%, Tamil (official) 3.3%, other 2%.
Government type: Parliamentary republic.
Legal system: English common law.
International organization participation: ADB, AOSIS, APEC, Arctic Council (observer), ARF, ASEAN, BIS, C, CP, EAS, FAO, FATF, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NAM, OPCW, Pacific Alliance (observer), PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UPU, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO.
Economy: This vibrant, export-oriented, free-market economy enjoys a remarkably open and corruption-free environment, low taxes, stable prices, and a high per capita income that attracts global investors to its high-tech industrial and financial services sectors.
Currency: Singapore dollar (SGD).