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Economy

Malay Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)

Last updated: 02 Aug 2025, 23:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8183

Data explorer

MalayResidentPopulationbyAgeGroupDialectGroupandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (19 rows, 2.4 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Malay) Total
Numeric
(Malay) Males
Numeric
(Malay) Females
Numeric
(Javanese) Total
Numeric
(Javanese) Males
Numeric
(Javanese) Females
Numeric
(Boyanese) Total
Numeric
(Boyanese) Males
Numeric
(Boyanese) Females
Numeric
(Other Malays) Total
Numeric
(Other Malays) Males
Numeric
(Other Malays) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total52092325910826181535296317667217629191117456534546458549296102893918294717311121
0 - 43169116276154152227711423108544911256923423169163315361334651683
5 - 93235916575157842186611205106615403274826553800198918111290633657
10 - 143676419016177482465612785118716221324529764421225721641466729737
15 - 194358422504210802999115450145417399385935404987260623811207589618
20 - 244859025006235843342517194162318699440742925359284325161107562545
25 - 294446622571218953036815396149728120410340174892255623361086516570
30 - 3437710188501886024982127021228068083518329041842101208317365291207
35 - 39295821418115401189609535942550992503259632831651163222404921748
40 - 4432543158011674221348107071064154522686276637201866185420235421481

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Malay) TotalMalay_TotalNumericNumber-
(Malay) MalesMalay_MalesNumericNumber-
(Malay) FemalesMalay_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Javanese) TotalJavanese_TotalNumericNumber-
(Javanese) MalesJavanese_MalesNumericNumber-
(Javanese) FemalesJavanese_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3632fc777a1d7e5ca93113addca5ac33"
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). Malay Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2015) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 17, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3632fc777a1d7e5ca93113addca5ac33/view

About this dataset

Contact

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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)