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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 04/11/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2010, Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, 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/6753

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInResidentialStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (20 rows, 2.1 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%
Total310574815174281588321265688713141321342755448861203295245566
Not Literate1286612978598875125573292349633930885512536
Literate297708814876421489446253131512848991246416445773202744243030
One Language Only8782144219144563007704443780783923661077704383663934
Chinese Only485511217759267753431573198756232818539381900334935
English Only329194185163144031285364162448122916438312271521115
Malay Only47278149083237042924142732865043546343719
Tamil Only1093933677572832022866034261910811538
Non-Official Language Only529271745752263314194830294022626
Two Languages Only18962689662399300291660748855779804968235520110460125060
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dataset_id = "d_d75cb30b857285ab177f01e3b3e7dbfb"
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 Literate In, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d75cb30b857285ab177f01e3b3e7dbfb/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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