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)