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

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 04/11/2015

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2010

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2010, Statistical Release 1: Demographic Characteristics, 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/6751

Last updated 24 days ago (16 Aug 2026)

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ResidentPopulationAged15YearsandOverbyLanguageLiterateInPlaceofBirthandSexCensusofPopulation2010.csv (20 rows, 5.5 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
Text
(Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao) Total
Text
(Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao) Males
Text
(Mainland China, Hong Kong And Macao) Females
Text
(India, Pakistan, Bangladesh And Sri Lanka) Total
Numeric
(India, Pakistan, Bangladesh And Sri Lanka) Males
Numeric
(India, Pakistan, Bangladesh And Sri Lanka) Females
Text
(Indonesia) Total
Text
(Indonesia) Males
Text
(Indonesia) 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 And Canada) Total
Text
(USA And Canada) Males
Text
(USA And Canada) Females
Text
(Australia And New Zealand) Total
Text
(Australia And New Zealand) Males
Text
(Australia And New Zealand) 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)5.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)0.0%
(Null)5.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)10.0%
(Null)15.0%
(Null)30.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)30.0%
(Null)35.0%
(Null)30.0%
(Null)35.0%
(Null)40.0%
(Null)20.0%
(Null)25.0%
(Null)25.0%
Total310574815174281588321233532811820821153246352983149249203734157967652189274910908959104499854865315148335048016432697474671196582333731397224281543292617081218270215591143
Not Literate128661297859887595118248867023213360206911291159062312135941385341104422661582108574195558na8nanana12na1231na31
Literate297708814876421489446224021011571961083014339623147180192443142061629067915510770458764489414638714990313967958932678469111195782333723397224281543291417081206267215591113
One Language Only87821442191445630063045732621730424012376745230785366155324725368282029497751051913495300810487186036349122534632328313482225145177421901306884998568430
Chinese Only485511217759267753328034162087165946902953064859646589922334335649471928574311774566227242218491961299nananana1014555
English Only329194185163144031262443150950111493237221200911713252113671154133017246605538271407241913570567878924597327713202191142576621781300878844504340
Malay Only472781490832370357121214623566804322815762nanana45331233813932988523616nananananana1266311319
Tamil Only10939336775723488837265114932681226nanana595722623695nananananananananananananananananana
Non-Official Language Only5292717457577919658321425189401525943214729544315132709213249616na1625178nanana22616
Two Languages Only1896268966239930029153330779159074171813572664672710547774236790409526825138125301262004269991304454016235703044641272785134213517446076213392821084625459
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Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Place of Birth and Sex (Census of Population 2010) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved September 9, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_fb035ac2153a7a68a099acf2ea4659df/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

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

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