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Resident Population Born Outside Singapore by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

Last updated: 21 Jun 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8854

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationBornOutsideSingaporebyAgeGroupEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (18 rows, 2.3 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%
Total5634292507953126344367561896062471503568915274204147427038984352861671469319783
0 - 487994597420356012949265226614512127251389133720711493
5 - 915210771874931122157095512383204179307015191550537286251
10 - 1414493753769561080956215189480268213269414101284510239271
15 - 1910428541550137947416037873422151261796922874343118226
20 - 241700065391046113515527382428592735862334921141329372221
25 - 294851215959325533896113155258061654280137464282198423014693261143
30 - 346538426724386605117720288308892016514150294125002441027799201859
35 - 3959024274063161845090205572453325561011154584454861358429339781955
40 - 4448166219452622036453162702018333521447190562183442277621427861356

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_b082ea2b88b610aefa402e7f7e1475a2"
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 Outside Singapore by Age Group, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 2, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b082ea2b88b610aefa402e7f7e1475a2/view

About this dataset

Contact

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Created on

26 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)