East Asia & Pacific
A life that begins in Singapore
One in every 2,966 babies in the world is born here: about 45,223 a year, 0.086 a minute.
- Population
- 6,111,175
- Births a year
- 45,223
- Life expectancy
- 83.4
- Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
- 2.7
Health and survival
Life expectancy, women (years)
85.6
World: 75.9
Life expectancy, men (years)
81.2
World: 71
Babies who die before 1 (per 1,000)
2.2
World: 27.8
Children who die before 5 (per 1,000)
2.7
World: 37.6
Mothers who die in childbirth (per 100,000 births)
6
World: 189
Adults living with HIV (%)
0.1
World: 0.7
Adults who smoke (%)
14
World: 20
Alcohol per adult (litres a year)
1.8
World: 4.6
Road deaths (per 100,000)
2.1
World: 17
Homicides (per 100,000)
0.07
World: 4.7
Family and school
Children per woman
0.97
World: 2.85
Women married before 18 (%)
0.1
World: 18
Children in primary school (%)
100
World: 89
Secondary school enrolment (%)
100
World: 81
Higher education enrolment (%)
97
World: 48
Children aged 7–14 who work (%)
≈ 11.5
World: 11.9
Money and work
Income per person (PPP)
$139,593
World: $21,797
Income inequality (Gini, 0–100)
≈ 34
World: 34
Living on under $3 a day (%)
≈ 4.5
World: 9.9
Unemployment (%)
2.8
World: 5.1
Jobs in farming (%)
0.1
World: 27
Women in the workforce (%)
64
World: 48
Health costs paid out of pocket (%)
25
World: 37
Home and connection
Living in cities (%)
100
World: 58
Access to electricity (%)
100
World: 92
Safe drinking water (%)
100
World: 91
Internet users (%)
94
World: 72
Peace and wellbeing
Life satisfaction (0–10)
6.59
World: 5.4
Deaths in armed conflict (per 100,000 a year)
0
World: 2.43
Refugees abroad (% of population)
0
World: 0.34
≈ Estimated from the region
From 1960 to 2050
How life here has changed, and where UN projections expect it to go. The dashed part is a projection.
1960: 65.7 → 2026: 84.2 → 2050: 87.2
World
1960: 48 → 2026: 3 → 2050: 2
World
1960: 5.8 → 2026: 1 → 2050: 1.2
World
1960: 100 → 2026: 100 → 2050: 100
World
Nobody chooses where they are born
In the game, the country is drawn by the real share of births: Singapore comes up about once in every 2,966 lives.
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Other countries in East Asia & Pacific
All 178 countries →Sources: World Bank (WDI), UN World Population Prospects, Our World in Data, World Happiness Report, UCDP and PRIO. Updated 2026-10-18.