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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Country of Birth and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/09/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising unrelated persons. 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/5956

Last updated 25 days ago (15 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyLanguageMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeCountryofBirthandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (13 rows, 3.3 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Singapore) Total
Numeric
(Singapore) Males
Numeric
(Singapore) Females
Numeric
(Malaysia) Total
Numeric
(Malaysia) Males
Numeric
(Malaysia) Females
Numeric
(Indonesia) Total
Numeric
(Indonesia) Males
Numeric
(Indonesia) Females
Numeric
(Mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan) Total
Numeric
(Mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan) Males
Text
(Mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan) Females
Numeric
(South Asia*) Total
Numeric
(South Asia*) Males
Text
(South Asia*) Females
Text
(Other Asian Countries) Total
Numeric
(Other Asian Countries) Males
Numeric
(Other Asian Countries) Females
Numeric
(European Countries) Total
Text
(European Countries) Males
Text
(European Countries) Females
Text
(USA & Canada) Total
Text
(USA & Canada) Males
Text
(USA & Canada) Females
Text
(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)7.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)15.4%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)15.4%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)15.4%
(Null)38.5%
(Null)15.4%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total2887552143346914540832365983120486711611162836681216571620102737197411763013606461161749035102826347246811340040649336407824741604296415991365299715591438
English6650873340473310415774472898562875925163326788248455103226228425658270329551121359505263621819234295334121481193232712721055214711461001
Mandarin101053949218051835981939641188140751512985053556762947955242455314983223243265891671024455141931214114101401221181429220209
Chinese Dialects687272344807342466532031281350250681662402592740313631217334579803623510745255493316182243813844817321799286229109120
Hokkien3295831720261575572797571516341281232446897371473233608942465211179601115161919na80311169214510nanana452619
Teochew14156969645719241125545841954136863431565478177938813911821375951061855na31853265nanana6na6592930
Cantonese16370377764859381122775625556022240319367146646272763512582011450143691910106352583771871116892751095059
Other Chinese Dialects52418253712704727443150421240091073667544054717537215212646087526na6661750165115na516511
Malay4065502037652027853702491881031821462748611845156417564310444605012388055462582578617125141111na111035548
Indian Languages110877552075567063988321003188881503433471783424216511383691952818841106535383285433726501238
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response = requests.get(url)
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Country of Birth and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_694d15c0cc42bed43814460b539b1107/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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