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Economy

Indian Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)

Last updated: 03 Jul 2025, 22:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8184

Data explorer

IndianResidentPopulationbyAgeGroupDialectGroupandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (19 rows, 4.9 KB)

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Text
(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Tamil) Total
Numeric
(Tamil) Males
Numeric
(Tamil) Females
Numeric
(Malayalee) Total
Numeric
(Malayalee) Males
Numeric
(Malayalee) Females
Numeric
(Hindi) Total
Numeric
(Hindi) Males
Numeric
(Hindi) Females
Numeric
(Sikh) Total
Numeric
(Sikh) Males
Numeric
(Sikh) Females
Numeric
(Punjabi) Total
Numeric
(Punjabi) Males
Numeric
(Punjabi) Females
Numeric
(Urdu) Total
Numeric
(Urdu) Males
Numeric
(Urdu) Females
Numeric
(Hindustani) Total
Numeric
(Hindustani) Males
Numeric
(Hindustani) Females
Numeric
(Gujarati) Total
Numeric
(Gujarati) Males
Numeric
(Gujarati) Females
Numeric
(Sindhi) Total
Numeric
(Sindhi) Males
Numeric
(Sindhi) Females
Numeric
(Sinhalese) Total
Numeric
(Sinhalese) Males
Numeric
(Sinhalese) Females
Numeric
(Other Indians) Total
Numeric
(Other Indians) Males
Numeric
(Other Indians) Females
Numeric
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0 - 4174348621881383704233413710485125369784375415222652573231541693441691752331221111999010910853551738687513625002636
5 - 92626913032132378903452843751218624594728315413478254224321167154361194167245134111155698612662642151101051351965756944
10 - 1425175125411263496245005461912346096254342012336703473233091561533001511493171581591859590138677117273991179256796113
15 - 192268911319113701292565686357174284389910854856008214184033401711694112221893221761462581251332351201151536687439721252272
20 - 242250111125113761349967076792196410039616652534129965004963551761793831752084192172022651361292871531341436776352517381787
25 - 292266210966116961279662826514200110349678403564841046499547354174180336155181453223230271140131292147145252133119402118232198
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40 - 4433534194611407318990114297561247913441135243113431088765372393582284298520309211278142136525266259320157163254129125639036862704

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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Tamil) TotalTamil_TotalNumericNumber-
(Tamil) MalesTamil_MalesNumericNumber-
(Tamil) FemalesTamil_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Malayalee) TotalMalayalee_TotalNumericNumber-
(Malayalee) MalesMalayalee_MalesNumericNumber-
(Malayalee) FemalesMalayalee_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_9214a9059f862ab8574d85204574e331"
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. (2023). Indian Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2015) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 5, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_9214a9059f862ab8574d85204574e331/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

01 Nov 2023

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)