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Economy

Resident Population Born Outside Singapore by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 05 Oct 2025, 19:00 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

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17404

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationBornOutsideSingaporebyAgeGroupEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (20 rows, 2.5 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Numeric
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) 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%
Total9475804072605403206833042833863999183327611124221521453907555869832856103719248418
0 - 411250538858628596414244544732202531434724710747302445
5 - 923808116911211716522816283606603183425104255925451522652870
10 - 143134715061162861772986589071667319348977947854994317212991873
15 - 193265615605170511871289869726894422472845740524405459321452448
20 - 2431153141271702620584924911335861409452573926323107396918372132
25 - 29537752201131764441271824525882863331532531123602951347410752399
30 - 348519732841523567048228148423341385456929751230164496581812214597
35 - 3910746441642658227811930710474092367606176116601710994921037732177160
40 - 441162104828367927762172952246695347866128172327912523107561323655777659

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) TotalChinese_TotalNumericNumber-
(Chinese) MalesChinese_MalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) FemalesChinese_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) TotalMalays_TotalNumericNumber-
(Malays) MalesMalays_MalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) FemalesMalays_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_61ef44ab621ed1ef5592be1ab19b48fe"
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 Born Outside Singapore by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 4, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_61ef44ab621ed1ef5592be1ab19b48fe/view

About this dataset

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feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)