Singapore vs United States: Years a country was a European overseas colony

Singapore
138 years
in 2022
United States
177 years
in 2022
Singapore rank
51st
United States rank
48th

Years a country was a European overseas colony over time

  • Singapore
  • United States
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How they compare

United States currently reports 177 years against 138 years in Singapore, a difference of 39 years.

That makes United States's figure about 1.3 times Singapore's.

Across all 561 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Singapore ranks 51st and United States ranks 48th of 159 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Years a country was a European overseas colony
Unit
years
Source
Bastian Becker (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
159 places, 88,747 data points, 1462–2022
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Number of years the country has been colonized from overseas by the European colonial power(s) in a specific year, between Belgium, United Kingdom, France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, and Italy, or a combination of them.