Background: Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the
Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became
independent. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries
with strong international trading links (its port is one of the world's busiest
in terms of tonnage handled) and with per capita GDP equal to that of the
leading nations of Western Europe.
Location: Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia
Population: 4,425,720 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 16% (male 366,971/female 342,295)
15-64 years:
75.9% (male 1,639,842/female 1,719,829)
65 years and over: 8.1% (male
157,636/female 199,147) (2005 est.)
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