Quality of life comparison

compared to

If you lived in Singapore instead of Christmas Island, you would:

Basic Needs

be 2.6 times more likely to have internet access

In Christmas Island, approximately 35.8% of the population has internet access as of 2016. In Singapore, about 92.0% do as of 2020.

Geography

see 38.9% more coastline

Christmas Island has a total of 139 km of coastline. In Singapore, that number is 193 km.

The statistics above were calculated using the following data sources: The World Factbook.

Singapore: At a glance

Singapore is a sovereign country in East/Southeast Asia, with a total land area of approximately 709 sq km. Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. Singapore subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international trading links (its port is one of the world's busiest in terms of tonnage handled) and with per capita GDP equal to that of the leading nations of Western Europe.
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