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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Place of Birth and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

Last updated: 16 May 2026, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/09/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2010, Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, Education, Language and Religion' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/5985

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ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyLanguageMostFrequentlySpokenatHomePlaceofBirthandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (13 rows, 3.7 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Singapore) Total
Numeric
(Singapore) Males
Numeric
(Singapore) Females
Numeric
(Malaysia) Total
Numeric
(Malaysia) Males
Numeric
(Malaysia) Females
Numeric
(Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao) Total
Numeric
(Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao) Males
Text
(Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao) Females
Text
(India, Pakistan, Bangladesh And Sri Lanka) Total
Text
(India, Pakistan, Bangladesh And Sri Lanka) Males
Text
(India, Pakistan, Bangladesh And Sri Lanka) Females
Text
(Indonesia) Total
Numeric
(Indonesia) Males
Text
(Indonesia) Females
Numeric
(Other Asian Countries) Total
Numeric
(Other Asian Countries) Males
Numeric
(Other Asian Countries) Females
Numeric
(European Countries) Total
Text
(European Countries) Males
Text
(European Countries) Females
Text
(USA And Canada) Total
Text
(USA And Canada) Males
Text
(USA And Canada) Females
Text
(Australia And New Zealand) Total
Text
(Australia And New Zealand) Males
Text
(Australia And New Zealand) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Text
(Others) Males
Text
(Others) Females
Text
(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)7.7%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)15.4%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)23.1%
(Null)30.8%
(Null)23.1%
(Null)38.5%
(Null)38.5%
(Null)38.5%
(Null)30.8%
(Null)53.8%
(Null)30.8%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)15.4%
(Null)7.7%
Total339905416709821728072264229513452991296996335935141896194039151513625948891911505858366566924839515260331358283033967488631158973364253540629912415351018561653252414171107
English1097443550094547349915007462485452522714423564135802941538595555286191479613823153666084928238205154232278295126306320747612681208032071713149419091108802
Mandarin1211505587455624049914275469697444578177591722091053839415138375557767034361246332849178119443348859627214812545619825814966841339637
Chinese Dialects4870312338272532043727661893391834275675721730350274778320268275145631257489186956201991498149319612311912624022782751
Hokkien2388431200011188422012021055919561120572799812574115515047650466na4356110832471110251858nananananana14na1432na32
Teochew94302442775002675798376573814168612462439991733600557312662190491169824146196nanananananananana271412
Cantonese1211365517865959796663825041417229398844140961738777099678371918473137337517143374196123119124840819136
Other Chinese Dialects3275014372183781610078428258638524273958967239125759nanana4711333381235865nananananananananananana
Malay4144752065482079263805781941291864492252489031362127na27435322113102782971730743313629742635nanana833846754431
Indian Languages15100074994760065784428683291617491333341583729884897426824221510489637316320910545605936248na8821468
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3a4e8796bbafe15b70e01e5af3208da1"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Place of Birth and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 4, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3a4e8796bbafe15b70e01e5af3208da1/view

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24 Oct 2024

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