President: Tony Tan Prime minister: Lee Hsien Loong
President: Dilma Rousseff
Population
5,353,494
199,321,413
Life Expectancy
83.750 years
72.790 years
Capital City
Singapore
Brasilia
Largest city
Singapore (population: 3,547,810)
Sao Paulo (population: 10,021,300)
Human Development Index
0.918
0.807
GDP per capita
$60,500 US
$11,900 US
Literacy Rate
92.5%
88.6%
Corruption Perception Index
9.2
3.5
Percentage of Women in Parliament
24.5%
9.4%
Wealthiest Citizens
Ng Teng Fong & family ($5.5bn US)
Eike Batista ($7.5bn US)
Unemployment Rate
2.000%
6.000%
Death Penalty
Legal
Abolished except for special circumstances
Political System
parliamentary republic
federal republic
Independence date
9 August 1965 (from Malaysian Federation)
7 September 1822 (from Portugal)
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)
Roman Catholic (nominal) 73.6%, Protestant 15.4%, Spiritualist 1.3%, Bantu/voodoo 0.3%, other 1.8%, unspecified 0.2%, none 7.4% (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)
Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language); note - less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages
Exports
machinery and equipment (including electronics), consumer goods, pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, mineral fuels
transport equipment, iron ore, soybeans, footwear, coffee, autos
External Debt
$23,580,000,000 $
$397,500,000,000 US
Exchange Rate
Singapore dollars (SGD) per US dollar - 1.415 (2008 est.), 1.507 (2007), 1.5889 (2006), 1.6644 (2005), 1.6902 (2004)
reals (BRL) per US dollar - 1.8644 (2008 est.), 1.85 (2007 est.), 2.1761 (2006), 2.4344 (2005), 2.9251 (2004)
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
4.900%
1.700%
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
1
15
Location
Southeastern Asia, islands between Malaysia and Indonesia
Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean
Area
697 km sq
8,514,877 km sq
Coastline
193 km
7,491 km
Climate
tropical; hot, humid, rainy; two distinct monsoon seasons - Northeastern monsoon (December to March) and Southwestern monsoon (June to September); inter-monsoon - frequent afternoon and early evening thunderstorms
