Singapore

Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Asia.

Flag of Singapore
Flag of Singapore
Outline map of Singapore
Outline, north up
Capital
Singapore
Continent
Asia
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Region
Southeast Asia
Land neighbours
None
Population
6,111,175 (2025)
Total area
728 km² (2023)
Centre of main landmass
1.4° N, 103.8° E
Location of Singapore on a world map (Natural Earth projection).

Singapore at a glance

Singapore is a country in Asia, in Southeast Asia. Its capital is Singapore. It has no land neighbours.

Worldwide, Singapore has the 2nd lowest fertility rate (0.97 births per woman in 2024, among 195 countries with data) and the joint highest share of people in urban areas (100.0% in 2025, among 195). Within Asia, it also has the highest GDP per person ($98,814 in 2025, among 42 countries with data).

Flag of Singapore

Singapore’s flag is drawn in the proportions 2:3 (height to width), the most common shape among the 197 flags in our quizzes (87 of them).

Indonesia and Singapore: red over white; Singapore adds a white crescent and five stars.

When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Indonesia and Monaco.

Singapore in numbers

MeasureValueWorld rankRank in Asia
Populationpeople · 20256,111,175112thof 19534thof 48
Total areakm² · 2023728 km²176thof 19447thof 48
GDPUS dollars · 2025$603.9B27thof 1829thof 42
GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025$98,8144thof 1821stof 42
Life expectancyyears at birth · 202483.3 years12thof 1954thof 48
Fertility ratebirths per woman · 20240.97194thof 19547thof 48
Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023$3,92223rdof 1912ndof 47
Urban population% of people · 2025100.0%1stof 1951stof 48
Internet users% of people · 202494.4%29thof 18011thof 41
Forest cover% of land area · 202320.9%122ndof 19121stof 47
CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 20249.75 t17thof 18111thof 47

Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.

Singapore and its nearest countries

Singapore has no land neighbours, so this compares it with the four countries closest to it.

CountryPopulation2025Area2023GDP per person2025Distanceclosest points
Singapore6,111,175728 km²$98,814
Malaysia35,977,838330,411 km²$13,125under 10 km
Indonesia285,721,2361,916,907 km²$5,060about 20 km
Thailand71,619,863513,115 km²$8,057about 530 km
Vietnam101,598,527331,338 km²$5,066about 800 km

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Sources

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