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

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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%
Total	4044210	1977556	2066654	3006769	1461344	1545425	545498	271332	274166	362274	185565	176709	129669	59315	70354
Singapore	3096630	1570296	1526334	2323465	1177958	1145507	512222	260208	252014	216884	110007	106877	44059	22123	21936
Outside Singapore	947580	407260	540320	683304	283386	399918	33276	11124	22152	145390	75558	69832	85610	37192	48418
Malaysia	459732	197816	261916	415594	178443	237151	20760	7882	12878	21589	10690	10899	1789	801	988
Mainland China	169038	64728	104310	168670	64587	104083	6	1	5	44	25	19	318	115	203
India	111865	58824	53041	123	54	69	18	8	10	111371	58582	52789	353	180	173
Indonesia	56141	18626	37515	43973	15636	28337	11093	2607	8486	626	235	391	449	148	301
Other Asian Countries / Regions	113662	45752	67910	41495	18335	23160	726	342	384	8971	4798	4173	62470	22277	40193
Europe	17207	11089	6118	3122	1565	1557	119	55	64	977	449	528	12989	9020	3969
USA and Canada	8788	4643	4145	4780	2224	2556	82	44	38	807	312	495	3119	2063	1056

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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	-
(Chinese) Total	Chinese_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Chinese) Males	Chinese_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Chinese) Females	Chinese_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Malays) Total	Malays_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Malays) Males	Malays_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Malays) Females	Malays_Females	Numeric	Number	-

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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())

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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population by Place of Birth, Ethnic Group and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved July 16, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d9e003a541ee13386088ff7a7f82af19/view

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ResidentPopulationbyPlaceofBirthEthnicGroupandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (12 rows, 1.7 KB)

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