Singapore Demographics Profile 2009

Population

4,657,542 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 14.4% (male 348,382/female 324,050)
15-64 years: 76.7% (male 1,737,972/female 1,833,415)
65 years and over: 8.9% (male 184,393/female 229,330) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 39 years
male: 38.5 years
female: 39.4 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

0.998% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

8.82 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

4.66 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

5.82 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 100% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.08 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.95 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.8 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 2.31 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 2.51 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 81.98 years
male: 79.37 years
female: 84.78 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.09 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.2% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

4,200 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 200 (2007 est.)

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 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 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

3.7% of GDP (2001)