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Indicators On Population, Annual

Data from Jan 1950 to Dec 2024Updated 18 days ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/02/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the 'Population Trends' publication (www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/population/population-trends) and the Information Paper on 'Singapore Resident Population, 2003-2007' (www.singstat.gov.sg/-/media/files/publications/population/respop.pdf). For more information on Rate of Natural Increase, please refer to the Statistics Singapore Newsletter on 'Singapore's Rate of Natural Increase for Population' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/population-and-population-structure/publications-and-methodology). For more information on Old-Age Support Ratio, please refer to the the Infographics on 'Old-Age Support Ratio' (www.singstat.gov.sg/modules/infographics/old-age-support-ratio) and Statistics Singapore Newsletter on 'Are the Old-Age Support Ratio Trends Similar Across Different Working-Age Groups' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/population-and-population-structure/publications-and-methodology).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M810001

Data explorer

IndicatorsOnPopulationAnnual.csv (29 rows, 16.3 KB)

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Total Population603686059176485637022545356656858075703569563867656122535607283553500254697245399162531243751836885076732498757348393964588599440136542657624166664411482641759504138012402788739587233927213379603836707043524506341904833134713230698313508330471322930901284610827747892733373273595727322212681061264646625328352413945238350023536002325300229330022626002229800219300021524002112900207450720425002012000197760019344001886900184160017950001750200170240016464001587200151880014459291371600130550012482001191800112700010681001022100
Resident Population418086841492534073239398684240442104026209399428339657963933559390269038707393844751381820537892513771721373387636426593583082352589434678143413266336689133829443325902327336332296813180018312340330681323013515295935029045472849754279470427358682647627259845825538642518598248261524437052406165236570723244032282125nanananananananana2013563nananananananananananananananananananana
Singapore Citizen Population36359373610658355374934981913523191350094034719363439177340894333750233343030331350732851403257228323071932006933164438313384831079243081001305708730325413043397301709229858862958379292973128947942860419282370727841682742826270243026646252623736nanananananananana2194280nanananananananana1874778nananananananananananananananananananana
Permanent Resident Population544931538595519490488651521019525269522347526619524616527667527709531244533065532023541002533183478221449234417970386813356179334350339547308810287477271302250287228608207712189808175182161720147324130079112132nanananananananana87845nanananananananana138785nananananananananananananananananananana
Non-Resident Population185599217683951563783146672416415971677360164439316464571673724163231215989851554411149423213944371305011125369711967371005517875471797948753398747935793006812110754524729042747195672635602572510991459698408924380944340379311264283274247650220925214775253342288516274896280759208432131820nanananananananana60944nananananananananananananananananananana
Total Population Growth253.4-4.1-0.31.20.50.11.31.21.31.62.52.11.83.15.54.33.22.41.30.20.92.71.70.83.53.44.13.13.22.632.92.332.61.5-0.10.11.91.34.54.91.51.31.21.41.41.51.71.91.91.92.81.51.72.22.52.52.62.62.83.43.74.555.45.14.64.75.75.54.54.4
Resident Population Growth0.81.92.2-1.40.40.80.70.80.80.80.70.70.80.512.51.71.61.71.61.41.61.71.61.41.61.81.81.81.81.91.922.21.71.91.71.41.41.61.61.71.81.91.3nananananananananananananananananananananananananananananana
Population Density82078058768874857810786678047796779776977615754074297273714670256846655262986121598759396078606559005999606058605669544352925166504049054814467945494457439744094405433842824099390738583819377338093791379537403671360335383490344333923327324531673087301029282831nana2486nanananananana
Sex Ratio94895095596095795795996196396596796897097297497698098298398598698899299599810001002100510081010101310171020102510271027102710271028102810291029103010311032104210431043104410451046104610471048104910521057106010611066106910731082108710931098110611171122112911381149115311591173
Median Age Of Resident Population42.842.442.141.841.541.140.840.54039.639.338.938.43837.436.936.736.436.135.835.43534.734.43433.633.132.732.331.931.53130.630.229.829.328.828.327.827.226.726.125.524.924.423.923.422.922.421.921.420.920.420.119.518.918.518.217.917.817.817.717.817.91818.318.518.8nanananananana

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3d227e5d9fdec73f3bcadce671c333a6"
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. (2023). Indicators On Population, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 25, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3d227e5d9fdec73f3bcadce671c333a6/view

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Created on

28 Nov 2023

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