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Total Population: 5.7 million CBR: 9 CDR: 5 NIR: .4 IMR: 2.4 TFR: 1.2 GNI PPP/capita: 85,050 Life Expectancy: 81 males, 85 females The 2017 model has the population more distributed to the younger ages around 25-29. I think Singapore is currently at a stage 4 due to its low infant death rate The 2050 model has the population more centered around the middle ages of 55-59 for both male and females.

Article: Singapore’s population got up to 5.6 million in June 2016 with a population growth of 1.3%. 2015 had the highest amount of babies born in a decade in Singapore. Singapore has a need for foreign domestic workers. The Singapore government stated that they are trying to give out more citizenships to people with family in Singapore or to people who haved worked/studied in Singapore.

Question: The government says that they are currently able to attract immigration but they might not be able to do so in the future. What ways can the government do to attract more people? http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/singapores-population-grows-13-to-561-million

=** -Singapore Language **= -There are four official languages in Singapore. They are English, Malay, Mandarin and Tamil. Besides English, the other three languages help represent the ethnic groups in Singapore. Most people in Singapore are bilingual because Singapore promotes a dual lingual policy. This policy includes things like government students being required to have English as their main language throughout the university. In 2015, 36.9% of citizens speak English in their home, 34.9$% speak Mandarin, 12.2% speak a multitude of Chinese dialects and around 14% speak Malay or Tamil. Singaporean English aka Singlish is a creole language based on English that is used by many Singaporeans. This type of creole is not supported by the government. Citizens view Singlish as something that helps them identify as a citizen in Singapore.

-Since 1959, Singapore’s governmental policy regarding language has included bilingualism. This was promoted to schools because the government would give additional financial aid if their curriculum included English. The schools would also have to have sciences and maths taught in English in order to receive government aid

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-There is not any rare dialects that have been preserved by the internet. Thousands of dialects have been archived but I don’t believe that the Singaporean dialects are anything special because English is a main language there.

-Do you think that having English as a primary language in a country is necessary for the country to be successful in international business = RELIGION =

Do some research on religion in your country. Address the following topics:

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 *  What religions are prevalent?
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 *  Buddhist, Muslim, Christian, and Non-Affiliation take up the four most prevalent faiths.
 *  What is the history of religion in your country?
 *  Singapore’s religious background is known as the “world’s most religiously diverse nation” in a 2014 analysis by Pew Research Center. Singapore is both multiethnic and multireligious. In my previous wiki, I spoke about the immigration in Singapore and how it impacted the ethnicities. Immigration was a huge part. The immigrants made their religious groups as a form of a social grouping. Between 1980 and 200, Christians percentage increased to around 15% and Buddhism increase from 27.5% to 43%.
 *  How did it spread?
 *  Singapore wasn’t the source of any certain religion so there was nothing to spread. Immigrants would bring their religion into Singapore rather than leave Singapore with a new way of faith.
 *  Has there been any significant religious conflict?
 *  Around the 1980’s, all citizens and immigrants in singapore had equal rights so religion was one of the main ways to divide groups. Certain ethnic groups and religious denominations would separate and not buy other group’s food/etc. With the great diversity of faiths in Singapore, it brings more opprotunity for conflict because the religions can have contrasting ideals.
 *  Do you think a country will decrease religious conflicts if the government is “officially tolerant of different religions”? Or is it just the different types of religion that brings the conflict.
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 *  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Singapore#Tolerance