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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 28/09/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2000

Footnotes: Notes: Data exclude those who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising unrelated persons. Data exclude residents who were students. 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/5957

Last updated 25 days ago (15 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeHighestQualificationAttainedandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (13 rows, 3.3 KB)

Number
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(Total) Total
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(Total) Males
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(Total) Females
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(No Qualification) Total
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(No Qualification) Males
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(No Qualification) Females
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(Primary) Total
Numeric
(Primary) Males
Numeric
(Primary) Females
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Lower Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Total
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Males
Numeric
(Upper Secondary) Females
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Total
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Males
Numeric
(Polytechnic) Females
Numeric
(Other Diploma) Total
Numeric
(Other Diploma) Males
Numeric
(Other Diploma) Females
Numeric
(University) Total
Numeric
(University) Males
Numeric
(University) Females
Numeric
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Total21785571066504111205441670015436426233626538212927813610423810812892310918454101526486027615521918411592910325513779686264515311073464666360683253027140221112806
English454997226171228826657224294143111554789636626230128391339114022061619786016509831481336173946325461140024652320432260911197356712052615
Mandarin6979783320313659487757129731478399559740158554399618948257479331848158569699119794874132038167570553332423731326001309319507746644045134213
Chinese Dialects64957832320332637525653195956160575983475539642951612343833722897106487597674672038716227731594331333210241030919190839910791377402155116189
Hokkien31293816231515062413171752369793485040830085203243095920504104554880428942198621682110339648214160952346387160318339761290973705538
Teochew134621656626895957466207393672819730112368494116107490412020784117409044751244553057671645962120352715641963727638433433
Cantonese1512477086280385458131551330300212371018411054145017778672329497147661473111072602350498420552928916899300538951380880645744
Other Chinese Dialects50771243642640721535733514200697138923080416425651599740243203083331119561356203713776601604647957374722731474
Malay283621139643143979600162071439302464512288323568431982374519452885794662641953280251622111804760247912812532625322795442421312293
Indian Languages86713427564395815164521699481331958227497109815623535820042107269316734439143430217815835953410210013101427777726505
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Highest Qualification Attained and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ef1b1190202228b9fe8b6aabb09de3bb/view

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24 Oct 2024

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