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Economy

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

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/17460

Last updated 4 days ago (5 Sep 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyReligionMaritalStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 1.9 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Single) Total
Numeric
(Single) Males
Numeric
(Single) Females
Numeric
(Married) Total
Numeric
(Married) Males
Numeric
(Married) Females
Numeric
(Widowed) Total
Numeric
(Widowed) Males
Numeric
(Widowed) Females
Numeric
(Divorced/Separated) Total
Numeric
(Divorced/Separated) Males
Numeric
(Divorced/Separated) 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%
Total3459093166356017955341090666553216537450203539310232791012114183224322071510171498115485894953
No Religion69252835607133645727192114368712823437401519572117829418597507113526279941159116403
With Religion2766566130748914590778187454095294092161661378827558833820164626271361374911218174326778550
Buddhism1074159512493561666307240156029151211656590328605327985646141054454070457151731528400
Taoism1/3039601492471547137576539433363321890969930289794276495235224151144952776173
Islam53925126313427611717135193713776383105941548711557232946154502401027845910018746
Hinduism17296386414865484397422384215901135086012353385857611947383690427134191
Sikhism12051619658553711214415676602350630961012214799725332393
Christianity654355285382368973213633942211194113793821784192009633274344102833328597833220265
Catholic2426811060841365977706135174418871411956579375402130331747112861139333718022
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_45a0ed749a069a6a8626bd80c8715cbc"
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 15 Years and Over by Religion, Marital Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_45a0ed749a069a6a8626bd80c8715cbc/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)