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Singapore Page Three: Social Information

Singapore has an interesting religious makeup. Buddhists are the majority, with 42.5%, Muslims make up 14.9%, Taoist are 8.5%, Hindus consist of 4%, Catholics make up only 4.8%, other Christians, of which there are many different groups, make up 9.8%, other religions equal 0.7%, and athiesm is 14.8% (2000 census)

Singaporians speak Mandarin, (35%), English (23%), and Malay (14.1%). Other languages are also spoken.

//Literacy: definition:// age 15 and over can read and write //total population:// 92.5% //male:// 96.6% //female:// 88.6% (2002) (CIA Factbook)

Infant Mortality Rate: //definition:// how many babys die before age one. //total:// 2.3 deaths/1,000 live births //male:// 2.5 deaths/1,000 live births //female:// 2.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life Expectancy: http://static.flickr.com/73/213743361_e407ffdb37_m.jpg //total population:// 81.8 years //male:// 79.21 years //female:// 84.59 years (2007 est.) (Statistics from CIA Factbook)

6.5 percent of singaporians are below the poverty line. (http://www.indianngos.com/issue/poverty/statistics/index.html)

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