Malay Resident Population by Age Group, Detailed Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

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MalayResidentPopulationbyAgeGroupDetailedEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (20 rows, 2.5 KB)

Number Text	(Total) Total Numeric	(Total) Males Numeric	(Total) Females Numeric	(Malay) Total Numeric	(Malay) Males Numeric	(Malay) Females Numeric	(Javanese) Total Numeric	(Javanese) Males Numeric	(Javanese) Females Numeric	(Boyanese) Total Numeric	(Boyanese) Males Numeric	(Boyanese) Females Numeric	(Other Malays) Total Numeric	(Other Malays) Males Numeric	(Other Malays) 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)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Total	545498	271332	274166	370445	185434	185011	94584	47428	47156	60285	30489	29796	20184	7981	12203
0 - 4	38668	19848	18820	27612	14198	13414	5837	3020	2817	3634	1855	1779	1585	775	810
5 - 9	32070	16472	15598	22369	11463	10906	4955	2591	2364	3155	1630	1525	1591	788	803
10 - 14	32472	16655	15817	21903	11221	10682	5404	2754	2650	3787	1990	1797	1378	690	688
15 - 19	37018	19135	17883	25129	13019	12110	6264	3258	3006	4408	2254	2154	1217	604	613
20 - 24	43813	22587	21226	30104	15493	14611	7440	3866	3574	4995	2608	2387	1274	620	654
25 - 29	48668	24997	23671	33392	17151	16241	8698	4409	4289	5350	2845	2505	1228	592	636
30 - 34	44614	22569	22045	30343	15380	14963	8093	4086	4007	4853	2531	2322	1325	572	753
35 - 39	37719	18808	18911	24858	12647	12211	6788	3503	3285	4140	2082	2058	1933	576	1357
40 - 44	29282	13994	15288	18726	9398	9328	5054	2474	2580	3240	1623	1617	2262	499	1763

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Males	Total_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Females	Total_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Malay) Total	Malay_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Malay) Males	Malay_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Malay) Females	Malay_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Javanese) Total	Javanese_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Javanese) Males	Javanese_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Javanese) Females	Javanese_Females	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_3fd90ed8658d47fc181af61e8b056f9a"
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). Malay Resident Population by Age Group, Detailed Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 1, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3fd90ed8658d47fc181af61e8b056f9a/view

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MalayResidentPopulationbyAgeGroupDetailedEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (20 rows, 2.5 KB)

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