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Economy

Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Economic Status 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/6561

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInEconomicStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2000.csv (20 rows, 3.1 KB)

Number
Text
(Total) Total
Numeric
(Total) Males
Numeric
(Total) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active - Total) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active - Total) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active - Total) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active - Working) Total
Numeric
(Economically Active - Working) Males
Numeric
(Economically Active - Working) Females
Numeric
(Economically Active - Unemployed) Total
Text
(Economically Active - Unemployed) Males
Text
(Economically Active - Unemployed) Females
Text
(Economically Inactive) Total
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) Males
Numeric
(Economically Inactive) 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)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
Total24946301229758126487215765859418016347831482579889482593097940065231941687918046287957630089
Not Literate1858654224014362440706198072089937182176551952735242152137214515922433122725
Literate23087651187518112124815358799219946138841445396871827573569904825016740315772887265524507363
One Language Only1015302514708500595621204395980225224580640370991209649405642498915575394098118727275371
Chinese Only5803692845462958233297062131711165353057851980821077032392115089883225066371375179288
English Only35380119921715458426055016306197488246769154790919791378082715510932513615657095
Malay Only62721240463867424180155668614218261419976282354136798638541848130060
Tamil Only1529364388854612039782142568037311949440247193917324616712
Non-Official Language Only3119460266064920444458019039069145424712552215
Two Languages Only1244466646549597917875020502497372523826828478116348712481922438123811369447144052225394
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_f2c90e1d85ca5f71747cd32842c5fb17"
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 Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Economic Status and Sex (Census of Population 2000) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_f2c90e1d85ca5f71747cd32842c5fb17/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)