Asia · South-Eastern Asia
Singapore
Wikidata gives 719 km² for Singapore, a figure that may include the sea around it. Natural Earth's outline is too coarse to measure it, so no ranking is shown.
- 511km²Area, main territory
- 5.9 millionPopulation
- 0.02In Belgiums
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- Singapore
Natural Earth draws Singapore with only 22 points, too coarse to measure its land area (511 km²). Wikidata gives 719 km², which may include surrounding sea. Treat both figures with caution; Singapore is left out of rankings and comparisons.
Facts
| Area, main territory | 511 km²197 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 719 km²Wikidata · 29% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.02 |
| Capital | Singapore |
| Population | 5.9 millionWikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 11,491 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 1°N to 1°N |
| In other languages | Singapur Español · Singapur Deutsch · Singapour Français · Singapura Português · シンガポール 日本語 · 新加坡 中文 · 싱가포르 한국어 |
| Continent | Asia#50 of 51 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Singapore
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 33,262× the size of Singapore.
- Singapore lies at 1°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Singapore's main territory stretches about 20 km north to south and 40 km east to west.
- Natural Earth draws Singapore with only 22 points, too coarse to measure its land area (511 km²). Wikidata gives 719 km², which may include surrounding sea. Treat both figures with caution; Singapore is left out of rankings and comparisons.
- Our measured 511 km² is 29% below Wikidata's official figure of 719 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Singapore measures up
Singapore holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.1% of the people of the 51 countries listed for Asia. In South-Eastern Asia it is the 11th largest of 11.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Farthest north | 1.4°N | 167th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Singapore is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.02× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 478 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 701 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 732 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 1,073 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 6,172 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 16,597 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 18,506 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 33,262 its size |
Where Singapore sits
- Singapore's centre lies at 1.4°N, 103.8°E, in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 150 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 1°N to 1°N, about 20 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
On the same latitude, elsewhere in the world
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2021; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11