Recognised as Country

Singapore

SG
Asia
SGD
.sg

Singapore (SG/SGP) is a country in Asia with its capital at Singapore. It covers about 728 km² with a population of roughly 5,900,000, uses the SGD, dials on +65, owns the .sg internet domain and keeps its capital on Asia/Singapore. It has no land borders.

Identity

Official short nameSingapore

CapitalSingapore

ContinentAsia

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2SG

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3SGP

Internet TLD.sg

Calling code+65

Currency codeSGD

Geography

Approximate centre1.3521, 103.8198a representative point, not a calculated centroid

Latitude1.3521° N

Longitude103.8198° E

HemisphereNorthern and Eastern

Area728 km²281 square miles

Land neighboursNone, it has no land borders

Distance from London10,848 kmto the approximate centre of Singapore, not to Singapore. ENE, bearing 78.2°

Antipode-1.3521, -76.1802the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth

Time

These values depend on today’s date and change daily.

Time zone of the capitalAsia/Singaporethe IANA zone for Singapore; a large country spans several zones

Standard offsetUTC+08:00

Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year

Offset in JanuaryUTC+08:00

Offset in JulyUTC+08:00

Current offsetUTC+08:00

Local time now22 Sept 2026, 22:16

Hours ahead of UTC8

Population & scale

Population5,900,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Population density8,104.4 per km²≈

Share of world population0.073%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion

Area rank in this dataset177 of 196

Population rank in this dataset114 of 196

About this data

Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform

Last updated2026-09-10

StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change

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