Singapore

About Singapore

Population

5,638,700 in city
0 in metro

Size

722.5 km² (279 mi²)

Altitude

1 m

One of the 20 smallest countries in the world with a total land area of about 710 square kilometres, Singapore consists of one main island and 63 other smaller islands. It takes about an hour to drive end to end. As it lies slightly more than one degree north of the equator, there are no seasons and it is hot and wet year round with an average temperature of 27c. The tallest point in Singapore is Bukit Timah, which at 161 metres high is shorter than the tallest buildings in the country. As the second most densely populated country in the world, the city houses over 90% of its population in high-rise public housing flats in 20 new towns spread across the island and in other smaller estates. A significant number of high-rise private housing developments are located close to the commercial Downtown in Southern Singapore, along the East Coast, and the remainder spread across the various towns. Singapore's tallest buildings are located in Southern Singapore where the historical heart of the city is located. As one of the world's largest commercial centres, significant clusters of high-rise commercial buildings may be found in Raffles Place, Shenton Way, Tanjong Pagar and Marina Square. Singapore's new commercial Downtown is being developed around the Marina Bay district, which neighbours the existing Downtown. Due to air traffic control restrictions, however, no building in Singapore is allowed to exceed 280 metres in height, although this restriction may be relaxed for selected buildings in the Marina Bay district. Today, the city has five buildings in the world's 100 tallest office buildings list, two buildings in the world's 100 tallest residential buildings list, a hotel in the world's top 15 tallest hotels list, and is within the top five positions in both Emporis' Skyline Ranking and Most High-rise Buildings lists. It is also home to the world's current tallest Observation Wheel.

Zones

Bugis and Rochor (83), Bukit Ho Swee Estate (59), Chinatown (38), Civic District (65), Crawford Estate (37), Geylang East Estate (39), Geylang West Estate (68), Jurong Gateway (21), Kallang Basin Estate (114), Kallang Riverside (8), Kampong Glam (24), Kampong Tiong Bahru Estate (68), Lakeside (5), MacPherson Estate (46), Marina Bay (33), Marina Centre (35), Marina Parade Estate (50), Mountbatten - Old Airport Estate (36), Paya Lebar Central (11), Pearl's Hill and York Hill (41), Potong Pasir Estate (34), Raffles Place (64), Saint Michael's Estate (48), Shenton Way - Tanjong Pagar (111), Simei New Town (36), Taman Jurong (126), Tanjong Rhu (26), Teban Gardens and Pandan Gardens (87), Telok Blangah Estate (152), Tiong Bahru Estate (15), Upper Bukit Timah (6), one-north (69)

Boroughs

Central Region (4,048), East Region (1,603), North Region (1,421), Northeast Region (2,643), West Region (2,656)

Metro Cities

Singapore

No. of Buildings

No.	Current status
12,386	All Buildings
11,730	existing
64	under construction
21	planned
21	unbuilt
550	demolished

Tallest Buildings

#	Building	Height	Year
1	Tanjong Pagar Centre	931 ft	2016
2	Republic Plaza	919 ft	1996
3	CapitaSpring	919 ft	2021
4	UOB Plaza One	919 ft	1992
5	OUB Centre	919 ft	1988

Building types

No.	Type
9,542	high-rise building
1,756	low-rise building
565	skyscraper
268	open-air structure
65	house
49	hall
35	subterranean building
25	stadium
22	bridge
10	church
9	chimney
8	temple
5	observation tower
4	mosque
3	lighthouse
2	clock/bell tower
2	monument
2	outdoor theater
2	fountain
1	dam
1	sculpture
1	monumental hall
1	ferris wheel
1	palace
1	castle
1	multi-story building
1	airport tower
1	telecommunications tower
1	roller coaster
1	synagogue
1	mast (framework)

Other buildings

No.	Type
283	Famous buildings
153	Buildings with construction images