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Resident Students Aged 10 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/10/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: 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/6557

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

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ResidentStudentsAged10YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (20 rows, 2.5 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Text
(Chinese) Males
Text
(Chinese) Females
Text
(Malays) Total
Text
(Malays) Males
Text
(Malays) Females
Text
(Indians) Total
Text
(Indians) Males
Text
(Indians) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Text
(Others) Males
Text
(Others) Females
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)25.0%
Total452403234609217794338309175133163176747813910535676344961787616620481724952322
Not Literate36182109150931511826132535021713410455491212na
Literate448786232500216286335158173307161851744303888835542343921782116571480624832322
One Language Only5992333360265634851227301212113643190217416092330727851676851825
Chinese Only668535613124667935553124nananananana77na
English Only513022877122531418092373218077194010129275916319527221637832805
Malay Only17949378571055170388981467392914510
Tamil Only1026735nananananana1026735nanana
Non-Official Language Only39231614105nanana77na18711
Two Languages Only384999197455187543284782145177139606700853674133344271561396413193297515741401
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3b3ec22e6494b5819b433674338c4480"
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 Students Aged 10 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3b3ec22e6494b5819b433674338c4480/view

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24 Oct 2024

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