Is Singapore overpopulated to you?
Disclaimer: Just for discussion. No flaming and please respect the opinions of others.
I think most of the issues faced by Singapore today is due to overpopulation.
Healthcare: there’s always the issue about long waiting time or lack of beds. If we have a population that is smaller, there won’t be shortages right? HCWs facing burnout because they cannot cope with the load as well.
Housing: people are complaining homes are getting smaller. That is because we need to accommodate more people on this tiny island so homes are built smaller and closely packed to one another. Prices are also getting higher because demand exceeds supply..the limited land area of Singapore cannot accommodate too many people.
Quality of life: so hard to relax in Singapore when everywhere is so crowded. Trouble getting seats and facing long queues at food establishments. In addition, at any public space, you have to move slower because hoards of people are in your way.
So do you think Singapore is overpopulated?
Netizens’ comments
- yes, in my opinion Singapore is overpopulated. Due to our small size, we are too densely populated.
That is why although I can’t work from home, I do support WFH and hybrid measures so that less people take public transport and I would not need to squeeze with the crowd everyday.
Also, with the overpopulation, the waiting time at polyclinics and hospitals are so long. And worse is when we can’t book appointments as demand is more then supply.
I would love to go out more, but the sheer number of people in Orchard and other places of interest really puts me off due to the crowds, especially on weekends.
But I guess all this is part and parcel of living in a small island city state. What to do? Born here, grew up here and even if I migrate (not planning tho) other countries might not accept me as one of their own. - just throwing some points out, but overall i do think its overpopulated.
still many parcels of land in sg to be developed, e.g. paya lebar airbase and the entire northwest region. would be nice to have more WFH and mini-towns so that less people have to travel towards the central to work/play.
world population might eventually start decreasing, already happening in china and they have many empty houses. without importing, our population would be declining as well. - Singapore is definitely over populated. I feel like soon there’ll be a brain drain from Singapore to the west or Europe. At some point our less taxes will not be as important as quality of life. I believe Singaporeans are just as adventurous as ang mohs but we’re just sick from something.
- Based on population density for cities, Singapore doesn’t even crack the top 25. Not that it’s the sole measure but one way to gauge comparative ‘overpopulation’.
The investments in hospital beds is lacking and government policy needs to be called out. We don’t compare well with other countries when you look at hospital beds or number of doctors per 1000 people.
Government land bank and empty units is a measure. It tells you there’s isn’t a supply issue, it’s a policy issue on why people who ‘need’ houses can’t get one.
On transportation, again, despite having one of the best transportation systems in the world, the MRT system remains far behind systems in Hong Kong or Tokyo in both carriage volume and reliability. Pace of expansion and coverage of residents could improve as well. - I see it more as a problem of the number of places we can go in this country being way too limited. The only thing we have here are malls and literally everyone flocks to them weekend or not. Even crossing over to Malaysia is a pain because of the number of people