Singapore
Singapore · Southeast Asia
Singapore is a country in Asia. Its capital city is Singapore, the official currency is the Singapore Dollar, and the main language is English.
With a population of roughly 6 million people spread over 728 km², Singapore is the 112th most populous country in the world and the 176th largest by area. That works out at about 8,242 people per square kilometre.
Singapore has no land borders with any other country. Its largest urban centres are Singapore. The highest point in the country is Bukit Timah Hill, at 164 metres.
For scale, it covers almost exactly the same area as Tonga, while its population is closest to that of Congo.
- Capital
- Singapore
- Region
- Southeast Asia
- Population
- 6,000,000
- Area
- 728 km²
- Currency
- Singapore Dollar
- Main language
- English
- Highest point
- Bukit Timah Hill
164 m - Land borders
- 0
Singapore: things worth knowing
- Singapore is one of only three surviving sovereign city-states, alongside Monaco and Vatican City.
- It has grown around 25% in land area since independence through reclamation.
- It has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil.
Singapore in context
Asia has 48 sovereign countries in total. Singapore ranks 34th among them by population.
See the full list of Asia countries, or browse all 195 countries.