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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Country of Birth, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 30/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude residents who were students. For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: Education, Language and Religion' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8888

Last updated 19 days ago (21 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyCountryofBirthHighestQualificationAttainedandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (11 rows, 2.8 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(No Qualification) Total
Text
(No Qualification) Males
Text
(No Qualification) Females
Text
(Primary) Total
Text
(Primary) Males
Text
(Primary) Females
Text
(Lower Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Females
Text
(Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Total
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Males
Text
(Polytechnic) Females
Numeric
(Other Diploma) Total
Numeric
(Other Diploma) Males
Numeric
(Other Diploma) Females
Numeric
(University) Total
Numeric
(University) Males
Numeric
(University) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)18.2%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total22774011117804115959744544416776527767927654213636914017324859813525111334756057027421828635322627511934510693014097088281526901123714861863753266631147958118673
Singapore1764673892938871735311032123767187265213758110677103081197360113438839214756642379572377071847021002948440812425178163460898517836623485541727279201880709
Outside Singapore512728224866287862134412439989041462783256923709151238218122942684906362614864541573190502252316719101186601271931199515198939045594037964
Malaysia28605112246216358956132158474028542079149892708937721151952252660213255273468623453119261152611473742840441675072739477382312427513955
Indonesia266309169174608354228060743278896238220685771491352912152314245082716235813212611079365714529126902601
Mainland China, Hong Kong And Taiwan131647582737337460444217113873311196691342826904399929051212655406586102403912632828451122172452271698353022665133789286
South Asia*49219270742214581553974418150612840222136001869173064743340313434221749167412269652612569190366718711104338278
Other Asian Countries123083551875711038410191103381065774936811873326154714233341089349131217854284569483022612570
European Countries34542297115712755na55125262921261662991631361681046446330016321641572592
USA And Canada1175762413nananananana55na7139329951486na6463411948633315
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_c17810ac36239dcd39b3bd60476aa9d4"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Country of Birth, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_c17810ac36239dcd39b3bd60476aa9d4/view

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Created on

26 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)