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Country video: Singapore

This video introduces Singapore.

In this video, we introduce Singapore as a country.

Singapore is an island country, located in Southeast Asia. It has an area of 720 km2, and a population of 5.6 million (2016 estimate). The GDP per capita is $93,678, the 3rd largest in the world (2018 estimate).

Singapore is a city-state country, one government, multi-racial and multi-language society. Although English is the medium of instruction for all schools, four languages are officially spoken: Malay, Mandarin, Tamil and English.

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