Singapore's people are largely descendants of immigrants from the Malay Peninsula, China and the Indian sub-continent.

Total population: 4,492,150 (July 2006 est.)

Median age: total: 37.3 years
male: 36.9 years
female: 37.6 years (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 81.71 years
male: 79.13 years
female: 84.49 years (2006 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 15.6% (male 362,329/female 337,964)
15-64 years: 76.1% (male 1,666,709/female 1,750,736)
65 years and over: 8.3% (male 165,823/female 208,589) (2006 est.)

Ethnic groups:
Chinese 76.8%, Malay 13.9%, Indian 7.9%, other 1.4% (2000 census)

Religions:
Buddhist 42.5%, Muslim 14.9%, Taoist 8.5%, Hindu 4%, Catholic 4.8%, other Christian 9.8%, other 0.7%, none 14.8% (2000 census)

Languages:
Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% (2000 census)