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Economy

Chinese Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2015)

Last updated: 02 Aug 2025, 22:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 09/03/2016

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: General Household Survey 2015

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/8188

Data explorer

ChineseResidentPopulationbyAgeGroupDialectGroupandSexGeneralHouseholdSurvey2015.csv (19 rows, 5.2 KB)

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Text
(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
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(Total) Females
Numeric
(Hokkien) Total
Numeric
(Hokkien) Males
Numeric
(Hokkien) Females
Numeric
(Teochew) Total
Numeric
(Teochew) Males
Numeric
(Teochew) Females
Numeric
(Cantonese) Total
Numeric
(Cantonese) Males
Numeric
(Cantonese) Females
Numeric
(Hakka) Total
Numeric
(Hakka) Males
Numeric
(Hakka) Females
Numeric
(Hainanese) Total
Numeric
(Hainanese) Males
Numeric
(Hainanese) Females
Numeric
(Foochow) Total
Numeric
(Foochow) Males
Numeric
(Foochow) Females
Numeric
(Henghua) Total
Numeric
(Henghua) Males
Numeric
(Henghua) Females
Numeric
(Shanghainese) Total
Numeric
(Shanghainese) Males
Numeric
(Shanghainese) Females
Numeric
(Hockchia) Total
Numeric
(Hockchia) Males
Numeric
(Hockchia) Females
Numeric
(Other Chinese) Total
Numeric
(Other Chinese) Males
Numeric
(Other Chinese) Females
Numeric
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35 - 39220671104242116429823874057441813411772040320774319801535916621226291036612263125666075649148692185268418769319451591804787112757455320469697113498
40 - 44234287111298122989904914476945722438822165222230343041651717787235351095712578131766357681947612212254919429529901514729785113955458519543659912944

Column legend

Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Hokkien) TotalHokkien_TotalNumericNumber-
(Hokkien) MalesHokkien_MalesNumericNumber-
(Hokkien) FemalesHokkien_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Teochew) TotalTeochew_TotalNumericNumber-
(Teochew) MalesTeochew_MalesNumericNumber-
(Teochew) FemalesTeochew_FemalesNumericNumber-
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Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_ed9c7fb9b932b02f24bf0253a84cabe4"
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. (2023). Chinese Resident Population by Age Group, Dialect Group and Sex (General Household Survey 2015) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 16, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ed9c7fb9b932b02f24bf0253a84cabe4/view

About this dataset

Contact

feedback@data.gov.sg

Created on

31 Oct 2023

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)