Singapore Demographics Profile 2013

Population

5,353,494 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 14% (male 382,537/female 364,542)
15-24 years: 18.6% (male 488,785/female 504,717)
25-54 years: 50% (male 1,309,014/female 1,369,912)
55-64 years: 9.7% (male 259,370/female 259,222)
65 years and over: 7.8% (male 187,448/female 227,947) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 33.5 years
male: 33.4 years
female: 33.6 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

1.993% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

7.72 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

3.41 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

15.62 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 100% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 0.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 2.65 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.76 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.53 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 83.75 years
male: 81.47 years
female: 86.2 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

0.78 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.1% (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

3,400 (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 100 (2009 est.)

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 100% of population
total: 100% of population

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 (official) 35%, English (official) 23%, Malay (official) 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil (official) 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% (2000 census)

Education expenditures

3% of GDP (2009)

Maternal mortality rate

3 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

3.3% (2000)

Health expenditures

3.9% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

1.833 physicians/1,000 population (2009)

Hospital bed density

3.14 beds/1,000 population (2008)

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

6.9% (2004)