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Economy

Indicators On Population, Annual

Data from Jan 1950 to Dec 2025

Last updated: 02 Dec 2025, 23:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/09/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the 'Population Trends' publication (www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/population/population-trends) and the Information Paper on 'Singapore Resident Population, 2003-2007' (www.singstat.gov.sg/-/media/files/publications/population/respop.pdf). For more information on Rate of Natural Increase, please refer to the Statistics Singapore Newsletter on 'Singapore's Rate of Natural Increase for Population' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/population-and-population-structure/publications-and-methodology). For more information on Old-Age Support Ratio, please refer to the the Infographics on 'Old-Age Support Ratio' (www.singstat.gov.sg/modules/infographics/old-age-support-ratio) and Statistics Singapore Newsletter on 'Are the Old-Age Support Ratio Trends Similar Across Different Working-Age Groups' (www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/search-by-theme/population/population-and-population-structure/publications-and-methodology).

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M810001

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_3d227e5d9fdec73f3bcadce671c333a6"
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). Indicators On Population, Annual (2025) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved December 19, 2025 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_3d227e5d9fdec73f3bcadce671c333a6/view

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Created on

28 Nov 2023

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

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Economy

Indicators On Population, Annual

Data from Jan 1950 to Dec 2025

Last updated: 02 Dec 2025, 23:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 29/09/2025

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M810001

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Data explorer

IndicatorsOnPopulationAnnual.csv (29 rows, 16.5 KB)

Data Series Text	2025 Text	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric	2002 Numeric	2001 Numeric	2000 Numeric	1999 Numeric	1998 Numeric	1997 Numeric	1996 Numeric	1995 Numeric	1994 Numeric	1993 Numeric	1992 Numeric	1991 Numeric	1990 Numeric	1989 Text	1988 Text	1987 Text	1986 Text	1985 Text	1984 Text	1983 Text	1982 Text	1981 Text	1980 Numeric	1979 Text	1978 Text	1977 Text	1976 Text	1975 Text	1974 Text	1973 Text	1972 Text	1971 Text	1970 Text	1969 Text	1968 Text	1967 Text	1966 Text	1965 Text	1964 Text	1963 Text	1962 Text	1961 Text	1960 Text	1959 Text	1958 Text	1957 Text	1956 Text	1955 Text	1954 Text	1953 Text	1952 Text	1951 Text	1950 Text
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Total Population	6111175	6036860	5917648	5637022	5453566	5685807	5703569	5638676	5612253	5607283	5535002	5469724	5399162	5312437	5183688	5076732	4987573	4839396	4588599	4401365	4265762	4166664	4114826	4175950	4138012	4027887	3958723	3927213	3796038	3670704	3524506	3419048	3313471	3230698	3135083	3047132	2930901	2846108	2774789	2733373	2735957	2732221	2681061	2646466	2532835	2413945	2383500	2353600	2325300	2293300	2262600	2229800	2193000	2152400	2112900	2074507	2042500	2012000	1977600	1934400	1886900	1841600	1795000	1750200	1702400	1646400	1587200	1518800	1445929	1371600	1305500	1248200	1191800	1127000	1068100	1022100
Resident Population	4204515	4180868	4149253	4073239	3986842	4044210	4026209	3994283	3965796	3933559	3902690	3870739	3844751	3818205	3789251	3771721	3733876	3642659	3583082	3525894	3467814	3413266	3366891	3382944	3325902	3273363	3229681	3180018	3123403	3068132	3013515	2959350	2904547	2849754	2794704	2735868	2647627	2598458	2553864	2518598	2482615	2443705	2406165	2365707	2324403	2282125	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	2013563	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Singapore Citizen Population	3660683	3635937	3610658	3553749	3498191	3523191	3500940	3471936	3439177	3408943	3375023	3343030	3313507	3285140	3257228	3230719	3200693	3164438	3133848	3107924	3081001	3057087	3032541	3043397	3017092	2985886	2958379	2929731	2894794	2860419	2823707	2784168	2742826	2702430	2664625	2623736	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	2194280	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	1874778	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Permanent Resident Population	543832	544931	538595	519490	488651	521019	525269	522347	526619	524616	527667	527709	531244	533065	532023	541002	533183	478221	449234	417970	386813	356179	334350	339547	308810	287477	271302	250287	228608	207712	189808	175182	161720	147324	130079	112132	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	87845	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	138785	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Non-Resident Population	1906660	1855992	1768395	1563783	1466724	1641597	1677360	1644393	1646457	1673724	1632312	1598985	1554411	1494232	1394437	1305011	1253697	1196737	1005517	875471	797948	753398	747935	793006	812110	754524	729042	747195	672635	602572	510991	459698	408924	380944	340379	311264	283274	247650	220925	214775	253342	288516	274896	280759	208432	131820	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	60944	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Total Population Growth	1.2	2	5	3.4	-4.1	-0.3	1.2	0.5	0.1	1.3	1.2	1.3	1.6	2.5	2.1	1.8	3.1	5.5	4.3	3.2	2.4	1.3	0.2	0.9	2.7	1.7	0.8	3.5	3.4	4.1	3.1	3.2	2.6	3	2.9	2.3	3	2.6	1.5	-0.1	0.1	1.9	1.3	4.5	4.9	1.5	1.3	1.2	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.7	1.9	1.9	1.9	2.8	1.5	1.7	2.2	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.6	2.8	3.4	3.7	4.5	5	5.4	5.1	4.6	4.7	5.7	5.5	4.5	4.4
Resident Population Growth	0.6	0.8	1.9	2.2	-1.4	0.4	0.8	0.7	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.5	1	2.5	1.7	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.6	1.7	1.6	1.4	1.6	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.8	1.9	1.9	2	2.2	1.7	1.9	1.7	1.4	1.4	1.6	1.6	1.7	1.8	1.9	1.3	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Population Density	8300	8207	8058	7688	7485	7810	7866	7804	7796	7797	7697	7615	7540	7429	7273	7146	7025	6846	6552	6298	6121	5987	5939	6078	6065	5900	5999	6060	5860	5669	5443	5292	5166	5040	4905	4814	4679	4549	4457	4397	4409	4405	4338	4282	4099	3907	3858	3819	3773	3809	3791	3795	3740	3671	3603	3538	3490	3443	3392	3327	3245	3167	3087	3010	2928	2831	na	na	2486	na	na	na	na	na	na	na
Sex Ratio	947	948	950	955	960	957	957	959	961	963	965	967	968	970	972	974	976	980	982	983	985	986	988	992	995	998	1000	1002	1005	1008	1010	1013	1017	1020	1025	1027	1027	1027	1027	1028	1028	1029	1029	1030	1031	1032	1042	1043	1043	1044	1045	1046	1046	1047	1048	1049	1052	1057	1060	1061	1066	1069	1073	1082	1087	1093	1098	1106	1117	1122	1129	1138	1149	1153	1159	1173
Median Age Of Resident Population	43.2	42.8	42.4	42.1	41.8	41.5	41.1	40.8	40.5	40	39.6	39.3	38.9	38.4	38	37.4	36.9	36.7	36.4	36.1	35.8	35.4	35	34.7	34.4	34	33.6	33.1	32.7	32.3	31.9	31.5	31	30.6	30.2	29.8	29.3	28.8	28.3	27.8	27.2	26.7	26.1	25.5	24.9	24.4	23.9	23.4	22.9	22.4	21.9	21.4	20.9	20.4	20.1	19.5	18.9	18.5	18.2	17.9	17.8	17.8	17.7	17.8	17.9	18	18.3	18.5	18.8	na	na	na	na	na	na	na

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2025	2025	Text	Number	-
2024	2024	Numeric	Number	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Number	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Number	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Number	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Number	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Number	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Number	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Number	-

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