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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 05 Apr 2026, 21:01 SGT

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

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17440

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyLanguageMostSecondMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeResidentialStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (39 rows, 3.6 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Singapore Citizens) Total
Numeric
(Singapore Citizens) Males
Numeric
(Singapore Citizens) Females
Numeric
(Permanent Residents) Total
Numeric
(Permanent Residents) Males
Numeric
(Permanent Residents) 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%
Total359628417507891845495315217315616551590518444112189134254977
English173524286302087222215692407866587825821660027636389639
English Only22942912402210540619647510697289503329541705115903
English & Mandarin973515479517493998922940457620465319505752189728678
English & Chinese Dialect125507638306167611449658648558481101151835829
English & Malay233779112825120954223806108702115104997341225850
English & Tamil8805943109449507462136339382821343867706668
English & Other Indian Language44949215812336923674115901208421276999111285
English & Other Language4000418135218691322967876443267751134915426
Mandarin1/107517250883756633589716944100945616017800467829110175

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Singapore Citizens) TotalSingaporeCitizens_TotalNumericNumber-
(Singapore Citizens) MalesSingaporeCitizens_MalesNumericNumber-
(Singapore Citizens) FemalesSingaporeCitizens_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Permanent Residents) TotalPermanentResidents_TotalNumericNumber-
(Permanent Residents) MalesPermanentResidents_MalesNumericNumber-
(Permanent Residents) FemalesPermanentResidents_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_43629a78763d06fbd77022a4107ab339"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 27, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_43629a78763d06fbd77022a4107ab339/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)