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Crude Birth, Death & Natural Increase rates by Ethnic Group from 1971 Onwards

Data from Jan 1971 to Jan 2022Updated 6 months ago

ICA (Immigration and Checkpoints Authority)

Please note that from 1980 onwards the crude birth, death and natural increase rates are based on Singapore residents only.

Crude Death Rates by Ethnic Group from 1971 Onwards

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CrudeBirthDeathNaturalIncreaseratesbyEthnicGroupfrom1971Onwards.csv (208 rows, 5.2 KB)

Year Year (YYYY)	Ethnic Group Text	Crude Death Rate Numeric	Crude Birth Rate Numeric	Crude Natural Inc Rate Numeric
(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0% Malays25.0% Others25.0% Chinese25.0% Indians25.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%
1971	Chinese	5.5	22.1	16.6
1971	Malays	4.6	22.9	18.3
1971	Indians	5.9	21.1	15.2
1971	Others	5.6	29.2	23.6
1972	Chinese	5.4	23	17.6
1972	Malays	4.6	23.6	19
1972	Indians	6.1	21.1	15
1972	Others	6	29.1	23.1
1973	Chinese	5.5	22.3	16.8
1973	Malays	4.6	21.2	16.6

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Year	year	Year (YYYY)	-	-
Ethnic Group	ethnic_group	Text	-	-
Crude Death Rate	crude_death_rate	Numeric	-	-
Crude Birth Rate	crude_birth_rate	Numeric	-	-
Crude Natural Inc Rate	crude_natural_inc_rate	Numeric	-	-

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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b1516a82d21dc594ad5a93cc341a234c"
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.

Immigration and Checkpoints Authority. (2016). Crude Birth, Death & Natural Increase rates by Ethnic Group from 1971 Onwards (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 22, 2024 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b1516a82d21dc594ad5a93cc341a234c/view

About this dataset

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ICA_Data_Management@ica.gov.sg

Created on

07 Apr 2016

Licence

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

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ICA (Immigration and Checkpoints Authority)

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