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

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ChineseResidentPopulationbyAgeGroupDialectGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (19 rows, 5.1 KB)

Number Text	(Total) Total Numeric	(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
(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)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)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
Total	2513847	1249662	1264185	1033337	518348	514989	528259	264688	263571	386144	187628	198516	199080	97733	101347	168338	84998	83340	47076	23375	23701	23649	11861	11788	21588	10650	10938	15555	7880	7675	90821	42501	48320
0 - 4	157684	81700	75984	66500	34532	31968	32237	16680	15557	21367	11028	10339	12152	6309	5843	10242	5397	4845	3078	1612	1466	1663	823	840	1193	593	600	1056	574	482	8196	4152	4044
5 - 9	181045	93365	87680	74938	38696	36242	38072	19627	18445	24018	12443	11575	13460	6933	6527	11880	6196	5684	3476	1787	1689	1929	1022	907	1487	735	752	1179	617	562	10606	5309	5297
10 - 14	167030	86660	80370	68499	35616	32883	35664	18558	17106	21622	11257	10365	11994	6231	5763	11116	5703	5413	3256	1676	1580	1728	887	841	1425	719	706	1119	578	541	10607	5435	5172
15 - 19	154767	80036	74731	66450	34611	31839	34239	17760	16479	21823	11186	10637	11423	5837	5586	10455	5403	5052	2849	1465	1384	1589	797	792	1452	741	711	1042	539	503	3445	1697	1748
20 - 24	167332	83872	83460	70470	35635	34835	36920	18897	18023	24595	12257	12338	14008	6723	7285	11006	5556	5450	3200	1539	1661	1692	865	827	1498	788	710	1041	553	488	2902	1059	1843
25 - 29	211441	102406	109035	87065	43346	43719	42817	21367	21450	31615	15216	16399	19859	9244	10615	12661	6232	6429	4187	1958	2229	1910	958	952	1488	715	773	1105	547	558	8734	2823	5911
30 - 34	222467	108157	114310	91717	45404	46313	41800	20892	20908	33180	15998	17182	19720	9263	10457	12419	6214	6205	4272	2008	2264	1903	952	951	1471	636	835	1202	585	617	14783	6205	8578
35 - 39	245278	123223	122055	104426	52538	51888	48969	24662	24307	34956	17480	17476	19224	9458	9766	14490	7296	7194	4758	2427	2331	2217	1134	1083	1880	907	973	1620	811	809	12738	6510	6228
40 - 44	244946	123391	121555	102739	52050	50689	52439	26347	26092	36504	18341	18163	18009	8920	9089	16975	8568	8407	5002	2498	2504	2415	1290	1125	2482	1212	1270	1788	896	892	6593	3269	3324

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Males	Total_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Females	Total_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Hokkien) Total	Hokkien_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Hokkien) Males	Hokkien_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Hokkien) Females	Hokkien_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Teochew) Total	Teochew_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Teochew) Males	Teochew_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Teochew) Females	Teochew_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Cantonese) Total	Cantonese_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Cantonese) Males	Cantonese_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Cantonese) Females	Cantonese_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Hakka) Total	Hakka_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Hakka) Males	Hakka_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Hakka) Females	Hakka_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Hainanese) Total	Hainanese_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Hainanese) Males	Hainanese_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Hainanese) Females	Hainanese_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Foochow) Total	Foochow_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Foochow) Males	Foochow_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Foochow) Females	Foochow_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Henghua) Total	Henghua_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Henghua) Males	Henghua_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Henghua) Females	Henghua_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Shanghainese) Total	Shanghainese_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Shanghainese) Males	Shanghainese_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Shanghainese) Females	Shanghainese_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Hockchia) Total	Hockchia_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Hockchia) Males	Hockchia_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Hockchia) Females	Hockchia_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Other Chinese) Total	OtherChinese_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Other Chinese) Males	OtherChinese_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Other Chinese) Females	OtherChinese_Females	Numeric	Number	-

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) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 21, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_7a942ef799c7a66a78835245bc581980/view

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