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Republic of Singapore Flags

Flag Colors and Description

The Singapore flag is made of two equal horizontal bands of red (top) and white. Near the hoist side of the red band is a vertical, white crescent pointing away from the hoist side partially enclosing five white five-pointed stars arranged in a circle.

People

Population: 4,492,150 (July 2006 estimate)

Population Growth Rate: 1.42% (2006 estimate)

Spoken Languages: Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% (2000 census)

Government

Government Type: parliamentary republic

Capital: Singapore

Economics

GDP (Gross Domestic Product): $138.6 billion (2006 estimate)

GDP per capita: 7.4% (2006 estimate)