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

Last updated: 15 Jul 2025, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 06/10/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/6360

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyReligionHighestQualificationAttainedandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (12 rows, 3.2 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(No Qualification) Total
Numeric
(No Qualification) Males
Numeric
(No Qualification) Females
Numeric
(Primary) Total
Numeric
(Primary) Males
Numeric
(Primary) Females
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Females
Numeric
(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
Numeric
(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%
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Total22774001117804115959744544416776527767927654213636914017324859813525111334756057027421828635222627511934510693014097088281526901123714861863753266631147958118673
No Religion32823217594415228828253139561429720365110679298261931475311440804053893741468408222150019322320062027711729231271001513112770604543931621
With Religion194916894186010073084171911538092633822561771253021308752224051204981019074801652352812448841854529784587608108964680044096089244386035064118957110251987052
Buddhism9795494791915003582392468960214964514137569843715321191316510554026233171116042117129842614620238059605953866421931388481732421524629213640926512
Taoism/Chinese Traditional Beliefs1938259743896388716502885642794343611834916012220231348885353242617709147171209072024889970961283581449318762616707338303243
Islam33636616735416901265724236324209352124259462617849375271842219110599255081509113552719941155851007163513720826440764187929151444147
Hinduism9216146907452541268846348054110284938609010564567648882279011986108049455512543302720193178944962579191718420100378383
Sikhism86614103455813793869936112403717793784022542131312291230634596213142725142992151392712680
Christianity332998144123188875257146401193141608257121037020222850111721817983249249306422301843323797252111449510716323141228220032894274580743620
Catholic109039479426109790542293676163472149419885573750480731841134401840114265665276136071369423771005840655993228461189910946

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(No Qualification) TotalNoQualification_TotalNumericNumber-
(No Qualification) MalesNoQualification_MalesNumericNumber-
(No Qualification) FemalesNoQualification_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Primary) TotalPrimary_TotalNumericNumber-
(Primary) MalesPrimary_MalesNumericNumber-
(Primary) FemalesPrimary_FemalesNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_c64a23d10034b462fdf3900dccd4459a"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 5, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_c64a23d10034b462fdf3900dccd4459a/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)