Singapore — World Gazetteer, 2005 edition
Singapore had an estimated population of 3,547,809 in 2005, with 1 places recorded. Archived from the World Gazetteer, the reference work formerly published at this domain.
For current figures: Singapore today — population now 5,905,748, against 3,547,809 in 2005.
| Source | 2005 | Now | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Gazetteer (the work cited) | 3,547,809 | — | — |
| UN World Population Prospects | 4,268,364 | 5,905,748 | +38% |
The two sources differ by 17% for 2005. The Gazetteer figure is the one the citation you followed refers to; the UN pair is the like-for-like comparison.
Cities and towns, 2005
| # | Place | Region | Population (2005) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 3,547,809 | 5,638,700 now |
The Today column links to our current page for the same place, where one matches by name and plausible size; the figure shown there is today's, never 2005's. A dash means no confident match, which is more honest than a guessed link.
The complete dataset is available as a free CSV download, with attribution to Stefan Helders / World Gazetteer.