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Economy

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

Last updated: 05 Jun 2026, 22:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/05/2026

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)

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(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
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(Total) Females
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(Singapore) Total
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(Singapore) Males
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(Singapore) Females
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(Malaysia) Total
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(Malaysia) Males
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(Malaysia) Females
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(Mainland China) Total
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(Mainland China) Males
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(Mainland China) Females
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(India) Total
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(India) Males
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(India) Females
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(Indonesia) Total
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(Indonesia) Males
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(Indonesia) Females
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(Other Asian Countries / Regions) Total
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(Other Asian Countries / Regions) Males
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(Other Asian Countries / Regions) Females
Numeric
(Europe) Total
Numeric
(Europe) Males
Numeric
(Europe) Females
Numeric
(USA and Canada) Total
Numeric
(USA and Canada) Males
Numeric
(USA and Canada) Females
Numeric
(Australia and New Zealand) Total
Numeric
(Australia and New Zealand) Males
Numeric
(Australia and New Zealand) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
Numeric
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Total3459093166356017955342600845130232612985204106641742592364041652046085110435310328653703495835404517503365439954038680608601425596614594533532382097361021141496230912251084
No Religion6925283560713364574993312684152309166129129484318079648139706567751957123472449122276263619354853210822561141421469178211476341333834499476301175
With Religion2766566130748914590772101514103391010676033493731447762045976872321145475781013295247048860491341522733907801853014850038864455193125355420911463227712809971834925909
Buddhism107415951249356166678035639939538096120549585887119609412891236928920676701601847981122029840936620474466273193245127119290164126924745
Taoism1/30396014924715471324709312688112021241347173032404410502380766960002846658218820125521460000104455830351051
Islam53925126313427611748728124175824552321351816413187211821281371274046308963621487488578927453043722444277138117211821067623016565
Hinduism172963864148654883274406354263811022513158917077534939155361942571011562139108710512738818531811620261263526375189
Sikhism120516196585583694713365611484387110002253948130486246246937104604436036000945
Christianity654355285382368973488402217237271165679522750340449164804834116469239449247472012574451268139845162122363368794517236125701566100416919517391171624547
Catholic242681106084136597171181759049527722815938513430366498026845401259228098894322056732494410525144183414217612371020585435652305347698412286
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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())

Citation

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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) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved June 24, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3ba797b9aab692919a223cae32029b41/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)