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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Labour Force Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 17/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17471

Last updated 4 days ago (5 Sep 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageMostSecondMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeLabourForceStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (39 rows, 5.5 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Labour Force - Total) Total
Numeric
(Labour Force - Total) Males
Numeric
(Labour Force - Total) Females
Numeric
(Labour Force - Employed) Total
Numeric
(Labour Force - Employed) Males
Numeric
(Labour Force - Employed) Females
Numeric
(Labour Force - Unemployed) Total
Numeric
(Labour Force - Unemployed) Males
Numeric
(Labour Force - Unemployed) Females
Numeric
(Outside the Labour Force) Total
Numeric
(Outside the Labour Force) Males
Numeric
(Outside the Labour Force) 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%
Total3191235154382216474122159553115523710043152035416109336194205512413661876622601031682388585643097
English14332967085587247391011165529914481252947851499443448408633143047132843422131178644243487
English Only1912051024888871712510270604544971167486604050707835445643790661033188334220
English & Mandarin78389538380840008757235729193428042354045127650826394331905154261648021153891874119665
English & Chinese Dialect1237096290760801772704251634754725864005032536468424662218464392039126048
English & Malay1884988979498704131822689966282612177264680570931005043165734566772079835878
English & Tamil73799358003800053034278802515448060254992256149732381259320766792012846
English & Other Indian Language376461829019356264351511111324244791438810091195672312331121131798032
English & Other Language3454415471190732514612873122742375512278114771391595796939725986799
Mandarin1/1014303478233536070728611376028352582694971359153335818336401687616764285693102205183488
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_d32a1e516bbf472d52d21846a7960215"
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 15 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Labour Force Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d32a1e516bbf472d52d21846a7960215/view

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Created on

22 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)