Singapore
Waiting for the first voice
تا مرد سخن نگفته باشد / عیب و هنرش نهفته باشد
Until a man has spoken, his faults and his gifts both stay hidden.
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Did you know
Importing chewing gum into Singapore is banned, except dental and medicinal gum approved by the Health Sciences Authority. (source)
Elders in numbers
- of people are 65 or older
- 14.2%
- people aged 65 or older
- 868.5K
- will be 65 or older in 2050
- 26.8%
- is how long people live after 60, on average
- 25.5 years
Sources: World Bank, 2025; World Bank projection for 2050; WHO, 2023
Languages
7 languages, 3 of them endangered
- Baba MalayCritically endangered
- Orang SeletarDefinitely endangered
- Cocos MalayVulnerable
- American Sign Language
- Central Malay
- Standard Indonesian
- Standard Malay
Languages and their status: Glottolog v5.3, CC BY 4.0. Names: Wikidata.
UNESCO intangible heritage
- Kebaya: knowledge, skills, traditions and practices2024
- Hawker culture in Singapore, community dining and culinary practices in a multicultural urban context2020
List and years: ich.unesco.org
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