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Economy

Resident Population by Place of Birth, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 22/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8536

Last updated 23 days ago (17 Aug 2026)

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationbyPlaceofBirthEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (12 rows, 1.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Numeric
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) 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%
Total3771721186113319105882793980137008314238975038682508852529833481191803271677921257545983865916
Singapore29119341481101143083322066951122769108392646676623731522945120091910215498765375541886318691
Outside Singapore8597873800324797555872852473143399713710213570235321472007817369027882004097547225
Malaysia38597916721721876233850114581919268225036102371479920483103021018119598591100
Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao175155727111024441743557239310196216610241108133543204339
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh And Sri Lanka123478665635691514064765228241227036617156532583300283
Indonesia5440418398360064257115239273321081027968014553199354470164306
Other Asian Countries901433785852285207648770119945182332851251547704676102830839302
European Countries13351842549262278109611828238446032613421038870303358
USA And Canada721237363476360516121993652738581216365296118811080
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_bcb6f60b9d0827c346a050e75c62f7d9"
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 by Place of Birth, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bcb6f60b9d0827c346a050e75c62f7d9/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)