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Number And Profile Of Singapore Citizens And Permanent Residents Granted, Annual

Data from Jan 2012 to Dec 2023

Last updated: 14 Sep 2025, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: IMMIGRATION, CHECKPOINTS AUTHORITY

Data Last Updated: 24/09/2024

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the 'Population in Brief' publication (https://www.strategygroup.gov.sg/media-centre/publications/population-in-brief/). The figures are based on the full calendar year (January to December). SCs by Descent is a subset of the total SCs granted each year. It refers to SCs granted to children born overseas to Singaporean parents.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M810781

Data explorer

NumberAndProfileOfSingaporeCitizensAndPermanentResidentsGrantedAnnual.csv (21 rows, 2.5 KB)

Data Series Text	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 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%
Total PRs Granted	34491	34493	33435	27470	32915	32710	31849	31050	29955	29854	29869	29891
Aged 20 Years And Below	24.7	23.7	22.9	22.7	26.2	29.5	30.5	28.9	29.4	27.5	27.1	29.9
Aged 21-30 Years	29.2	29.8	35.7	37.1	38.5	38.3	38.6	40.9	38.4	40.6	40.6	38.9
Aged 31-40 Years	33.6	34.2	31.5	31.2	28.4	25.3	24	23.5	24.5	24.9	24.3	23.3
Aged Above 40 Years	12.5	12.2	9.9	9.1	7	7	6.8	6.8	7.7	7	8.1	8
From Southeast Asian Countries	56.8	60.9	60.3	56.2	59.6	62.5	60.1	62	58.5	55.7	55.3	51.2
From Other Asian Countries	35.8	31.1	32.2	35.4	34.1	31.2	31.8	29.6	32.5	34.6	34.6	38.4
From Other Countries	7.4	8	7.5	8.4	6.3	6.3	8.1	8.4	9	9.6	10.1	10.4
With Secondary And Below Qualification Among Those Aged 20 Years & Over	17.2	18.7	16.6	15.7	17.3	17.8	14.5	17.3	22.3	19.1	18.2	19.4
With Post-Secondary Qualification Among Those Aged 20 Years & Over	82.8	81.3	83.4	84.3	82.7	82.2	85.5	82.7	77.7	80.9	81.8	80.6

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Number	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Number	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Number	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Number	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Number	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Number	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Number	-
2016	2016	Numeric	Number	-
2015	2015	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b72fb4b4488fdf2b7ec4171913b37d68"
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). Number And Profile Of Singapore Citizens And Permanent Residents Granted, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved February 6, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b72fb4b4488fdf2b7ec4171913b37d68/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)