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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over Born Outside Singapore by Language Literate In, Year of First Arrival and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/10/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: Education, Language and Religion' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/6559

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverBornOutsideSingaporebyLanguageLiterateInYearofFirstArrivalandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (20 rows, 4.1 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Before 1941) Total
Text
(Before 1941) Males
Text
(Before 1941) Females
Text
(1941 - 1950) Total
Text
(1941 - 1950) Males
Text
(1941 - 1950) Females
Text
(1951 - 1960) Total
Numeric
(1951 - 1960) Males
Numeric
(1951 - 1960) Females
Text
(1961 - 1970) Total
Numeric
(1961 - 1970) Males
Text
(1961 - 1970) Females
Numeric
(1971 - 1980) Total
Numeric
(1971 - 1980) Males
Numeric
(1971 - 1980) Females
Text
(1981 - 1990) Total
Text
(1981 - 1990) Males
Text
(1981 - 1990) Females
Text
(1991 - 2000) Total
Text
(1991 - 2000) Males
Text
(1991 - 2000) Females
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
Total5249262309442939825160923523280866073330176305578148838431430575363722020316176489228997358958891837037518811236505076072890
Not Literate5974094795026021722409517627155372806127311333616301170646265154111214423119139988291613771211256
Literate4651862214642437222988719427104604519627370178266815236801313514901121505275066274828766339828792036955509651222725063971634
One Language Only25762011293714468226090165769513354982071914779470392323923799308511166219189352371358121656378801223725644450241492330101
Chinese Only174976738381011382139613806759024977146641031331502150511645222204821313991247618613161482451366001791225623689118732
English Only5506528412266532178118699250062828217871733969320452652612265385894619397011108546156471574677378009
Malay Only1467553379339136488348133931901149245671751281719314801451985185800720606601714771637
Tamil Only105645045551996064032018921263629347023531117132334897680915765210221099131088176912
Non-Official Language Only2339306203419162129230631673271162101281011893786518751185341812
Two Languages Only175908916578425135292635894914762722876196951254971461664288447798243121315711155395441891120633630392928933749
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dataset_id = "d_46d504380d067664e1d04d164b5b1db2"
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response = requests.get(url)
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over Born Outside Singapore by Language Literate In, Year of First Arrival and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_46d504380d067664e1d04d164b5b1db2/view

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24 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)