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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 05 Dec 2025, 22:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17461

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyReligionResidentialStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 1.3 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Singapore Citizens) Total
Numeric
(Singapore Citizens) Males
Numeric
(Singapore Citizens) Females
Numeric
(Permanent Residents) Total
Numeric
(Permanent Residents) Males
Numeric
(Permanent Residents) 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%
Total345909316635601795534299895114661721532779460142197388262755
No Religion6925283560713364575898773122622776151026504380958842
With Religion276656613074891459077240907411539101255164357492153579203913
Buddhism10741595124935616669183214498014685191558396269293147
Taoism1/30396014924715471328149913946614203322460978112680
Islam53925126313427611751502525410526092024226902915197
Hinduism17296386414865481150035582859175579603058627374
Sikhism120516196585510760564551151291551740
Christianity654355285382368973560515245331315185938404005153788
Catholic24268110608413659719668885860110828459942022425770

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Singapore Citizens) TotalSingaporeCitizens_TotalNumericNumber-
(Singapore Citizens) MalesSingaporeCitizens_MalesNumericNumber-
(Singapore Citizens) FemalesSingaporeCitizens_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Permanent Residents) TotalPermanentResidents_TotalNumericNumber-
(Permanent Residents) MalesPermanentResidents_MalesNumericNumber-
(Permanent Residents) FemalesPermanentResidents_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_bf205c3175b8835fef381d7d0f18715a"
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, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 24, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_bf205c3175b8835fef381d7d0f18715a/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)