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Collection: Convicted Penal Population

Dataset: Convicted Penal Population by Age Group (2020 onwards)

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Convicted Penal Population by Age Group (2020 onwards)

Data from Jan 2020 to Dec 2022

Last updated: 06 Jun 2024, 14:44 SGT

SPS (Singapore Prison Service)

Convicted Penal Population as at 31 December of each year breakdown by Age Group. Age group are revised in 2020 in accordance to the national statistical standards.

Convicted Penal Population by Age Group (2020 onwards)

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ConvictedPenalPopulationbyAgeGroup2020onwards.csv (27 rows, 490 B)

Year Year (YYYY)	Population by age group Text	Number of population Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
2020	19 & below	164
2020	20-29	1167
2020	30-39	1488
2020	40-49	1655
2020	50-59	1608
2020	60-64	557
2020	65-69	213
2020	70-74	71
2020	75 & above	11
2021	19 & below	138

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Population by age group	population_by_age_group	Text	-	-
Number of population	number_of_population	Numeric	Numbers of Inmates	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_8018641562508d143eba69c0f0b7cf15"
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 Prison Service. (2023). Convicted Penal Population by Age Group (2020 onwards) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_8018641562508d143eba69c0f0b7cf15/view

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Created on

23 Mar 2023

Licence

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

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SPS (Singapore Prison Service)