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Economy

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

Last updated: 16 Mar 2026, 19:01 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/6356

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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%
Total249463112297581264873196970499881597089029161512531416630127037939917638135080599317514950712278442286712799377890213783243313501477892586242313521071
No Religion3700941979261721682854111542941311173826119575186862427113912884034120886194552141763818467971049755536219366195171474328146
With Religion2124536103183210927041684294844521839773253355105739147615246118261163509473939045556945049827669228291095329817972302818971131111169741419491024925
Buddhism106066252125353940983600043048440551614546260153853099863278470796261925813368064302371935750149342571146351462521377200177
Taoism/Chinese Traditional Beliefs21234410707710526717121290245809672286092771358415363231214165357189934655na1422411855na5na5431033
Islam37166018585618580432108916122815986129613128301678364132556385710940691317986224557762240523231170615555na20911594
Hinduism999045078349121597193036129358953343265207116595727na27301771593014247138617777255111na111062185
Sikhism97334710502363243528279696236859451546161062286774151274126277na6na677na
Christianity3640871591352049522854491264541589954424218474257686554252440301499757609237421620012215400611142892251015669449365773591176664512
Catholic118980529016607993039421365090213845578380622522102314993672140822642248106211862096571152578045532526518283512280232

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Singapore) TotalSingapore_TotalNumericNumber-
(Singapore) MalesSingapore_MalesNumericNumber-
(Singapore) FemalesSingapore_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Malaysia) TotalMalaysia_TotalNumericNumber-
(Malaysia) MalesMalaysia_MalesNumericNumber-
(Malaysia) FemalesMalaysia_FemalesNumericNumber-
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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())

Citation

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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) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 1, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d96e3ba69876fa0410528062222dd2da/view

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Created on

24 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)