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Marriages Under The Administration Of Muslim Law Act By Ethnic Group Of Couple, Annual

Data from Jan 1984 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 02 Jul 2025, 21:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 15/07/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Data on inter-ethnic marriages include marriages where both parties are of different CMIO group. Total may include marriages with attribute(s) not reported.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M830134

Data explorer

MarriagesUnderTheAdministrationOfMuslimLawActByEthnicGroupOfCoupleAnnual.csv (5 rows, 1.6 KB)

Data Series Text	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric	2002 Numeric	2001 Numeric	2000 Numeric	1999 Numeric	1998 Numeric	1997 Numeric	1996 Numeric	1995 Numeric	1994 Numeric	1993 Numeric	1992 Numeric	1991 Numeric	1990 Numeric	1989 Numeric	1988 Numeric	1987 Numeric	1986 Numeric	1985 Numeric	1984 Numeric
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Total	5396	6010	6228	5527	5545	5699	6050	5954	5778	5544	5074	4802	4418	4133	4021	4207	4113	3945	3950	4098	3871	3941	4001	4011	4087	4135	4367	4171	4412	4411	4606	4759	4806	4762	4794	4801	4465	4385	4563	4494
Malays	3675	4246	4452	4028	4030	4010	4286	4281	4124	3932	3587	3420	3149	2951	2789	2993	2894	2831	2779	2931	2786	2857	2913	2806	2919	3021	3197	3033	3270	3381	3487	3658	3724	3718	3763	3787	3545	3415	3576	3496
Indians	319	361	350	256	263	280	297	304	276	259	269	242	215	208	215	237	212	202	214	213	205	232	229	235	218	250	264	248	256	222	266	242	235	241	245	215	231	222	237	235
Others	38	35	34	29	39	44	43	57	38	46	55	45	37	27	31	21	35	17	32	20	19	17	14	16	26	23	14	36	28	16	20	28	25	20	29	16	19	21	27	28
Inter-Ethnic	1364	1368	1392	1214	1213	1365	1424	1312	1340	1307	1163	1095	1017	947	986	955	972	895	925	934	861	835	845	954	924	841	892	854	858	792	833	831	822	783	757	783	670	727	723	735

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Number	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Number	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Number	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Number	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Number	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Number	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Number	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Number	-
2015	2015	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3ee827e52b21c68623ba0be06d60eb22"
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. (2023). Marriages Under The Administration Of Muslim Law Act By Ethnic Group Of Couple, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3ee827e52b21c68623ba0be06d60eb22/view

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Created on

17 Feb 2023

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)