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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Residential Status 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/6562

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInResidentialStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (20 rows, 2 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
Text
(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)5.0%
Total249463012297581264872226533311236131141721229297106145123152
Not Literate1858654224014362417996741076138891589811644734
Literate230876511875181121248208536610825361002830223399104982118418
One Language Only1015302514708500595921100475012446088942023969554507
Chinese Only580369284546295823525604263424262179547652112233643
English Only353801199217154584323763183515140248300381570214336
Malay Only627212404738674577622302734735495910193940
Tamil Only15293643888541211546897426317817491428
Non-Official Language Only311946026601857356150012631031159
Two Languages Only124446664654959791711411345947135464211033335183751496
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_672cc2ea9be5cb468471b335ab0f2e96"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_672cc2ea9be5cb468471b335ab0f2e96/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)