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Resident Population by Country of Birth, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

Updated 7 months ago

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8858

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ResidentPopulationbyCountryofBirthEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (11 rows, 1.6 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Text
(Malays) Males
Text
(Malays) Females
Text
(Indians) Total
Numeric
(Indians) Males
Numeric
(Indians) Females
Numeric
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Numeric
(Others) Females
Numeric
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)9.1%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total321082216022591608562247574312314361244306454392227837226555240103123657116446405841932921255
Singapore264739313514641295929203898610418309971564187032125632061411658338467481159238701239811472
Outside Singapore5634292507953126344367561896062471503568915274204147427038984352861671469319783
Malaysia303828131899171929258406111702146704281841215616029153177174814319218681053
Indonesia2931410654186602185876651419367972717407938417720827594180
China, Hong Kong And Taiwan14587665320805561454286513480294nanana1194772329138190
South Asia*582933169126603142895325718275573503113126219544288256
Other Asian Countries1445945769884518721443043253124129465200265855521096447
European Countries468728831804141774966729101924010713330012017984
USA And Canada34141862155222051077112826121413947931044727317

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) TotalChinese_TotalNumericNumber-
(Chinese) MalesChinese_MalesNumericNumber-
(Chinese) FemalesChinese_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) TotalMalays_TotalTextNumber-
(Malays) MalesMalays_MalesTextNumber-
(Malays) FemalesMalays_FemalesTextNumber-
(Indians) TotalIndians_TotalNumericNumber-
(Indians) MalesIndians_MalesNumericNumber-
(Indians) FemalesIndians_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Others) TotalOthers_TotalNumericNumber-
(Others) MalesOthers_MalesNumericNumber-
(Others) FemalesOthers_FemalesNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_d99e02035e9a5819ba1336cb1491e0b6"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population by Country of Birth, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2024) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 10, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d99e02035e9a5819ba1336cb1491e0b6/view

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Created on

26 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)