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Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group (All Ethnic Groups) (Census of Population 2020)

Updated 6 days ago

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

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17434

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyLanguageMostSecondMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeAgeGroupandEthnicGroupAllEthnicGroupsCensusofPopulation2020.csv (39 rows, 5.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) 5-9
Text
(Total) 10-14
Text
(Total) 15-19
Text
(Total) 20-24
Numeric
(Total) 25-29
Numeric
(Total) 30-34
Numeric
(Total) 35-39
Numeric
(Total) 40-44
Numeric
(Total) 45-49
Numeric
(Total) 50-54
Numeric
(Total) 55-59
Numeric
(Total) 60-64
Numeric
(Total) 65-69
Numeric
(Total) 70-74
Numeric
(Total) 75-79
Numeric
(Total) 80-84
Numeric
(Total) 85 & Over
Text
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)7.7%
(Null)5.1%
(Null)2.6%
(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)2.6%
Total3596284200512204538217210237114270550280904276706273829286039270864280287258772204163152169795835642246623
English1735242151292150654149149149810152671143839134314137551134077111709996339089060137392831555891875488
English Only229429200541817019986201762122319249140441343615131139801429213931100178071381622341618
English & Mandarin973515943789524190703914488948983330788268429679388602284668139318223001171137821703693
English & Chinese Dialect125507738106019413124453343024594601687451199416062207061753613306571332401897
English & Malay233779237602152022033225882513724602208481551913860122521157585595274314212161211683
English & Tamil8805967847475742270397837712770096675645162016036530131981935644570353
English & Other Indian Language449493304400036102732249225484254566951623536293120341193742325206213
English & Other Language40004227331883454270219592682473959405341351920561041618376632331
Mandarin1/10751723017530693386945359077517975789665088510937809502810568593811763195136224168140367573

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) 5-9Total_5_9TextNumber-
(Total) 10-14Total_10_14TextNumber-
(Total) 15-19Total_15_19TextNumber-
(Total) 20-24Total_20_24NumericNumber-
(Total) 25-29Total_25_29NumericNumber-
(Total) 30-34Total_30_34NumericNumber-
(Total) 35-39Total_35_39NumericNumber-
(Total) 40-44Total_40_44NumericNumber-
(Total) 45-49Total_45_49NumericNumber-
(Total) 50-54Total_50_54NumericNumber-
(Total) 55-59Total_55_59NumericNumber-
(Total) 60-64Total_60_64NumericNumber-
(Total) 65-69Total_65_69NumericNumber-
(Total) 70-74Total_70_74NumericNumber-
(Total) 75-79Total_75_79NumericNumber-
(Total) 80-84Total_80_84NumericNumber-
(Total) 85 & OverTotal_85andOverTextNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ad4a8ccbdab03d16c486a9ee6988289d"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Age Group and Ethnic Group (All Ethnic Groups) (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 19, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ad4a8ccbdab03d16c486a9ee6988289d/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)