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Inter-Ethnic Marriages Under The Administration Of Muslim Law Act By Ethnic Group Of Grooms And Brides, Annual

Data from Jan 1984 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 02 Jul 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 15/07/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data on inter-ethnic marriages include marriages where both parties are of different CMIO group.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M830142

Data explorer

InterEthnicMarriagesUnderTheAdministrationOfMuslimLawActByEthnicGroupOfGroomsAndBridesAnnual.csv (21 rows, 5.1 KB)

Data Series Text	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric	2002 Numeric	2001 Numeric	2000 Numeric	1999 Numeric	1998 Numeric	1997 Numeric	1996 Numeric	1995 Numeric	1994 Numeric	1993 Numeric	1992 Numeric	1991 Numeric	1990 Numeric	1989 Numeric	1988 Numeric	1987 Numeric	1986 Numeric	1985 Numeric	1984 Numeric
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Total	1364	1368	1392	1214	1213	1365	1424	1312	1340	1307	1163	1095	1017	947	986	955	972	895	925	934	861	835	845	954	924	841	892	854	858	792	833	831	822	783	757	783	670	727	723	735
Malay Grooms	619	592	645	545	530	570	592	560	541	558	494	455	416	379	421	373	388	343	368	358	322	308	341	369	356	345	372	357	356	312	343	371	353	308	274	283	224	253	252	243
Chinese Grooms	179	171	145	112	109	131	135	121	120	130	104	103	105	85	89	84	90	77	82	88	88	103	83	117	121	108	105	90	114	94	99	103	94	95	112	106	93	118	105	112
Indian Grooms	365	422	405	381	348	429	457	399	420	419	357	355	320	312	322	306	313	319	323	319	286	283	269	278	275	255	268	282	252	267	254	260	257	250	241	271	242	248	239	263
Other Grooms	201	183	197	176	226	235	240	232	259	200	208	182	176	171	154	192	181	156	152	169	165	141	152	190	172	133	147	125	136	119	137	97	118	130	130	123	111	108	127	117
Malay Brides	637	652	632	576	578	669	702	634	678	639	585	542	515	481	472	493	507	479	498	501	465	466	436	507	490	434	457	436	451	436	428	421	425	409	427	456	413	439	437	450
Chinese Grooms	151	153	126	97	96	119	117	106	103	116	91	90	89	78	79	74	79	65	74	77	77	97	71	107	110	99	101	82	104	82	93	98	88	83	103	99	83	109	91	104
Indian Grooms	316	360	345	328	294	356	392	353	366	359	323	308	285	269	271	265	281	282	296	290	245	250	230	247	239	225	235	246	231	246	226	236	240	221	216	256	231	231	231	245
Other Grooms	170	139	161	151	188	194	193	175	209	164	171	144	141	134	122	154	147	132	128	134	143	119	135	153	141	110	121	108	116	108	109	87	97	105	108	101	99	99	115	101
Chinese Brides	230	259	254	195	201	202	213	167	191	185	153	140	130	112	115	116	103	105	111	107	114	100	98	108	128	97	101	90	82	70	76	82	67	73	54	57	42	50	43	43

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
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2016	2016	Numeric	Number	-
2015	2015	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_167162c1811e2b24923a1f3c9ffff207"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2023). Inter-Ethnic Marriages Under The Administration Of Muslim Law Act By Ethnic Group Of Grooms And Brides, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 19, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_167162c1811e2b24923a1f3c9ffff207/view

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Created on

01 Nov 2023

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)