Country data
Location: Southeast Asia
Time zone: CET + 7 (during summer time: CET + 6)
Total area: 697 km²
Land area: 687 km²
Water area: 10 km²
Length of the state border: 0 km
Coastline: 193 km
Capital: Singapore (city-state)
Electric current: 220, 240 V / 60 Hz
Telephone code: 00 65 (Source: Allcitycodes)
Highest point: Bukit Timah 166 m
Population
Population: approx. 5.6 million residents (Countryaah, 2021)
Population growth: 1.9% per year
Population density (residents per km²): 8.034
Life expectancy: 82 (male), 87 (female)
Official language: English, Malay, Mandarin, Tamil
Religions:
- 33% Buddhists
- 14% Muslim
- 11% Taoists
- 7% Catholic
- 5% Hindu
- 30% other
Climate
- tropical climate
- average daily temperature 30 ° C
- average night temperature 22 ° C
- Precipitation is distributed over the whole year
- In November and December there is a lot of rain
Currency / finance
Currency unit: Singapore dollar (SGD)
Division: 1 dollar = 100 cents
ATMs: There are many available.
International credit cards: These are accepted by a large number of hotels and shops.
Regulations: Foreign and national currencies can be imported and exported in unlimited amounts. A declaration is required from an equivalent value of SGD 30,000.
Customs regulations
The following may be carried duty-free:
- 1 liter of alcoholic beverages
(Information applies to people aged 18 and over)
Tourists and people in transit can bring items of personal use with them duty-free.
All tobacco products carried must be cleared upon entry.
There is an import ban for:
- Drugs and related accessories of all kinds
- Weapons of all kinds
- Meat and meat products
- pornographic literature
For all medication you are taking with you, you should have an English-language certificate stating that it is necessary to take it and a list of the ingredients. In Singapore, many drugs are subject to the import ban.
Possession of drugs and drug-like substances is often punishable by death! At best, there is a sentence of several decades.
Travel advice
There is currently no country-specific safety notice for Singapore.
Behavioral advice
Luggage or objects should never be brought across the border for other people.
According to the prevailing law, even the possession of small amounts of drugs carries the death penalty.
Economy
Trade in goods is the city-state’s main industry.
The port is one of the busiest in the world. Many thousands of ships moor here every year.
Industries: Electronics, Oil Extraction, Finance, Rubber Processing, Commerce, Food Manufacturing, Shipbuilding, Tourism
Natural resources: fish
Land use:
- Usable land: 2%
- Grain cultivation: 6%
- Pasture area: 0%
- Forests: 5%
- other: 87%
Plants
Hundreds of species of plants, trees and shrubs bloom in Singapore’s botanical gardens.
The National Orchid Garden has the largest collection of different types of orchids.
Animals
There are no wild animals due to the lack of living space. Many animal species can only be admired in the zoo.