Resident Population by Age Group, Ethnic Group, Sex and Residential Status (Census of Population 2000)

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Resident Population by Age Group, Ethnic Group, Sex and Residential Status (Census of Population 2000)

Last updated: 21 Jun 2025, 19:01 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/8850

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ResidentPopulationbyAgeGroupEthnicGroupSexandResidentialStatusCensusofPopulation2000.csv (19 rows, 7.7 KB)

Number Text	[Total] (Total) Total Numeric	[Total] (Total) Males Numeric	[Total] (Total) Females Numeric	[Total] (Chinese) Total Numeric	[Total] (Chinese) Males Numeric	[Total] (Chinese) Females Numeric	[Total] (Malays) Total Numeric	[Total] (Malays) Males Numeric	[Total] (Malays) Females Numeric	[Total] (Indians) Total Numeric	[Total] (Indians) Males Numeric	[Total] (Indians) Females Numeric	[Total] (Others) Total Numeric	[Total] (Others) Males Numeric	[Total] (Others) Females Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Total) Total Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Total) Males Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Total) Females Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Chinese) Total Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Chinese) Males Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Chinese) Females Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Malays) Total Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Malays) Males Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Malays) Females Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Indians) Total Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Indians) Males Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Indians) Females Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Others) Total Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Others) Males Numeric	[Singapore Citizens] (Others) Females Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Total) Total Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Total) Males Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Total) Females Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Chinese) Total Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Chinese) Males Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Chinese) Females Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Malays) Total Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Malays) Males Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Malays) Females Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Indians) Total Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Indians) Males Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Indians) Females Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Others) Total Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Others) Males Numeric	[Permanent Residents] (Others) Females Numeric
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Total	3273363	1634667	1638696	2513847	1249662	1264185	455207	228850	226357	257866	134337	123529	46443	21818	24625	2985886	1497804	1488082	2295068	1146972	1148096	443424	224794	218630	215150	110376	104774	32244	15662	16582	287477	136863	150614	218779	102690	116089	11783	4056	7727	42716	23961	18755	14199	6156	8043
0 - 4	225705	116756	108949	157684	81700	75984	43047	22252	20795	20808	10685	10123	4166	2119	2047	209701	108529	101172	146014	75731	70283	42909	22181	20728	17119	8768	8351	3659	1849	1810	16004	8227	7777	11670	5969	5701	138	71	67	3689	1917	1772	507	270	237
5 - 9	256574	132200	124374	181045	93365	87680	48797	25183	23614	22569	11495	11074	4163	2157	2006	239691	123458	116233	167858	86533	81325	48570	25068	23502	19721	10023	9698	3542	1834	1708	16883	8742	8141	13187	6832	6355	227	115	112	2848	1472	1376	621	323	298
10 - 14	235352	121639	113713	167030	86660	80370	44598	22826	21772	20154	10320	9834	3570	1833	1737	222591	115074	107517	157056	81450	75606	44343	22693	21650	18173	9341	8832	3019	1590	1429	12761	6565	6196	9974	5210	4764	255	133	122	1981	979	1002	551	243	308
15 - 19	211286	109002	102284	154767	80036	74731	36915	18992	17923	16826	8591	8235	2778	1383	1395	202842	105026	97816	148230	76921	71309	36578	18833	17745	15651	8048	7603	2383	1224	1159	8444	3976	4468	6537	3115	3422	337	159	178	1175	543	632	395	159	236
20 - 24	212236	106249	105987	167332	83872	83460	27913	14266	13647	14784	7129	7655	2207	982	1225	195765	100965	94800	154126	79572	74554	27059	13979	13080	12829	6545	6284	1751	869	882	16471	5284	11187	13206	4300	8906	854	287	567	1955	584	1371	456	113	343
25 - 29	267161	129285	137876	211441	102406	109035	32451	16214	16237	20100	9459	10641	3169	1206	1963	222180	113081	109099	174833	89044	85789	30956	15816	15140	14595	7333	7262	1796	888	908	44981	16204	28777	36608	13362	23246	1495	398	1097	5505	2126	3379	1373	318	1055
30 - 34	290290	141827	148463	222467	108157	114310	38241	18802	19439	25242	13218	12024	4340	1650	2690	236905	118083	118822	180139	89809	90330	36871	18420	18451	17818	8952	8866	2077	902	1175	53385	23744	29641	42328	18348	23980	1370	382	988	7424	4266	3158	2263	748	1515
35 - 39	322621	162037	160584	245278	123223	122055	45771	22923	22848	26653	13818	12835	4919	2073	2846	281850	140946	140904	212751	106439	106312	44777	22591	22186	21693	10733	10960	2629	1183	1446	40771	21091	19680	32527	16784	15743	994	332	662	4960	3085	1875	2290	890	1400
40 - 44	312420	157640	154780	244946	123391	121555	39481	19858	19623	23670	12420	11250	4323	1971	2352	287417	144382	143035	225476	113056	112420	38520	19494	19026	20779	10612	10167	2642	1220	1422	25003	13258	11745	19470	10335	9135	961	364	597	2891	1808	1083	1681	751	930

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Total	Total_Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Males	Total_Total_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Total) Females	Total_Total_Females	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Chinese) Total	Total_Chinese_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Chinese) Males	Total_Chinese_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Chinese) Females	Total_Chinese_Females	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Malays) Total	Total_Malays_Total	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Malays) Males	Total_Malays_Males	Numeric	Number	-
[Total] (Malays) Females	Total_Malays_Females	Numeric	Number	-

Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_b8ed00da26160a2a20ba93ca2c736553"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population by Age Group, Ethnic Group, Sex and Residential Status (Census of Population 2000) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 7, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_b8ed00da26160a2a20ba93ca2c736553/view

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ResidentPopulationbyAgeGroupEthnicGroupSexandResidentialStatusCensusofPopulation2000.csv (19 rows, 7.7 KB)

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