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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group, Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home and Sex (General Household Survey 2005)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/09/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2005

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'General Household Survey 2005, Statistical Release 1: Socio-Demographic and Economic Characteristics' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/5966

Last updated 25 days ago (15 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyAgeGroupLanguageMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2005.csv (16 rows, 5.7 KB)

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(Total) Males
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(Total) Females
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(English) Total
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(English) Males
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(English) Females
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(Malay) Total
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(Malay) Males
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(Malay) Females
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(Mandarin) Total
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(Mandarin) Males
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(Mandarin) Females
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(Chinese Dialects - Total) Total
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(Chinese Dialects - Total) Males
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(Chinese Dialects - Total) Females
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(Chinese Dialects - Hokkien) Total
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(Chinese Dialects - Hokkien) Males
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(Chinese Dialects - Hokkien) Females
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(Chinese Dialects - Teochew) Total
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects - Teochew) Males
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects - Teochew) Females
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(Chinese Dialects - Cantonese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects - Cantonese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects - Cantonese) Females
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(Chinese Dialects - Other Chinese Dialects) Total
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects - Other Chinese Dialects) Males
Numeric
(Chinese Dialects - Other Chinese Dialects) Females
Numeric
(Indian Languages - Total) Total
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(Indian Languages - Total) Males
Numeric
(Indian Languages - Total) Females
Numeric
(Indian Languages - Tamil) Total
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(Indian Languages - Tamil) Males
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(Indian Languages - Tamil) Females
Numeric
(Indian Languages - Other Indian Languages) Total
Numeric
(Indian Languages - Other Indian Languages) Males
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(Indian Languages - Other Indian Languages) Females
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(Others) Total
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(Others) Males
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(Others) Females
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30 - 3427746912979914767081104354844562027389134151397410784446791610534235525236171192038812653773578024672313011141607050713025184111831699081698821113255585574056652584308117877031084
35 - 39288981137854151127912454158449661339901623517755106141468595928239757232051655219849121357714667639292747102945396489829381745119415479892365561103262814751444726411806237010481321
40 - 443026871523691503179172844889468393952819712198161141875538058807421802387718304221041305190547800447933229198456146373078178612921309173305762101025428467429901902108819721183789
45 - 492839071414191424888187941277406023629417878184161041404987954261507722645624317276581478612872914747014447110865272581528811698118494995275422479094282362715909945971323654668
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Age Group, Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home and Sex (General Household Survey 2005) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 10, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_a3d9c945c12ff94e379299b1f855480a/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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