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

Updated 23 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/17463

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyReligionPlaceofBirthandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 3.5 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) Total
Text
(Mainland China) Males
Text
(Mainland China) Females
Text
(India) Total
Text
(India) Males
Text
(India) Females
Text
(Indonesia) Total
Numeric
(Indonesia) Males
Numeric
(Indonesia) Females
Numeric
(Other Asian Countries / Regions) Total
Numeric
(Other Asian Countries / Regions) Males
Numeric
(Other Asian Countries / Regions) Females
Numeric
(Europe) Total
Text
(Europe) Males
Text
(Europe) Females
Text
(USA and Canada) Total
Numeric
(USA and Canada) Males
Text
(USA and Canada) Females
Numeric
(Australia and New Zealand) Total
Text
(Australia and New Zealand) Males
Text
(Australia and New Zealand) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Text
(Others) 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)8.3%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
Total3459093166356017955342600845130232612985204106641742592364041652046085110435310328653703495835404517503365439954038680608601425596614594533532382097361021141496230912251084
No Religion6925283560713364574993312684152309166129129484318079648139706567751957123472449122276263619354853210822561141421469178211476341333834499476301175
With Religion2766566130748914590772101514103391010676033493731447762045976872321145475781013295247048860491341522733907801853014850038864455193125355420911463227712809971834925909
Buddhism1074159512493561666780356399395380961205495858871196094128912369289206767-1601847981122029840936620474466273193245127119290164126924745
Taoism1/3039601492471547132470931268811202124134717303240441050238076696---2846658218820125521460---10445583-351-51
Islam53925126313427611748728124175824552321351816413187211821281371274046308963621487488578927453043722444277138117211821067623016565
Hinduism172963864148654883274406354263811022513158917-77534939155361942571011562139108710512738818531811620261263526375189
Sikhism12051619658558369471336561148438711---2253948130486246246937104604436-36---945
Christianity654355285382368973488402217237271165679522750340449164804834116469239449247472012574451268139845162122363368794517236125701566100416919517391171624547
Catholic242681106084136597171181759049527722815938513430366498026845401259228098894322056732494410525144183414217612371020585435652305347698412286

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Singapore) TotalSingapore_TotalNumericNumber-
(Singapore) MalesSingapore_MalesNumericNumber-
(Singapore) FemalesSingapore_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Malaysia) TotalMalaysia_TotalNumericNumber-
(Malaysia) MalesMalaysia_MalesNumericNumber-
(Malaysia) FemalesMalaysia_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Mainland China) TotalMainlandChina_TotalTextNumber-
(Mainland China) MalesMainlandChina_MalesTextNumber-
(Mainland China) FemalesMainlandChina_FemalesTextNumber-
(India) TotalIndia_TotalTextNumber-
(India) MalesIndia_MalesTextNumber-
(India) FemalesIndia_FemalesTextNumber-
(Indonesia) TotalIndonesia_TotalNumericNumber-
(Indonesia) MalesIndonesia_MalesNumericNumber-
(Indonesia) FemalesIndonesia_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Other Asian Countries / Regions) TotalOtherAsianCountries_Regions_TotalNumericNumber-
(Other Asian Countries / Regions) MalesOtherAsianCountries_Regions_MalesNumericNumber-
(Other Asian Countries / Regions) FemalesOtherAsianCountries_Regions_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Europe) TotalEurope_TotalTextNumber-
(Europe) MalesEurope_MalesTextNumber-
(Europe) FemalesEurope_FemalesTextNumber-
(USA and Canada) TotalUSAandCanada_TotalNumericNumber-
(USA and Canada) MalesUSAandCanada_MalesTextNumber-
(USA and Canada) FemalesUSAandCanada_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Australia and New Zealand) TotalAustraliaandNewZealand_TotalTextNumber-
(Australia and New Zealand) MalesAustraliaandNewZealand_MalesTextNumber-
(Australia and New Zealand) FemalesAustraliaandNewZealand_FemalesTextNumber-
(Others) TotalOthers_TotalNumericNumber-
(Others) MalesOthers_MalesTextNumber-
(Others) FemalesOthers_FemalesNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3ba797b9aab692919a223cae32029b41"
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 15 Years and Over by Religion, Place of Birth and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 6, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3ba797b9aab692919a223cae32029b41/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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