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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Labour Force Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 17/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17470

Last updated 4 days ago (5 Sep 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInLabourForceStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (19 rows, 3 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Labour Force - Total) Total
Numeric
(Labour Force - Total) Males
Numeric
(Labour Force - Total) Females
Numeric
(Labour Force - Employed) Total
Numeric
(Labour Force - Employed) Males
Numeric
(Labour Force - Employed) Females
Numeric
(Labour Force - Unemployed) Total
Numeric
(Labour Force - Unemployed) Males
Numeric
(Labour Force - Unemployed) Females
Numeric
(Outside the Labour Force) Total
Numeric
(Outside the Labour Force) Males
Numeric
(Outside the Labour Force) 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%
Total34590931663560179553423434851246136109734922083581178431102992713512767705674221115608417424698185
Not Literate99212242577495520979908411895194618402110591518681836782341517363060
Literate33598811639303172057823225061237053108545421888971170029101886813360967024665861037375402250635125
One Language Only862098410814451284467803261257206546440028245657194370277761560012176394295149557244738
English Only362469205371157098229406139784896222136391301878345215766959761701330636558767476
Chinese Only438279187365250914217390111376106014206664106020100644107265356537022088975988144901
Malay Only4575315131306211442482796146135677688587985759126631328685324476
Tamil Only9600232572753431136320683227131319132055015561699625207
Non-Official Language Only599862253763152455269729314492482221621528461672679
Two Languages Only22595481117708114184016609798789917819891564345831717732628966344727449360598569238718359851
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_37f4fec3576d8d198c19f1466ee3b684"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Labour Force Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_37f4fec3576d8d198c19f1466ee3b684/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)