Pray for: Singapore

Flag for Singapore

Key Stats

Religion & Geography
Category Statistic
Continent: Asia
Capital: Singapore
Population: 6,052,709
% Urban: 100 %
Population Under 15 Yrs: 12.3 %
Official Language: Mandarin (Chinese), English, Malay, Tamil (Indian). English is the primary language for education
Languages: 31
Literacy Rate: 97 %
Life Expectancy: 82.8 yrs (14/236)
HDI Ranking: 12 / 189
% Christian: 16 %
% Evangelical: 7.8 %
Largest Religion: Buddhist
% Largest Religion: 40.3 %
People Groups: 51
Least Reached People Groups: 21
% Unevangelized: 21 %

Singapore

Title: Singapore

Tier: 1

Type: country

Singaporean society is built on dedicated labour, discipline and self-reliance. These engender stability, good governance and a corruption-resistant culture, but also an emphasis on performance and wealth. Materialism has noticeably increased. Much of Singapore’s affluence is now dependent on imported labour from poorer countries; entire sectors of the nation’s economy would collapse without it. Singapore’s very population would be in pronounced decline without immigration, as it has one of the world’s lowest fertility rates. Pray for justice and fair treatment for all those from abroad; despite good legal safeguards, exploitation does exist. Pray that churches might become more active in assisting those at risk. Pray also that the admirable strengths of Singapore might not in themselves become idols.

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Content taken or adapted from Operation World, 7th Edition (2010) and Pray for the World (2015). Both books are published by InterVarsity Press. All rights reserved.