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Economy

Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 05 Apr 2026, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17440

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_43629a78763d06fbd77022a4107ab339"
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 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020) (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved April 23, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_43629a78763d06fbd77022a4107ab339/view

About this dataset

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

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Economy

Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Residential Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

Last updated: 05 Apr 2026, 21:01 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS

Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021

Update Frequency: 10 years

Survey period: Census of Population 2020

Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17440

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Data explorer

ResidentPopulationAged5YearsandOverbyLanguageMostSecondMostFrequentlySpokenatHomeResidentialStatusandSexCensusofPopulation2020.csv (39 rows, 3.6 KB)

Number Text	(Total) Total Numeric	(Total) Males Numeric	(Total) Females Numeric	(Singapore Citizens) Total Numeric	(Singapore Citizens) Males Numeric	(Singapore Citizens) Females Numeric	(Permanent Residents) Total Numeric	(Permanent Residents) Males Numeric	(Permanent Residents) 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%
Total	3596284	1750789	1845495	3152173	1561655	1590518	444112	189134	254977
English	1735242	863020	872222	1569240	786658	782582	166002	76363	89639
English Only	229429	124022	105406	196475	106972	89503	32954	17051	15903
English & Mandarin	973515	479517	493998	922940	457620	465319	50575	21897	28678
English & Chinese Dialect	125507	63830	61676	114496	58648	55848	11011	5183	5829
English & Malay	233779	112825	120954	223806	108702	115104	9973	4122	5850
English & Tamil	88059	43109	44950	74621	36339	38282	13438	6770	6668
English & Other Indian Language	44949	21581	23369	23674	11590	12084	21276	9991	11285
English & Other Language	40004	18135	21869	13229	6787	6443	26775	11349	15426
Mandarin1/	1075172	508837	566335	897169	441009	456160	178004	67829	110175

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Number	Number	Text	Number	-
(Total) Total	Total_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Males	Total_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Total) Females	Total_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Singapore Citizens) Total	SingaporeCitizens_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Singapore Citizens) Males	SingaporeCitizens_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Singapore Citizens) Females	SingaporeCitizens_Females	Numeric	Number	-
(Permanent Residents) Total	PermanentResidents_Total	Numeric	Number	-
(Permanent Residents) Males	PermanentResidents_Males	Numeric	Number	-
(Permanent Residents) Females	PermanentResidents_Females	Numeric	Number	-

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