Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Place of Birth and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

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ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyLanguageMostSecondMostFrequentlySpokenatHomePlaceofBirthandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (39 rows, 7.2 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 Numeric	(Malaysia) Females Numeric	(Mainland China) Total Text	(Mainland China) Males Text	(Mainland China) Females Text	(India) Total Text	(India) Males Text	(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	(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)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)23.1%	(Null)23.1%	(Null)30.8%	(Null)48.7%	(Null)48.7%	(Null)48.7%	(Null)10.3%	(Null)17.9%	(Null)10.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)2.6%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)17.9%	(Null)33.3%	(Null)17.9%
Total	3596284	1750789	1845495	2778200	1404592	1373608	375580	161061	214519	156375	58658	97717	108979	54819	54160	50389	16044	34345	98506	38567	59939	28256	17049	11208
English	1735242	863020	872222	1463133	736031	727102	109822	52456	57367	15685	6002	9683	45796	23196	22600	23761	9345	14416	52364	20645	31719	24681	15346	9335
English Only	229429	124022	105406	183332	100661	82672	14420	7346	7073	1102	341	761	4522	2779	1743	3436	1223	2214	10537	3657	6881	12080	8016	4064
English & Mandarin	973515	479517	493998	871236	433640	437595	64417	30160	34257	13814	5313	8501	130	71	58	7519	3153	4366	10659	4148	6511	5740	3031	2709
English & Chinese Dialect	125507	63830	61676	100628	51730	48898	18259	8949	9310	720	337	382	47	20	27	1494	663	830	3778	1817	1961	581	313	268
English & Malay	233779	112825	120954	217433	105746	111686	6495	3029	3466	-	-	-	399	256	143	7785	2948	4838	1180	486	694	487	360	127
English & Tamil	88059	43109	44950	66869	32372	34497	4690	2284	2407	-	-	-	15172	7895	7277	42	7	35	950	424	526	336	128	209
English & Other Indian Language	44949	21581	23369	15188	7487	7701	1205	475	730	-	-	-	25291	12038	13254	129	52	76	2486	1258	1228	651	271	380
English & Other Language	40004	18135	21869	8448	4395	4053	337	212	125	49	10	39	236	137	99	3356	1299	2058	22773	8856	13917	4806	3228	1579
Mandarin1/	1075172	508837	566335	721790	372172	349617	203374	84690	118683	122464	45296	77168	-	-	-	10926	2419	8507	15883	3870	12013	736	389	347

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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	Numeric	Number	-
(Malaysia) Females	Malaysia_Females	Numeric	Number	-

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_cc287e319cfc285408e26321e0c9cace"
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 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Place of Birth and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 13, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_cc287e319cfc285408e26321e0c9cace/view

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ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyLanguageMostSecondMostFrequentlySpokenatHomePlaceofBirthandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (39 rows, 7.2 KB)

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