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Economy

Resident Population Born In Singapore by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 05 Mar 2026, 19:00 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/17403

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationBornInSingaporebyAgeGroupEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (20 rows, 2.7 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Numeric
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(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)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total309663015702961526334232346511779581145507512222260208252014216884110007106877440592212321936
0 - 4171826880008382611388358279556043819519628185671420873506858554027432797
5 - 9174929900388489112097362629583443141016154152561632182688053622529873238
10 - 14175046899068514012083062270585603180516336154691649183878104592029133007
15 - 19182578942638831512686265507613553612418713174111551580027513407720412036
20 - 2421338411049010289415046978060724094295222178207741657785388039338617141672
25 - 2923322212037111285116462485124795004780524666231391803691718865275714101347
30 - 3421260111018110242015065378337723164322922113211161630884707838241112611150
35 - 391920519971592336140994733506764435352182021715013830718966411875974901
40 - 441830819451888563144911748407007125804133331247110904559953051462746716

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) TotalChinese_TotalNumericNumber-
(Chinese) MalesChinese_MalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) FemalesChinese_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) TotalMalays_TotalNumericNumber-
(Malays) MalesMalays_MalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) FemalesMalays_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_877a33a758761db4bb28b1c18886af75"
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). Resident Population Born In Singapore by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 3, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_877a33a758761db4bb28b1c18886af75/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)