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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Marital Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

Last updated: 16 Mar 2026, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 06/10/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/6359

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyReligionMaritalStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (12 rows, 1.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(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%
Total249463012297581264872760352413343347010154324677095677229112923722581106657617942287938915
No Religion370094197926172168136781743726240821560211688698717862628275800908438415244
With Religion212453610318321092704623572338970284601132764465407067357412061119754100857527101903833671
Buddhism10606625212535394093085591738331347256648443275633372806187999485193225381990915471
Taoism/Chinese Traditional Beliefs212344107077105267628863698125905128640654086323216531278013751428719092378
Islam3716601858561858041057865968846098235971118858117112187693612151561113536977438
Hinduism9990450783491202400613889101176790035198327025575901467424237951628
Sikhism97334710502327071587112059902965302573952687297106191
Christianity364087159135204952117692520036569022061510220111841416769236414405901125686443
Catholic118980529016607936105172991880673001337453925762908245466358410332551

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Single) TotalSingle_TotalNumericNumber-
(Single) MalesSingle_MalesNumericNumber-
(Single) FemalesSingle_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Married) TotalMarried_TotalNumericNumber-
(Married) MalesMarried_MalesNumericNumber-
(Married) FemalesMarried_FemalesNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b5d76ded6bab2f948f90641ba64d1408"
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 Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Marital Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 5, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b5d76ded6bab2f948f90641ba64d1408/view

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Created on

24 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)