Singapore People - 1986

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Population: 2,584,000 (July 1986), average

annual growth rate 1.1%

Nationality: noun—Singaporean(s), adjective—Singapore

Ethnic divisions: 76.4% Chinese, 14.9%

Malay, 6.4% Indian, 2.3% other

Religion· majority of Chinese are Buddhists or atheists; Malays nearly all Muslim; minorities include Christians, Hindus, Sikhs, Taoists, Confucianists

Language: Chinese, Malay, Tamil, and English (official); Malay (national)

Infant mortality rate: 9.4/1,000(1983)

Life expectancy: men 69, women 74

Literacy; 84.2%

Labor force: 1,174,827 (June 1984); 29.2% services, 27.4% manufacturing, 22.6% trade,

• 10.4 % transport and communication, 8.5% construction, 0.8% agriculture and fishing;

• 2.7 % unemployment (June 1984)

Organized labor: 18.6% of labor force

NOTE: The information regarding Singapore on this page is re-published from the 1986 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Singapore 1986 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Singapore 1986 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.