• Sambit Chatterjee

Singapore is one of the most important sovereign island nations in maritime South-East Asia and also a founding member of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN). The country is also known as the Garden City or the Lion City and is composed of one main island, one islet (Pedra Branca) and 63 small islands out of which only 3 are being inhabited. The island nations of South-East Asia, along with Singapore garnered international interest through the formation of ASEAN, the intra-regional, political and economic union primarily formulated in 1967 through patronage from Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Philippines. Among other ASEAN countries, Singapore achieved and sustained a massive economical as well as societal growth, becoming one of the Four Asian Tigers. Singapore has the most robust economy in Asia with AAA sovereign rating from all major rating agencies and the country attained high ranking in primary social indicators like housing, quality of life, education and Healthcare. The demographic dividend of Singapore plays a key role in its astronomical and meteoric economic success since the plunder and carnage during World War II. It is to be noted that nearly 44% of the Singaporean workforce are non-Singaporeans with over 80% foreign workers in the construction industry and 50% in the Service industry. According to prevalent statistics, the median age of population of Singapore is 40.5 (2017) and it is coupled with the lowest total fertility rate in the World. Therefore, to sustain the prevailing economic growth, the government had to focus on the demography of Singapore and adjust the immigration policy accordingly in order to maintain its working age population. Therefore, an analysis of some of the characteristics of demography of Singapore will be beneficial for determining the various aspects of growth and development of the country. In this paper, an attempt has been made to understand the gradual evolution of demography of Singapore and that data has been closely compared to the overall demographic dividend of South-East Asia and some ASEAN countries in order to understand the trend and pattern of demographic dividend of Singapore compared to ASEAN countries during the timeline of 1950 to 2100

Demography, Economic growth, Development, Demographic Dividend, ASEAN

"A Comparative Study Of Demographic Dividend Between Singapore And Other South-East Asian Nations", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no.g93-g106, March-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203616.pdf

"A Comparative Study Of Demographic Dividend Between Singapore And Other South-East Asian Nations", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 3, page no. ppg93-g106, March-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2203616.pdf