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

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/10/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: Education, Language and Religion' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/education-language-spoken-and-literacy/related-information).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/6560

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInCountryofBirthandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (20 rows, 4.9 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
Text
(Indonesia) Males
Text
(Indonesia) Females
Text
(Mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan) Total
Text
(Mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan) Males
Text
(Mainland China, Hong Kong & Taiwan) Females
Text
(South Asia*) Total
Text
(South Asia*) Males
Text
(South Asia*) Females
Text
(Other Asian Countries) Total
Text
(Other Asian Countries) Males
Text
(Other Asian Countries) Females
Text
(European Countries) Total
Text
(European Countries) Males
Text
(European Countries) Females
Text
(USA & Canada) Total
Text
(USA & Canada) Males
Text
(USA & Canada) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Text
(Others) Males
Text
(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)10.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)45.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)40.0%
(Null)50.0%
(Null)40.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)30.0%
Total249463112297581264872196970499881597089029161512531416630127037939917638135080599317514950712278442286712799377890213782243313501477892586242313521071
Not Literate185865422401436241261253276193364187602644161174137775336232960502527935334410072337465144515na5nanana691454
Literate230876611875181121248184358096605487752627285512267115018522900862414276102120549064721447368268382053012334376485713778243313451477892586235413381016
One Language Only10153025147085005957576834017703559121500805936290717125334000853365768350223074619494104609035523912623977201812877319826583231507887620
Chinese Only580369284546295823405393210708194685104323379416638260551721433463539338772966219na198061886185na55na5225111113
English Only353801199217154584298735170805127931322241676715457301211731839211211149981032056134708315710422115200712877209776583191256759497
Malay Only6272124047386744804518710293361109741296968337610872289nanana1521005324519nananananana261710
Tamil Only152936438885447291393333522034991704nananananana83494546380411na11nanananananananana
Non-Official Language Only3119460266078015462623226206891970117318665320245212422812146na6nananananana
Two Languages Only124446664654959791710685585548925136669900051003479978362354948133538819360160282452014169103516196223039661249762488444194250750391359
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Country of Birth and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_e2d427dc9e0207876acc29cce4799d90/view

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24 Oct 2024

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