Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2000)

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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude residents who were students. 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/8887

Last updated 19 days ago (21 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyAgeGroupHighestQualificationAttainedSexandEthnicGroupCensusofPopulation2000.csv (15 rows, 16.9 KB)

Number Text	[Total] (Total) Total Numeric	[Total] (Total) Males Numeric	[Total] (Total) Females Numeric	[Total] (No Qualification) Total Numeric	[Total] (No Qualification) Males Numeric	[Total] (No Qualification) Females Numeric	[Total] (Primary) Total Numeric	[Total] (Primary) Males Numeric	[Total] (Primary) Females Numeric	[Total] (Lower Secondary) Total Numeric	[Total] (Lower Secondary) Males Numeric	[Total] (Lower Secondary) Females Numeric	[Total] (Secondary) Total Numeric	[Total] (Secondary) Males Numeric	[Total] (Secondary) Females Numeric	[Total] (Upper Secondary) Total Numeric	[Total] (Upper Secondary) Males Numeric	[Total] (Upper Secondary) Females Numeric	[Total] (Polytechnic) Total Numeric	[Total] (Polytechnic) Males Numeric	[Total] (Polytechnic) Females Numeric	[Total] (Other Diploma) Total Numeric	[Total] (Other Diploma) Males Numeric	[Total] (Other Diploma) Females Numeric	[Total] (University) Total Numeric	[Total] (University) Males Numeric	[Total] (University) Females Text	[Chinese] (Total) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Total) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (No Qualification) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (No Qualification) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (No Qualification) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Primary) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Primary) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Primary) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Lower Secondary) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Lower Secondary) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Lower Secondary) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Secondary) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Secondary) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Secondary) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Upper Secondary) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Upper Secondary) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Upper Secondary) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (Polytechnic) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Polytechnic) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Polytechnic) Females Text	[Chinese] (Other Diploma) Total Numeric	[Chinese] (Other Diploma) Males Numeric	[Chinese] (Other Diploma) Females Numeric	[Chinese] (University) Total Text	[Chinese] (University) 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Text	[Malays] (University) Females Text	[Indians] (Total) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Total) Females Numeric	[Indians] (No Qualification) Total Numeric	[Indians] (No Qualification) Males Numeric	[Indians] (No Qualification) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Primary) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Primary) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Primary) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Lower Secondary) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Lower Secondary) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Lower Secondary) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Secondary) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Secondary) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Secondary) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Upper Secondary) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Upper Secondary) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Upper Secondary) Females Numeric	[Indians] (Polytechnic) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Polytechnic) Males Text	[Indians] (Polytechnic) Females Text	[Indians] (Other Diploma) Total Numeric	[Indians] (Other Diploma) Males Numeric	[Indians] (Other Diploma) Females Text	[Indians] (University) Total 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Total	2277401	1117804	1159597	445444	167765	277679	276542	136369	140173	248598	135251	113347	560570	274218	286352	226275	119345	106930	140970	88281	52690	112371	48618	63753	266631	147958	118673	1798922	880273	918649	363244	138585	224659	209951	104558	105393	184438	100725	83713	418186	200903	217283	174761	91190	83571	126497	78910	47587	95795	39921	55874	226049	125479	100570	285701	139920	145781	57272	20001	37271	43826	21744	22082	42076	22981	19095	91788	47215	44573	30385	17044	13341	8304	5191	3113	6365	2969	3397	5683	2774	2908	163999	84446	79554	22777	8712	14066	20636	9566	11070	19551	10483	9068	43354	22845	20509	17641	9540	8101	5086	3540	1546	7968	4616	3351	26986	15143	11843	28779	13165	15614	2150	467	1683	2128	500	1628	2533	1061	1471	7242	3254	3988	3487	1570	1917	1083	639	444	2243	1112	1130	7913	4561	3351
15 - 19	51759	28500	23259	1803	982	820	1943	1054	889	7546	4180	3366	23482	12320	11162	15028	9029	6000	1337	650	687	614	279	335	7	7	na	35047	20133	14914	647	408	239	777	501	276	4238	2543	1695	15698	8364	7334	12021	7503	4518	1193	587	605	473	226	247	na	na	na	12026	5913	6113	932	448	484	906	433	473	2499	1232	1266	5586	2823	2764	1955	910	1045	82	43	38	67	24	43	na	na	na	4224	2242	1982	209	122	88	250	110	140	715	361	354	1969	1032	937	959	573	386	48	14	33	74	29	45	na	na	na	462	213	249	14	5	10	10	10	na	94	43	51	229	101	127	94	43	51	14	5	10	na	na	na	7	7	na
20 - 24	151657	76641	75016	3821	2175	1647	5497	3065	2432	10413	5643	4770	40196	20955	19242	25912	16751	9161	40477	22245	18232	8636	2653	5983	16703	3153	13550	116255	58775	57480	2404	1495	908	3271	2015	1256	6666	3779	2886	26954	14025	12930	18469	12447	6022	36073	19870	16203	7123	2257	4866	15296	2886	12410	23678	12174	11505	1081	536	545	1673	787	886	2678	1343	1335	9112	4722	4389	5076	3030	2046	2838	1479	1359	770	231	538	452	45	406	10404	5076	5328	297	129	168	538	259	279	914	477	437	3717	1982	1735	2109	1125	984	1340	759	582	637	155	482	852	189	663	1319	616	703	40	14	26	16	5	11	155	43	112	414	226	188	259	149	110	226	137	89	107	10	97	103	32	70
25 - 29	250510	118741	131769	7206	3610	3596	11258	5083	6175	17115	7533	9581	60107	28166	31940	33538	16252	17286	33381	19146	14236	21113	7130	13984	66793	31821	34972	198569	94680	103888	4873	2668	2205	7506	3676	3830	12309	5459	6850	42526	19327	23198	24167	11659	12508	29825	17046	12779	18297	5977	12319	59067	28867	30199	31230	15092	16139	1526	649	877	2599	1072	1527	3205	1407	1798	12137	6112	6024	6269	3202	3067	2321	1364	958	1501	534	967	1671	750	921	17960	8013	9948	633	283	349	888	329	558	1419	617	802	4847	2516	2331	2684	1233	1451	1027	628	399	1117	535	582	5346	1870	3476	2751	956	1794	174	10	165	266	5	261	181	50	131	597	210	386	418	158	260	208	107	101	198	83	115	709	333	375
30 - 34	279500	136039	143461	15368	7978	7390	19207	8884	10323	27117	12355	14762	76218	32678	43540	34679	15794	18884	24294	15296	8998	20094	7605	12490	62522	35449	27073	214271	104207	110064	10927	6072	4855	12958	6321	6637	19588	8882	10706	54599	22664	31935	25442	11007	14435	21943	13652	8291	16903	6116	10786	51912	29494	22418	37324	17958	19366	2988	1380	1608	4284	1847	2437	5242	2501	2741	14999	6911	8088	5608	3043	2565	1338	940	398	1229	485	744	1636	852	784	23530	12125	11404	1161	495	666	1633	673	959	1973	892	1081	5876	2786	3091	3099	1559	1540	858	614	244	1623	880	743	7306	4227	3080	4375	1748	2627	291	31	260	333	43	289	314	79	235	744	318	426	529	186	343	156	90	65	340	124	216	1669	877	791
35 - 39	310677	156250	154427	24633	11808	12824	36437	17053	19384	41107	21440	19667	96049	43586	52464	30047	14516	15530	16922	11567	5355	18543	8176	10367	46940	28104	18836	236478	118772	117707	18647	9375	9273	26126	12542	13584	29759	15528	14231	69639	30980	38659	22455	10300	12155	15352	10378	4974	15785	6583	9202	38715	23086	15629	43931	22045	21886	4024	1741	2283	6774	3133	3642	7723	4166	3558	18186	8683	0	4419	2603	1816	800	614	186	1099	620	479	904	485	419	25595	13498	12098	1708	663	1045	3210	1311	1899	3299	1626	1673	7193	3553	3640	2631	1374	1256	647	511	136	1343	818	524	5565	3640	1925	4673	1936	2737	252	29	224	326	67	259	325	120	204	1032	369	662	541	238	303	123	64	59	316	155	161	1757	893	864
40 - 44	304534	152909	151625	35345	15225	20120	48949	22646	26303	40404	22389	18015	94036	44375	49661	29550	14188	15362	11872	8795	3077	14760	6901	7860	29618	18390	11228	239399	120014	119385	28175	12765	15410	38007	17586	20420	30069	16672	13397	71662	33146	38516	23326	10837	12489	10675	7856	2819	12738	5620	7118	24747	15532	9215	39049	19471	19578	4905	1655	3250	7424	3566	3859	7012	3851	3161	14623	7423	7200	3464	1938	1526	578	442	135	554	329	225	489	268	221	22160	11680	10481	2096	781	1314	3269	1418	1851	3067	1751	1316	6629	3347	3282	2224	1179	1045	499	436	64	1123	790	333	3253	1978	1275	3925	1744	2181	169	24	145	249	77	172	256	116	140	1122	460	662	535	233	302	120	61	59	345	162	184	1129	612	517
45 - 49	256830	128693	128137	40640	14864	25776	42182	18354	23828	42064	23629	18435	73345	36414	36931	22424	11854	10570	6431	5106	1324	10704	5782	4923	19041	12691	6350	207708	104229	103479	33220	12773	20447	33961	15053	18908	32545	18439	14106	58510	28343	30166	18471	9633	8838	5886	4643	1243	9324	4832	4492	15791	10512	5279	28885	14004	14880	5198	1408	3790	5307	2168	3139	6401	3570	2831	9062	5038	4024	2093	1197	895	211	182	29	364	281	83	248	159	89	17163	8800	8363	2060	644	1416	2742	1074	1668	2805	1470	1335	4936	2611	2325	1507	851	656	263	228	35	779	516	263	2071	1407	664	3074	1660	1414	161	39	123	173	60	113	312	149	163	838	422	416	353	173	180	70	52	18	237	152	85	930	614	317
50 - 54	204891	102428	102462	50893	17671	33222	37564	17368	20196	29333	17285	12049	47288	25050	22238	16203	9074	7129	3198	2820	378	8318	4446	3872	12093	8714	3379	167823	84078	83745	42296	15371	26925	30224	14246	15978	22752	13401	9351	38439	19843	18596	14073	7730	6343	2903	2555	347	7151	3771	3380	9986	7161	2825	21303	10354	10949	6052	1613	4439	4810	2198	2612	4207	2579	1628	4771	3026	1744	838	582	257	53	48	5	409	197	212	163	110	53	13110	6512	6599	2433	649	1785	2385	880	1504	2105	1167	939	3319	1821	1498	991	602	389	172	167	5	490	313	177	1216	913	303	2655	1485	1169	112	39	73	145	43	102	270	139	131	759	359	400	302	161	141	70	50	21	268	164	104	728	530	198
55 - 59	125039	61937	63102	49513	17387	32126	23351	12487	10864	12764	7811	4953	19745	11349	8396	8051	4963	3088	1566	1396	171	4167	2261	1906	5883	4283	1599	104338	51503	52836	41900	15127	26773	18784	9983	8800	10102	6047	4056	16632	9366	7266	7137	4331	2806	1432	1286	147	3515	1831	1684	4837	3532	1304	11396	5439	5957	5154	1500	3654	2854	1569	1285	1318	921	397	1399	959	440	343	261	81	34	29	5	240	159	81	55	41	14	7867	4121	3745	2324	713	1611	1611	884	727	1192	770	422	1409	858	551	467	318	148	63	53	10	246	155	91	555	370	185	1438	873	565	135	47	88	103	50	53	152	74	78	305	166	139	104	52	53	38	28	10	166	116	49	436	340	96

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Total	Total_Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Males	Total_Total_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Females	Total_Total_Females	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (No Qualification) Total	Total_NoQualification_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (No Qualification) Males	Total_NoQualification_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (No Qualification) Females	Total_NoQualification_Females	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Primary) Total	Total_Primary_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Primary) Males	Total_Primary_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Primary) Females	Total_Primary_Females	Numeric	Number	-

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response = requests.get(url)
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Highest Qualification Attained, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6421877c6966dee0b4b5353c8bb13f2e/view

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