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

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInPlaceofBirthandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (19 rows, 5.1 KB)

Number Text	(Total) Total Numeric	(Total) Males Numeric	(Total) Females Numeric	(Singapore) Total Numeric	(Singapore) Males Numeric	(Singapore) Females Numeric	(Malaysia) Total Numeric	(Malaysia) Males Text	(Malaysia) Females Numeric	(Mainland China) Total Text	(Mainland China) Males Text	(Mainland China) Females Text	(India) Total Numeric	(India) Males Numeric	(India) Females Text	(Indonesia) Total Text	(Indonesia) Males Text	(Indonesia) Females Text	(Other Asian Countries / Regions) Total Numeric	(Other Asian Countries / Regions) Males Text	(Other Asian Countries / Regions) Females Numeric	(Europe) Total Text	(Europe) Males Text	(Europe) Females Text	(USA and Canada) Total Text	(USA and Canada) Males Text	(USA and Canada) Females Text	(Australia and New Zealand) Total Text	(Australia and New Zealand) Males Text	(Australia and New Zealand) Females Text	(Others) Total Text	(Others) Males Text	(Others) Females Text
(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)5.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)15.8%	(Null)15.8%	(Null)21.1%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)5.3%	(Null)10.5%	(Null)15.8%	(Null)10.5%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)5.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)15.8%	(Null)31.6%	(Null)21.1%	(Null)21.1%	(Null)26.3%	(Null)26.3%	(Null)31.6%	(Null)36.8%	(Null)31.6%	(Null)21.1%	(Null)42.1%	(Null)26.3%
Total	3459093	1663560	1795534	2600845	1302326	1298520	410664	174259	236404	165204	60851	104353	103286	53703	49583	54045	17503	36543	99540	38680	60860	14255	9661	4594	5335	3238	2097	3610	2114	1496	2309	1225	1084
Not Literate	99212	24257	74955	78651	21755	56895	10079	1653	8426	6515	627	5887	900	88	813	2096	39	2057	900	74	825	-	-	-	26	20	6	25	-	25	22	-	22
Literate	3359881	1639303	1720578	2522194	1280570	1241624	400585	172606	227978	158689	60224	98465	102386	53616	48771	51950	17464	34486	98640	38606	60035	14255	9661	4594	5310	3218	2091	3585	2114	1471	2287	1225	1062
One Language Only	862098	410814	451284	615572	320901	294671	119167	44174	74994	55319	17004	38315	18719	8304	10414	13771	3117	10654	28759	9972	18786	5531	3928	1604	2334	1596	738	2135	1404	731	791	413	378
English Only	362469	205371	157098	286315	167819	118496	25917	12558	13359	1442	621	822	13115	6845	6270	5090	1925	3164	19933	8313	11620	5426	3883	1543	2323	1590	733	2135	1404	731	772	413	359
Chinese Only	438279	187365	250914	289452	138969	150483	85461	29656	55805	53841	16372	37469	28	24	3	4732	915	3818	4723	1428	3295	17	-	17	5	-	5	-	-	-	19	-	19
Malay Only	45753	15131	30621	35868	13173	22695	6354	1723	4631	5	5	-	24	9	15	3448	221	3227	29	-	29	24	-	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tamil Only	9600	2325	7275	3430	816	2614	1325	237	1088	-	-	-	4778	1261	3517	-	-	-	67	11	56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Non-Official Language Only	5998	622	5376	506	124	383	111	-	111	30	6	24	774	165	609	501	56	444	4007	221	3786	63	44	19	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Two Languages Only	2259548	1117708	1141840	1825404	920336	905068	165935	76725	89210	100648	42163	58485	69354	37331	32023	25034	9065	15969	62362	25617	36745	5776	3758	2019	2598	1398	1199	1343	669	674	1094	647	447

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Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Males	Total_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Females	Total_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Singapore) Total	Singapore_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Singapore) Males	Singapore_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Singapore) Females	Singapore_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Malaysia) Total	Malaysia_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Malaysia) Males	Malaysia_Males	Text	Number	-
(Malaysia) Females	Malaysia_Females	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_bb383b0f0ef44979dda72d4fd0c22f32"
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 Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Place of Birth and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved November 14, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bb383b0f0ef44979dda72d4fd0c22f32/view

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