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Indonesia vs Singapore
How Indonesia and Singapore compare on 38 measures, from 1800 to 2025. The main differences:
- Life expectancy · In 2023, Singapore was higher: 83.7 years against 71.2 years
- GDP per person · In 2025, Singapore was higher: $70,680 against $4,555
- Population · In 2023, Indonesia was higher: 281 million people against 5.79 million people
- Military spending · In 2025, Singapore was higher: 3.05% of GDP against 1.05% of GDP
- CO₂ per person · In 2024, Singapore was higher: 9.75 tonnes against 2.87 tonnes
Every measure
Health
- Life expectancyIndonesia: 71.2 years in 2023Singapore: 83.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIndonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Singapore: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIndonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023Singapore: 1.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIndonesia: 30.3% in 2022Singapore: 100% in 2022
- DepressionIndonesia: 2.64% in 2017Singapore: 3.44% in 2017
- Suicide rateIndonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Singapore: 7.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIndonesia: 281 million people in 2023Singapore: 5.79 million people in 2023
- Population growthIndonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023Singapore: 0.81% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIndonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023Singapore: 0.94 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIndonesia: 59.4% in 2025Singapore: 100% in 2025
- Median ageIndonesia: 29.8 years in 2023Singapore: 35.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIndonesia: 7% in 2023Singapore: 13.1% in 2023
- Net migration rateIndonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Singapore: 4.7 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIndonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025Singapore: 3.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsIndonesia: $15.3B in 2025Singapore: $16.9B in 2025
- Military spending per personIndonesia: $53 in 2025Singapore: $2,980 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIndonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025Singapore: 18% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIndonesia: 676,000 people in 2020Singapore: 59,000 people in 2020
- National powerIndonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022Singapore: 0.25% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIndonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020Singapore: 1.72% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIndonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025Singapore: 57 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsIndonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021Singapore: 79 million TIV in 2025
Climate
Technology and environment
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Good to know
- Sources: UN, Gapminder and UN IGME, WHO/UNICEF, IHME, World Bank, IMF, UNESCO, V-Dem, UCDP, SIPRI, IISS, Correlates of War, ERA5, CMIP6, EDGAR, ITU and FAO. Each measure’s page names its own and what it counts.
- Values are drawn on today’s borders. Years without a published value are left empty, never filled in.
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