Place comparison
Phu Quoc compared with Singapore: area, population and density
Phu Quoc Island is about 76% of Singapore’s land, and Singapore has about 34 times its population, so Singapore is about 26 times as dense.
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Direct answer
How different are Phu Quoc Island and Singapore?
Phu Quoc Island covers 567 km² (218.9 sq mi); Phu Quoc Island's area is about 76.2% of Singapore's. Its reported population is 179,480; Phu Quoc Island's population is about 2.9% of Singapore's. By average density, Phu Quoc Island's population density is about 3.9% of Singapore's.
Population difference
Phu Quoc Island's population is about 2.9% of Singapore's 179,480 · 6,111,175Density difference
Phu Quoc Island's population density is about 3.9% of Singapore's 316.5 /km² (820 /sq mi) · 8,210.6 /km² (21,265 /sq mi)Full data and sources for each place: Phu Quoc Island area & population, Singapore area & population
Straight-line distance between geometric centres: about 989 km; time difference: 1 hour.
On a familiar scale
- Phu Quoc Island ≈ 73% of New York City 3,159 m² of land per resident
- Singapore ≈ the size of New York City 122 m² of land per resident
Reference scales come from U.S. Census Bureau: 2025 Gazetteer Files: land area of states and counties , as of 2025-01-01.
How to read it
Three-quarters of Singapore’s land with about 3% of its people.
Geography and shape
Phu Quoc is Vietnam’s largest island, in the Gulf of Thailand off the Cambodian coast. Singapore is a city-state on one main island and some sixty smaller islands at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula.
Population context
Phu Quoc has 179,480 people on 567 km², about 317 per km². Singapore has 6,111,175 on 744 km², about 8,211 per km². Singapore has about 34 times Phu Quoc’s population on about 1.3 times its land.
Boundaries and definitions
Phu Quoc’s population is from the 2020 count, the latest official figure on this page. Singapore uses its total land area at 31 December 2025, which grows with reclamation, and its total population at end-June 2025, including about 1.91 million non-residents.
Phu Quoc Island: Area and outline represent the physical main island. Population is the official figure used to establish Phu Quoc City in 2020 and covers the wider city archipelago, including smaller islands; main-island density is therefore approximate.
Singapore: Total land area surveyed by the Singapore Land Authority as at 31 December 2025, covering the main island and its offshore islands. The figure rises with reclamation and is restated annually — it was 735.7 km² a year earlier. Population is the Department of Statistics total population at end-June 2025: citizens 3,660,683, permanent residents 543,832 and about 1.91 million non-residents, counted by place of usual residence, so tourists and short-term visitors are excluded. The two dates are six months apart, and the outline traces the main island, Pulau Ujong, which is about 88% of the official area — Pulau Tekong, Jurong Island, Pulau Ubin, Sentosa and some sixty smaller islands are counted in the figure but not drawn.
In-depth guide
How should Phu Quoc Island and Singapore be understood in context?
Phu Quoc is close to Singapore in land — about three-quarters of it — but almost nothing alike in people: Singapore has about 34 times as many.
Similar land, a thirty-fourth of the people
Phu Quoc’s 567 km² is about 76% of Singapore’s 744 km². Its 179,480 people are about 3% of Singapore’s 6.11 million, so the island averages about 317 people per km² against Singapore’s 8,211.
Drawn at one scale, the two outlines are close in size — much of Phu Quoc is forest and national park, while Singapore is built across most of its main island.
Questions people ask
About this geographic comparison
Which is bigger, Phu Quoc Island or Singapore?
Singapore is bigger, with a land area about 1.31× that of Phu Quoc Island (Phu Quoc Island 567 vs Singapore 744.3 km², or 218.9 sq mi vs 287.4 sq mi).
How big is Phu Quoc Island compared to Singapore?
Singapore has 744.3 km² (287.4 sq mi) and Phu Quoc Island has 567 km² (218.9 sq mi): the ratio is 1.31×. Conversely, Phu Quoc Island has 76.2% of Singapore's area.
Does Phu Quoc Island or Singapore have more people?
Singapore has 6,111,175 people (2025-06-30), versus 179,480 in Phu Quoc Island (2020-12-09): 34×. In reverse, Phu Quoc Island has 2.9% of Singapore's population. Phu Quoc Island is 76.2% the size of Singapore — 567 km² vs 744.3 km² (218.9 sq mi vs 287.4 sq mi). Population is 2.9% as high; average density is 3.9% as high. Each side’s scope and reference date are set out under “Boundaries and definitions” on this page.
Is Phu Quoc Island bigger than Singapore?
No. Singapore is bigger, with a land area about 1.31× that of Phu Quoc Island (Phu Quoc Island 567 vs Singapore 744.3 km², or 218.9 sq mi vs 287.4 sq mi). The area difference is 177.3 km². Singapore has 744.3 km² (287.4 sq mi) and Phu Quoc Island has 567 km² (218.9 sq mi): the ratio is 1.31×. Conversely, Phu Quoc Island has 76.2% of Singapore's area.
Is Phu Quoc bigger than Singapore?
No. Phu Quoc’s 567 km² is about 76% of Singapore’s 744 km². Singapore is about 1.3 times its size.
How many people live on Phu Quoc compared with Singapore?
Phu Quoc had 179,480 people in its 2020 count; Singapore has 6,111,175 — about 34 times as many.
Sources
- Phu Quoc Tourism Portal: Phu Quoc introduction and physical-island area
- National Assembly of Vietnam: Establishment of Phu Quoc City and its population scale
- Singapore Land Authority: Total Land Area of Singapore
- Singapore Department of Statistics: Indicators on Population, Annual (Table M810001)
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