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Attribute
Hong Kong
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Singapore
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Geography
Area (km²)1,108719
ContinentAsiaAsia
Land area (km²)1,073709
Water area (km²)3510
Land boundaries (km)330
Coastline (km)733193
Lowest point (m)00
Highest point (m)958166
People
Population7,249,9076,209,660
Official languages
  • Cantonese
  • English
  • Mandarin
  • English
  • Malay
  • Mandarin
  • Tamil
ReligionBuddhist or TaoistBuddhist
Government
Long country nameHong Kong Special Administrative RegionRepublic of Singapore
Short country nameHong KongSingapore
Long local nameHeung Kong Takpit Hangching Ku (Eitel/Dyer-Ball)Republic of Singapore
Short local nameHeung Kong (Eitel/Dyer-Ball)Singapore
Government typePresidential limited democracyParliamentary republic
Capital-Singapore
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)480,500,000,000528,100,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)341,400,000,000323,900,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)3.83.6
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)64,50094,100
Gross national saving (% of GDP)26.646.5
Labor force3,965,0003,657,000
Unemployment rate (%)3.12.2
Population below poverty line (%)19.9-
Budget revenues (USD)79,340,000,00050,850,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)61,640,000,00051,870,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)-3.3
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)23.215.7
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)5.2-0.3
Public debt (% of GDP)0.1111.1
Inflation rate (%)1.50.6
Central bank discount rate (%)1.752.15
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)55.28
Stock of narrow money (USD)311,100,000,000137,400,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)311,100,000,000137,400,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)825,300,000,000471,200,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)4,359,000,000,000809,400,000,000
Current account balance (USD)14,750,000,00060,990,000,000
Exports (USD)530,600,000,000396,800,000,000
Imports (USD)602,400,000,000312,100,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)431,400,000,000279,900,000,000
External debt (USD)633,600,000,000566,100,000,000
National currencyHong Kong dollarsSingapore dollars
National currency (code)HKDSGD
National currency (symbol)$$
National currency rate to USD7.821.3



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