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Economy

Chinese Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

Last updated: 23 Mar 2026, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 14/07/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/10118

Data explorer

ChineseResidentPopulationbyAgeGroupDialectGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (19 rows, 5.1 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Hokkien) Total
Numeric
(Hokkien) Males
Numeric
(Hokkien) Females
Numeric
(Teochew) Total
Numeric
(Teochew) Males
Numeric
(Teochew) Females
Numeric
(Cantonese) Total
Numeric
(Cantonese) Males
Numeric
(Cantonese) Females
Numeric
(Hakka) Total
Numeric
(Hakka) Males
Numeric
(Hakka) Females
Numeric
(Hainanese) Total
Numeric
(Hainanese) Males
Numeric
(Hainanese) Females
Numeric
(Foochow) Total
Numeric
(Foochow) Males
Numeric
(Foochow) Females
Numeric
(Henghua) Total
Numeric
(Henghua) Males
Numeric
(Henghua) Females
Numeric
(Shanghainese) Total
Numeric
(Shanghainese) Males
Numeric
(Shanghainese) Females
Numeric
(Hockchia) Total
Numeric
(Hockchia) Males
Numeric
(Hockchia) Females
Numeric
(Other Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Other Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Other Chinese) Females
Numeric
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40 - 442449461233911215551027395205050689524392634726092365041834118163180098920908916975856884075002249825042415129011252482121212701788896892659332693324

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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Hokkien) TotalHokkien_TotalNumericNumber-
(Hokkien) MalesHokkien_MalesNumericNumber-
(Hokkien) FemalesHokkien_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Teochew) TotalTeochew_TotalNumericNumber-
(Teochew) MalesTeochew_MalesNumericNumber-
(Teochew) FemalesTeochew_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_7a942ef799c7a66a78835245bc581980"
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). Chinese Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 19, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7a942ef799c7a66a78835245bc581980/view

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)