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

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyReligionCountryofBirthandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (12 rows, 3.2 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	(Indonesia) Total Numeric	(Indonesia) Males Numeric	(Indonesia) Females Numeric	(Mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan) Total Numeric	(Mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan) Males Text	(Mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan) Females Numeric	(South Asia*) Total Numeric	(South Asia*) Males Numeric	(South Asia*) Females Text	(Other Asian Countries) Total Numeric	(Other Asian Countries) Males Numeric	(Other Asian Countries) Females Numeric	(European Countries) Total Numeric	(European Countries) Males Numeric	(European Countries) Females Text	(USA & Canada) Total Numeric	(USA & Canada) Males Text	(USA & Canada) Females Text	(Others) Total Numeric	(Others) Males Numeric	(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)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)16.7%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)25.0%	(Null)8.3%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)0.0%	(Null)8.3%
Total	2494631	1229758	1264873	1969704	998815	970890	291615	125314	166301	27037	9399	17638	135080	59931	75149	50712	27844	22867	12799	3778	9021	3783	2433	1350	1477	892	586	2423	1352	1071
No Religion	370094	197926	172168	285411	154294	131117	38261	19575	18686	2427	1139	1288	40341	20886	19455	214	176	38	1846	797	1049	755	536	219	366	195	171	474	328	146
With Religion	2124536	1031832	1092704	1684294	844521	839773	253355	105739	147615	24611	8261	16350	94739	39045	55694	50498	27669	22829	10953	2981	7972	3028	1897	1131	1111	697	414	1949	1024	925
Buddhism	1060662	521253	539409	836000	430484	405516	145462	60153	85309	9863	2784	7079	62619	25813	36806	430	237	193	5750	1493	4257	114	63	51	46	25	21	377	200	177
Taoism/Chinese Traditional Beliefs	212344	107077	105267	171212	90245	80967	22860	9277	13584	1536	323	1214	16535	7189	9346	5	5	na	142	24	118	5	5	na	5	na	5	43	10	33
Islam	371660	185856	185804	321089	161228	159861	29613	12830	16783	6413	2556	3857	109	40	69	13179	8622	4557	762	240	523	231	170	61	55	55	na	209	115	94
Hinduism	99904	50783	49121	59719	30361	29358	9533	4326	5207	116	59	57	27	na	27	30177	15930	14247	138	61	77	77	25	51	11	na	11	106	21	85
Sikhism	9733	4710	5023	6324	3528	2796	962	368	594	51	5	46	16	10	6	2286	774	1512	74	12	62	7	7	na	6	na	6	7	7	na
Christianity	364087	159135	204952	285449	126454	158995	44242	18474	25768	6554	2524	4030	14997	5760	9237	4216	2001	2215	4006	1114	2892	2510	1566	944	936	577	359	1176	664	512
Catholic	118980	52901	66079	93039	42136	50902	13845	5783	8062	2522	1023	1499	3672	1408	2264	2248	1062	1186	2096	571	1525	780	455	325	265	182	83	512	280	232

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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_d96e3ba69876fa0410528062222dd2da"
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 Religion, Country of Birth and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 14, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d96e3ba69876fa0410528062222dd2da/view

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyReligionCountryofBirthandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (12 rows, 3.2 KB)

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