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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 05 Dec 2025, 20:00 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/17426

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInAgeGroupSexandEthnicGroupCensusofPopulation2020.csv (19 rows, 20.3 KB)

Number
Text
[Total] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Total] (Total) Males
Numeric
[Total] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Total] (15 - 24 Years) Total
Numeric
[Total] (15 - 24 Years) Males
Numeric
[Total] (15 - 24 Years) Females
Numeric
[Total] (25 - 34 Years) Total
Numeric
[Total] (25 - 34 Years) Males
Numeric
[Total] (25 - 34 Years) Females
Numeric
[Total] (35 - 44 Years) Total
Numeric
[Total] (35 - 44 Years) Males
Numeric
[Total] (35 - 44 Years) Females
Numeric
[Total] (45 - 54 Years) Total
Numeric
[Total] (45 - 54 Years) Males
Numeric
[Total] (45 - 54 Years) Females
Numeric
[Total] (55 - 64 Years) Total
Numeric
[Total] (55 - 64 Years) Males
Numeric
[Total] (55 - 64 Years) Females
Numeric
[Total] (65 - 74 Years) Total
Numeric
[Total] (65 - 74 Years) Males
Numeric
[Total] (65 - 74 Years) Females
Numeric
[Total] (75 - 84 Years) Total
Numeric
[Total] (75 - 84 Years) Males
Numeric
[Total] (75 - 84 Years) Females
Numeric
[Total] (85 Years & Over) Total
Numeric
[Total] (85 Years & Over) Males
Numeric
[Total] (85 Years & Over) Females
Numeric
[Chinese] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Chinese] (Total) Males
Text
[Chinese] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Chinese] (15 - 24 Years) Total
Text
[Chinese] (15 - 24 Years) Males
Text
[Chinese] (15 - 24 Years) Females
Text
[Chinese] (25 - 34 Years) Total
Text
[Chinese] (25 - 34 Years) Males
Text
[Chinese] (25 - 34 Years) Females
Text
[Chinese] (35 - 44 Years) Total
Text
[Chinese] (35 - 44 Years) Males
Text
[Chinese] (35 - 44 Years) Females
Text
[Chinese] (45 - 54 Years) Total
Text
[Chinese] (45 - 54 Years) Males
Text
[Chinese] (45 - 54 Years) Females
Text
[Chinese] (55 - 64 Years) Total
Text
[Chinese] (55 - 64 Years) Males
Text
[Chinese] (55 - 64 Years) Females
Text
[Chinese] (65 - 74 Years) Total
Numeric
[Chinese] (65 - 74 Years) Males
Text
[Chinese] (65 - 74 Years) Females
Numeric
[Chinese] (75 - 84 Years) Total
Text
[Chinese] (75 - 84 Years) Males
Text
[Chinese] (75 - 84 Years) Females
Text
[Chinese] (85 Years & Over) Total
Text
[Chinese] (85 Years & Over) Males
Text
[Chinese] (85 Years & Over) Females
Text
[Malays] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Malays] (Total) Males
Text
[Malays] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Malays] (15 - 24 Years) Total
Text
[Malays] (15 - 24 Years) Males
Text
[Malays] (15 - 24 Years) Females
Text
[Malays] (25 - 34 Years) Total
Text
[Malays] (25 - 34 Years) Males
Text
[Malays] (25 - 34 Years) Females
Text
[Malays] (35 - 44 Years) Total
Text
[Malays] (35 - 44 Years) Males
Text
[Malays] (35 - 44 Years) Females
Text
[Malays] (45 - 54 Years) Total
Text
[Malays] (45 - 54 Years) Males
Text
[Malays] (45 - 54 Years) Females
Text
[Malays] (55 - 64 Years) Total
Text
[Malays] (55 - 64 Years) Males
Text
[Malays] (55 - 64 Years) Females
Text
[Malays] (65 - 74 Years) Total
Text
[Malays] (65 - 74 Years) Males
Text
[Malays] (65 - 74 Years) Females
Text
[Malays] (75 - 84 Years) Total
Text
[Malays] (75 - 84 Years) Males
Text
[Malays] (75 - 84 Years) Females
Text
[Malays] (85 Years & Over) Total
Text
[Malays] (85 Years & Over) Males
Text
[Malays] (85 Years & Over) Females
Text
[Indians] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Indians] (Total) Males
Numeric
[Indians] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Indians] (15 - 24 Years) Total
Text
[Indians] (15 - 24 Years) Males
Text
[Indians] (15 - 24 Years) Females
Text
[Indians] (25 - 34 Years) Total
Text
[Indians] (25 - 34 Years) Males
Text
[Indians] (25 - 34 Years) Females
Text
[Indians] (35 - 44 Years) Total
Numeric
[Indians] (35 - 44 Years) Males
Numeric
[Indians] (35 - 44 Years) Females
Numeric
[Indians] (45 - 54 Years) Total
Numeric
[Indians] (45 - 54 Years) Males
Numeric
[Indians] (45 - 54 Years) Females
Text
[Indians] (55 - 64 Years) Total
Text
[Indians] (55 - 64 Years) Males
Text
[Indians] (55 - 64 Years) Females
Text
[Indians] (65 - 74 Years) Total
Text
[Indians] (65 - 74 Years) Males
Text
[Indians] (65 - 74 Years) Females
Text
[Indians] (75 - 84 Years) Total
Text
[Indians] (75 - 84 Years) Males
Text
[Indians] (75 - 84 Years) Females
Text
[Indians] (85 Years & Over) Total
Text
[Indians] (85 Years & Over) Males
Text
[Indians] (85 Years & Over) Females
Text
[Others] (Total) Total
Numeric
[Others] (Total) Males
Text
[Others] (Total) Females
Numeric
[Others] (15 - 24 Years) Total
Text
[Others] (15 - 24 Years) Males
Text
[Others] (15 - 24 Years) Females
Text
[Others] (25 - 34 Years) Total
Text
[Others] (25 - 34 Years) Males
Text
[Others] (25 - 34 Years) Females
Text
[Others] (35 - 44 Years) Total
Text
[Others] (35 - 44 Years) Males
Text
[Others] (35 - 44 Years) Females
Text
[Others] (45 - 54 Years) Total
Text
[Others] (45 - 54 Years) Males
Text
[Others] (45 - 54 Years) Females
Text
[Others] (55 - 64 Years) Total
Text
[Others] (55 - 64 Years) Males
Text
[Others] (55 - 64 Years) Females
Text
[Others] (65 - 74 Years) Total
Text
[Others] (65 - 74 Years) Males
Text
[Others] (65 - 74 Years) Females
Text
[Others] (75 - 84 Years) Total
Text
[Others] (75 - 84 Years) Males
Text
[Others] (75 - 84 Years) Females
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[Others] (85 Years & Over) Total
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[Others] (85 Years & Over) Males
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[Others] (85 Years & Over) Females
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(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)26.3%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)26.3%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)31.6%
(Null)36.8%
(Null)31.6%
(Null)26.3%
(Null)36.8%
(Null)47.4%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)21.1%
(Null)31.6%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)26.3%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)15.8%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)5.3%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)10.5%
(Null)26.3%
(Null)31.6%
(Null)36.8%
(Null)31.6%
(Null)36.8%
(Null)36.8%
Total3459093166356017955344588112353202234915856022835243020785972282786893185396060772944403116385923752886683037064029831951132078701597806851991261562381928736951260688112489621357919314918161875153044429615208826220789438456205136233320450583215763234820455905221181234724331812160947170865136942589727797048651162623238844774721636323138381802428973890694298469334736567653326123504169280318453743577689368714081840224183422188212992540475893808146123472990561505411485154620122532236694727522727245496441630971334455939033898254924537823266221132535612538128188090335547352949125516941054104769357717158898017787214414503993752670399711673326825129341389113402735060525591328623041756788968830309521
Not Literate99212242577495512567804761684878805188587510105421242929921529661609136242776154181232872945152421420665246618199838222067263149839529309115571843713026696323817185919581174849446803203695466149032586542392162618728224716481950420177487135627318569116230124105801240561223970615332521442207819802041775141416912454897141534822161595712755711106941627299328121649771913132391074828597704613842399015383766303621735182244132311763114694138174668571343621250
Literate3359881163930317205784575552345402230155839182826463012725953432778143175296006562920113086455770782825092945703787071889591897471310516400467047355731682118753252305912282901294770314080161345152734428459208107220352437154204466232688446765213904232862444157216237227920311443155481155962111077547335634329923140151590843824321434622389781667428343883394113468634725067424324873493668479316053687475450361653928537703179001980411013520058132394129211032941591491271450324598622373236134714922671244786430630902334045876333599251644416322769213942404312299117457262329739652488121712711044204754056879158237987783614197500491932645999581650226649129031374613308733859715517328022371699774925768297471
One Language Only862098410814451284443042951314791569123131425598759493234243606120174561736400122180510552511628021800410060011740396382429825340028568123641620571970434904837065630395216038792428392481818020540222353030492948034410350700193200931851000151935049124910225485614394224619325329111391419052837195083332927401554118731791652152741791637254267892425436414104497491301402946189411629020574232152859193653575258892768564103452295863103355295492624304495892295188404196604690497080703336473433851102228312494637863598316368196154759290518544585148930968486287256149353445648974842267621662401139810031094402692463171292
English Only362469205371157098424522854813904464542810418350491002525223848524492951722932769624183435127693493834431005209321152794054771224625252795941613961181982916220924823834571222411233031566172981426834725196671505964617346772994062364342892807618669104458224392118552065111055719538723841356102822421158108522271092113621421001114013967536445732802931417962---406812239518286625133972854592132242698822440344190754445552990667338022872444125301912122162759440522917731088158611522746542870178437201482223970832828425480384294374442752603167219711246725902376525445162283
Chinese Only4382791873652509141227672555832525775748221246186159385954224360351811280885844369646130956569297402766719289383778121298926012038437699187297250401122767255581692577559121864616115703594482434635101128057584366962113092556914740106671928938377812129192521203862854------19-1919-19---17-17---88-42383------282431414-------------47721456---156-156213-21362-62327251414-------
Malay Only45753151313062139022016910875625252323635168853881688370013970460093701453246989834646620894377159864095812582161042---18-1828943246368623062974625112918111109199147281941407137662764135619815991949442518585451313461214243188127014222848013410432290886046197840681504584920239292814652514111256064523319334175159863312551798247551166679930201069622247499-2571812314110742746109208919511184144251191799
Tamil Only960023257275116288926454210874202672121442778720015561445272252321991758372138665016448630-30---------------10-1020-20---17-17---17-17------------------95442325722011628892465419387420267212144277871993556143727125232189173837213676501644868-8------------8-8---------
Non-Official Language Only59986225376120467478217765152968146115821811401784936914451083375075745025053197112413998566-81-813032727626228234229262037528479721777036724516229------74-7417-176-6301614102-10216-16915203712181451717-84117412318105130211091183682260362241645011437142643450962670684-684106730103711801351045419463722212719447-47---
Two Languages Only225954811177081141840390695196874193821469232227657241575450271215026235245432330211562220768330459162673167786148716809376778031605189581264762414022221816297588004468293122707501351391356113392691646981745713284491576971707523176571531311645252357931140881217051104195937151047232841374595394137257515613672291868611803687495939910350508599543063429335952729207303205860027708308925958630273293132309512935101604631309615348356691662048611044961003653623317650185833589816990189084672622184245424121623603176132794514475134691267271435530315417911363101866135857700259053179587534175457880692906516415569593896311485771207737713538363299253014871043536326210251117133

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Title
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Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
[Total] (Total) TotalTotal_Total_TotalNumericNumber-
[Total] (Total) MalesTotal_Total_MalesNumericNumber-
[Total] (Total) FemalesTotal_Total_FemalesNumericNumber-
[Total] (15 - 24 Years) TotalTotal_15_24Years_TotalNumericNumber-
[Total] (15 - 24 Years) MalesTotal_15_24Years_MalesNumericNumber-
[Total] (15 - 24 Years) FemalesTotal_15_24Years_FemalesNumericNumber-
[Total] (25 - 34 Years) TotalTotal_25_34Years_TotalNumericNumber-
[Total] (25 - 34 Years) MalesTotal_25_34Years_MalesNumericNumber-
[Total] (25 - 34 Years) FemalesTotal_25_34Years_FemalesNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6ce74ee5822089b435d3159c54d8caf7"
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, Age Group, Sex and Ethnic Group (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 25, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6ce74ee5822089b435d3159c54d8caf7/view

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