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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Marital Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

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/17427

Last updated 4 days ago (5 Sep 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInMaritalStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (19 rows, 2.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Single) Total
Numeric
(Single) Males
Numeric
(Single) Females
Numeric
(Married) Total
Numeric
(Married) Males
Numeric
(Married) Females
Numeric
(Widowed) Total
Numeric
(Widowed) Males
Numeric
(Widowed) Females
Numeric
(Divorced / Separated) Total
Numeric
(Divorced / Separated) Males
Numeric
(Divorced / Separated) 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%
Total3459093166356017955341090666553216537450203539310232791012114183224322071510171498115485894953
Not Literate992122425774955137177713600439103126112649241514255638958487913773502
Literate335988116393031720578107694954550353144619962901010668985622141709296511120581449325348191452
One Language Only8620984108144512841599509416465786564224281926282298927561716775589451681755727611
English Only3624692053711570981131826754945633215082125960891221597336961227718231816610066
Chinese Only43827918736525091442535243481818730985914276616709362616117565085923269849314776
Malay Only457531513130621356519661599285571088417673105901516907430407652276
Tamil Only9600232572754481912575873186840052905174273137492282
Non-Official Language Only59986225376219109111485344744066722464825442212
Two Languages Only2259548111770811418408457874232904224971276431649489626942446151126833347927153366259053
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b11d903fe4e42d9117d7c7e33470be5e"
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 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Marital Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b11d903fe4e42d9117d7c7e33470be5e/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)