How Big Is Singapore?

Singapore Size Overview

Singapore covers an area of 733 km² (283 mi²) in Singapore, Asia. Island country in Southeast Asia. The city is often called "Lion City". To put this in perspective, Singapore is roughly the same size as New York City. In more relatable units, that's about 103,000 American football fields, 12 times the area of Manhattan, or 7 times the area of Paris.

Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. Its territory comprises a main island, over 60 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. The country is about one degree of latitude north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to the east and the Straits of Johor along…

With a population of 5.5 million, Singapore has a population density of 7,435 people per km².

Singapore has a history stretching back to 1819. The city is renowned for Marina Bay Sands, Gardens by the Bay, Merlion statue, and Hawker centres.

Singapore has a tropical rainforest climate, with summer temperatures averaging 28°C and winters around 27°C. The city's main public transit system is the MRT Singapore.