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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Religion and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Updated 12 days ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17458

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyAgeGroupReligionandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (16 rows, 4.3 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(No Religion) Total
Numeric
(No Religion) Males
Numeric
(No Religion) Females
Numeric
(Buddhism) Total
Numeric
(Buddhism) Males
Numeric
(Buddhism) Females
Numeric
(Taoism1/) Total
Numeric
(Taoism1/) Males
Numeric
(Taoism1/) Females
Numeric
(Islam) Total
Numeric
(Islam) Males
Numeric
(Islam) Females
Numeric
(Hinduism) Total
Numeric
(Hinduism) Males
Numeric
(Hinduism) Females
Numeric
(Sikhism) Total
Numeric
(Sikhism) Males
Numeric
(Sikhism) Females
Numeric
[Christianity] (Catholic) Total
Numeric
[Christianity] (Catholic) Males
Numeric
[Christianity] (Catholic) Females
Numeric
[Christianity] (Other Christians) Total
Numeric
[Christianity] (Other Christians) Males
Numeric
[Christianity] (Other Christians) Females
Numeric
(Other Religions) Total
Numeric
(Other Religions) Males
Numeric
(Other Religions) Females
Numeric
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Total345909316635601795534692528356071336457107415951249356166630396014924715471353925126313427611717296386414865481205161965855242681106084136597411674179298232376982746235204
15 - 19218030111663106366519062646325443526292689525734106105833477746457243082214913767655672116423512911580278447958256361307412562580338241
20 - 242407811236571171255897230503284706173532421293151199860845913515112657124940110445362568210075544531584777788069280901407314016577310267
25 - 292871031420271450757457738931356467145034767366831701482888726589812917729804120235718630610205744451624379178326351061630818798688349339
30 - 342984991414961570037860637504411028100637921430851864194719170545462709527451116815302637811726085641746476989766348391563519204544262282
35 - 392986231394841591396994833851360978683440758460772117810274109044785723248246091903381501088378546132419571874210829325511364118911865359506
40 - 44298605139205159400634923016533327933734333150042220641133510729371861763119555225241151711006793408385238381002313815346851450620178651288363
45 - 493117301509341607955976929624301451017814995651826207041018610518397661917920588210891238287079915334582468110982137004185117607242441096486610
50 - 5429434814350515084251382263302505210008448113519712262111876107464362920579230501651494557060116462953521214984211371368951623320663844449395
55 - 5930635414974015661447666254482221810618952153540352898214804141785017024141260291435877326625118860158718956811110846379171632021597928430498

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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(No Religion) TotalNoReligion_TotalNumericNumber-
(No Religion) MalesNoReligion_MalesNumericNumber-
(No Religion) FemalesNoReligion_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Buddhism) TotalBuddhism_TotalNumericNumber-
(Buddhism) MalesBuddhism_MalesNumericNumber-
(Buddhism) FemalesBuddhism_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Taoism1/) TotalTaoism1_TotalNumericNumber-
(Taoism1/) MalesTaoism1_MalesNumericNumber-
(Taoism1/) FemalesTaoism1_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Islam) TotalIslam_TotalNumericNumber-
(Islam) MalesIslam_MalesNumericNumber-
(Islam) FemalesIslam_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Hinduism) TotalHinduism_TotalNumericNumber-
(Hinduism) MalesHinduism_MalesNumericNumber-
(Hinduism) FemalesHinduism_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Sikhism) TotalSikhism_TotalNumericNumber-
(Sikhism) MalesSikhism_MalesNumericNumber-
(Sikhism) FemalesSikhism_FemalesNumericNumber-
[Christianity] (Catholic) TotalChristianity_Catholic_TotalNumericNumber-
[Christianity] (Catholic) MalesChristianity_Catholic_MalesNumericNumber-
[Christianity] (Catholic) FemalesChristianity_Catholic_FemalesNumericNumber-
[Christianity] (Other Christians) TotalChristianity_OtherChristians_TotalNumericNumber-
[Christianity] (Other Christians) MalesChristianity_OtherChristians_MalesNumericNumber-
[Christianity] (Other Christians) FemalesChristianity_OtherChristians_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Other Religions) TotalOtherReligions_TotalNumericNumber-
(Other Religions) MalesOtherReligions_MalesNumericNumber-
(Other Religions) FemalesOtherReligions_FemalesNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_1bd1abe4f66c4ecc00fe656a0e5d1c40"
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. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Religion and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 25, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_1bd1abe4f66c4ecc00fe656a0e5d1c40/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)