According to the CIA World Fact Book, Singapore reported a population of 4,425,720 people as of July 2005. The CIA estimated the country's total GDP to be 4.5%, or $113.6 billion in 2005. Singapore spent an estimated $3.67 billion on IT in 2005. [2] Therefore, it spent an estimated 3.2% of GDP on information and communications technology (ICT).

[2] IDC's Top 10 Tech Trends in 2005