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Economy

Resident Population by Place of Birth, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 05 Mar 2026, 19:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17402

Data explorer

ResidentPopulationbyPlaceofBirthEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 1.7 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Chinese) Females
Numeric
(Malays) Total
Numeric
(Malays) Males
Numeric
(Malays) Females
Numeric
(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)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%
Total4044210197755620666543006769146134415454255454982713322741663622741855651767091296695931570354
Singapore309663015702961526334232346511779581145507512222260208252014216884110007106877440592212321936
Outside Singapore9475804072605403206833042833863999183327611124221521453907555869832856103719248418
Malaysia459732197816261916415594178443237151207607882128782158910690108991789801988
Mainland China1690386472810431016867064587104083615442519318115203
India11186558824530411235469188101113715858252789353180173
Indonesia5614118626375154397315636283371109326078486626235391449148301
Other Asian Countries / Regions1136624575267910414951833523160726342384897147984173624702227740193
Europe1720711089611831221565155711955649774495281298990203969
USA and Canada878846434145478022242556824438807312495311920631056

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_TotalNumericNumber-
(Malays) MalesMalays_MalesNumericNumber-
(Malays) FemalesMalays_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_d9e003a541ee13386088ff7a7f82af19"
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 Place of Birth, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 2, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d9e003a541ee13386088ff7a7f82af19/view

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)