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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Place of Birth and Sex (Census of Population 2010)

Last updated: 15 Aug 2025, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 06/10/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/6363

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyReligionPlaceofBirthandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (12 rows, 3.7 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
(Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao) Total
Numeric
(Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao) Males
Numeric
(Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao) Females
Numeric
(India, Pakistan, Bangladesh And Sri Lanka) Total
Numeric
(India, Pakistan, Bangladesh And Sri Lanka) Males
Text
(India, Pakistan, Bangladesh And Sri Lanka) Females
Numeric
(Indonesia) Total
Numeric
(Indonesia) Males
Text
(Indonesia) Females
Numeric
(Other Asian Countries) Total
Numeric
(Other Asian Countries) Males
Numeric
(Other Asian Countries) Females
Numeric
(European Countries) Total
Numeric
(European Countries) Males
Text
(European Countries) Females
Numeric
(USA And Canada) Total
Numeric
(USA And Canada) Males
Text
(USA And Canada) Females
Numeric
(Australia And New Zealand) Total
Numeric
(Australia And New Zealand) Males
Numeric
(Australia And New Zealand) Females
Text
(Others) Total
Numeric
(Others) Males
Text
(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)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)16.7%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)8.3%
(Null)0.0%
Total310574815174281588321233532811820821153246352983149249203734157967652189274910908959104499854865315148335048016432697474671196582333731397224281543292617081218270215591143
No Religion527553278683248870384332209883174449502682471625552738233430139522891604287378915332255828933754915354926618881202803398997516481413291122
With Religion2578196123874513394511950996972199978797302715124533178182841443091753227108198585004969744864136153124971874293234255284155572284327701625114519301192738229012681022
Buddhism103287950057953230077663140006037657116560467856977484652217192293301175629546155764285112912665210172164811941484620178123132736019287105
Taoism*339149166927172222277640143469134171395941596523630172646414108506na6324172325181315302101328141419126146828226
Islam457435225956231478403121202427200694255411020615335172541181700898477161854120336508204668513614803491311027230143984528018695
Hinduism157854816347622069613348483476410037475052871495396767454142735318236601765012172842211041178957314739821778139
Sikhism1074452835461703938593180117047769412662333912142077na776221418na826na2688na8na8
Christianity569244253334315910409719184161225558596652485934805194766956125201006652624803171086473106354066217673229897299485124482195129889715779606171477839638
Catholic21913310008311905014474866581781672042888851154353971949344958803105277580553051500429344131961614828741929945858463395716429286834496338

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Title
Column name
Data type
Unit of measure
Description
NumberNumberTextNumber-
(Total) TotalTotal_TotalNumericNumber-
(Total) MalesTotal_MalesNumericNumber-
(Total) FemalesTotal_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Singapore) TotalSingapore_TotalNumericNumber-
(Singapore) MalesSingapore_MalesNumericNumber-
(Singapore) FemalesSingapore_FemalesNumericNumber-
(Malaysia) TotalMalaysia_TotalNumericNumber-
(Malaysia) MalesMalaysia_MalesNumericNumber-
(Malaysia) FemalesMalaysia_FemalesNumericNumber-
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_fa3f9b2da0350fc4af351465116c1dc9"
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. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Religion, Place of Birth and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved August 28, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_fa3f9b2da0350fc4af351465116c1dc9/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

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

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SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)