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Indicators On Population, Annual

Description

Annual Singapore population indicators from 1950 through 2025, covering core demographic measures published by the Department of Statistics. Demographers and policy analysts use the series alongside Population Trends publications for long-run population structure and growth analysis. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder TS/M810001.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 06/05/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the 'Population Trends' publication (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/publication-resources/population-trends-2025) and the Information Paper on 'Singapore Resident Population, 2003-2007' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/publication-resources/singapore-resident-population-2003-2007). For more information on Rate of Natural Increase, please refer to the Statistics Singapore Newsletter on 'Singapore's Rate of Natural Increase for Population' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/population-and-population-structure/related-information). For more information on Old-Age Support Ratio, please refer to the the Infographics on 'Old-Age Support Ratio' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/infographics/old-age-support-ratio) and Statistics Singapore Newsletter on 'Are the Old-Age Support Ratio Trends Similar Across Different Working-Age Groups' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/find-data/explore-data-themes/population/population-and-population-structure/related-information). Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M810001

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Coverage
1950-01-01 – 2025-12-31
Rows
29
Columns
77

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Data Series 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 1979 1978 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 1969 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 1959 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950
Total Population 6111175.000000 6036860.000000 5917648.000000 5637022.000000 5453566.000000 5685807.000000 5703569.000000 5638676.000000 5612253.000000 5607283.000000 5535002.000000 5469724.000000 5399162.000000 5312437.000000 5183688.000000 5076732.000000 4987573.000000 4839396.000000 4588599.000000 4401365.000000 4265762.000000 4166664.000000 4114826.000000 4175950.000000 4138012.000000 4027887.000000 3958723.000000 3927213.000000 3796038.000000 3670704.000000 3524506.000000 3419048.000000 3313471.000000 3230698.000000 3135083.000000 3047132.000000 2930901 2846108 2774789 2733373 2735957 2732221 2681061 2646466 2532835 2413945.000000 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 4204515.000000 4180868.000000 4149253.000000 4073239.000000 3986842.000000 4044210.000000 4026209.000000 3994283.000000 3965796.000000 3933559.000000 3902690.000000 3870739.000000 3844751.000000 3818205.000000 3789251.000000 3771721.000000 3733876.000000 3642659.000000 3583082.000000 3525894.000000 3467814.000000 3413266.000000 3366891.000000 3382944.000000 3325902.000000 3273363.000000 3229681.000000 3180018.000000 3123403.000000 3068132.000000 3013515.000000 2959350.000000 2904547.000000 2849754.000000 2794704.000000 2735868.000000 2647627 2598458 2553864 2518598 2482615 2443705 2406165 2365707 2324403 2282125.000000 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 3660683.000000 3635937.000000 3610658.000000 3553749.000000 3498191.000000 3523191.000000 3500940.000000 3471936.000000 3439177.000000 3408943.000000 3375023.000000 3343030.000000 3313507.000000 3285140.000000 3257228.000000 3230719.000000 3200693.000000 3164438.000000 3133848.000000 3107924.000000 3081001.000000 3057087.000000 3032541.000000 3043397.000000 3017092.000000 2985886.000000 2958379.000000 2929731.000000 2894794.000000 2860419.000000 2823707.000000 2784168.000000 2742826.000000 2702430.000000 2664625.000000 2623736.000000 na na na na na na na na na 2194280.000000 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 543832.000000 544931.000000 538595.000000 519490.000000 488651.000000 521019.000000 525269.000000 522347.000000 526619.000000 524616.000000 527667.000000 527709.000000 531244.000000 533065.000000 532023.000000 541002.000000 533183.000000 478221.000000 449234.000000 417970.000000 386813.000000 356179.000000 334350.000000 339547.000000 308810.000000 287477.000000 271302.000000 250287.000000 228608.000000 207712.000000 189808.000000 175182.000000 161720.000000 147324.000000 130079.000000 112132.000000 na na na na na na na na na 87845.000000 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 1906660.000000 1855992.000000 1768395.000000 1563783.000000 1466724.000000 1641597.000000 1677360.000000 1644393.000000 1646457.000000 1673724.000000 1632312.000000 1598985.000000 1554411.000000 1494232.000000 1394437.000000 1305011.000000 1253697.000000 1196737.000000 1005517.000000 875471.000000 797948.000000 753398.000000 747935.000000 793006.000000 812110.000000 754524.000000 729042.000000 747195.000000 672635.000000 602572.000000 510991.000000 459698.000000 408924.000000 380944.000000 340379.000000 311264.000000 283274 247650 220925 214775 253342 288516 274896 280759 208432 131820.000000 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 1.200000 2.000000 5.000000 3.400000 -4.100000 -0.300000 1.200000 0.500000 0.100000 1.300000 1.200000 1.300000 1.600000 2.500000 2.100000 1.800000 3.100000 5.500000 4.300000 3.200000 2.400000 1.300000 0.200000 0.900000 2.700000 1.700000 0.800000 3.500000 3.400000 4.100000 3.100000 3.200000 2.600000 3.000000 2.900000 2.300000 3 2.6 1.5 -0.1 0.1 1.9 1.3 4.5 4.9 1.500000 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 0.600000 0.800000 1.900000 2.200000 -1.400000 0.400000 0.800000 0.700000 0.800000 0.800000 0.800000 0.700000 0.700000 0.800000 0.500000 1.000000 2.500000 1.700000 1.600000 1.700000 1.600000 1.400000 1.600000 1.700000 1.600000 1.400000 1.600000 1.800000 1.800000 1.800000 1.800000 1.900000 1.900000 2.000000 2.200000 1.700000 1.9 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.300000 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 8300.000000 8207.000000 8058.000000 7688.000000 7485.000000 7810.000000 7866.000000 7804.000000 7796.000000 7797.000000 7697.000000 7615.000000 7540.000000 7429.000000 7273.000000 7146.000000 7025.000000 6846.000000 6552.000000 6298.000000 6121.000000 5987.000000 5939.000000 6078.000000 6065.000000 5900.000000 5999.000000 6060.000000 5860.000000 5669.000000 5443.000000 5292.000000 5166.000000 5040.000000 4905.000000 4814.000000 4679 4549 4457 4397 4409 4405 4338 4282 4099 3907.000000 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 947.000000 948.000000 950.000000 955.000000 960.000000 957.000000 957.000000 959.000000 961.000000 963.000000 965.000000 967.000000 968.000000 970.000000 972.000000 974.000000 976.000000 980.000000 982.000000 983.000000 985.000000 986.000000 988.000000 992.000000 995.000000 998.000000 1000.000000 1002.000000 1005.000000 1008.000000 1010.000000 1013.000000 1017.000000 1020.000000 1025.000000 1027.000000 1027 1027 1027 1028 1028 1029 1029 1030 1031 1032.000000 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 43.200000 42.800000 42.400000 42.100000 41.800000 41.500000 41.100000 40.800000 40.500000 40.000000 39.600000 39.300000 38.900000 38.400000 38.000000 37.400000 36.900000 36.700000 36.400000 36.100000 35.800000 35.400000 35.000000 34.700000 34.400000 34.000000 33.600000 33.100000 32.700000 32.300000 31.900000 31.500000 31.000000 30.600000 30.200000 29.800000 29.3 28.8 28.3 27.8 27.2 26.7 26.1 25.5 24.9 24.400000 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
Median Age Of Citizen Population 43.700000 43.400000 43.000000 42.800000 42.500000 42.200000 42.000000 41.700000 41.300000 41.000000 40.700000 40.400000 40.000000 39.600000 39.100000 38.600000 38.200000 37.800000 37.500000 37.000000 36.600000 36.200000 35.700000 35.300000 34.800000 34.300000 33.800000 33.300000 32.900000 32.400000 31.900000 31.500000 31.000000 30.600000 30.100000 29.600000 na na na na na na na na na 23.900000 na na na na na na na na na 18.6 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Old-Age Support Ratio: Residents Aged 15-64 Years Per Resident Aged 65 Years & Over 3.600000 3.800000 4.000000 4.100000 4.300000 4.600000 4.900000 5.200000 5.500000 5.800000 6.200000 6.600000 7.000000 7.400000 7.900000 8.200000 8.300000 8.400000 8.500000 8.600000 8.900000 9.200000 9.700000 9.600000 9.700000 9.900000 10.100000 10.400000 10.500000 10.700000 10.800000 11.000000 11.300000 11.500000 11.700000 11.800000 11.9 12 12.3 12.5 12.8 13.1 13.3 13.5 13.7 13.800000 14.6 14.7 15 15.2 15.6 15.5 16 16.3 16.9 17 19 19.2 19.7 20.2 21 21.3 21.5 22 22.8 23 23.7 24.4 25.6 na na na na na na na
Age Dependency Ratio: Residents Aged Under 15 Years And 65 Years & Over Per Hundred Residents Aged 15-64 Years 47.900000 46.700000 45.600000 44.800000 43.900000 42.300000 41.100000 39.900000 38.900000 38.000000 37.400000 36.700000 36.100000 35.700000 35.300000 35.700000 36.500000 37.200000 37.900000 38.500000 39.100000 39.500000 40.200000 40.800000 41.000000 41.100000 41.200000 41.300000 41.400000 41.500000 41.600000 41.500000 41.300000 41.000000 41.000000 40.800000 41.3 41.3 41.8 42.6 43.3 43.7 44.4 45.3 46.5 48.200000 48.6 51 53.5 56 58.8 62 64.6 67.4 70.1 73.9 78.1 81.3 84 86.3 87.6 89.5 90.9 91.9 92.7 91.2 87.6 85.1 81.7 na na na na na na na
Child Dependency Ratio: Residents Aged Under 15 Years Per Hundred Residents Aged 15-64 Years 20.100000 20.200000 20.400000 20.700000 20.800000 20.700000 20.700000 20.700000 20.800000 20.900000 21.200000 21.500000 21.800000 22.300000 22.700000 23.500000 24.400000 25.300000 26.100000 27.000000 27.900000 28.700000 29.800000 30.300000 30.700000 30.900000 31.300000 31.600000 31.900000 32.100000 32.300000 32.400000 32.400000 32.300000 32.400000 32.300000 32.9 33 33.7 34.6 35.5 36.1 36.9 37.9 39.2 41.000000 41.8 44.2 46.8 49.4 52.3 55.5 58.4 61.3 64.2 68.1 72.8 76.1 79 81.3 82.8 84.8 86.3 87.3 88.3 86.8 83.4 81 77.8 na na na na na na na
Old-Age Dependency Ratio: Residents Aged 65 Years & Over Per Hundred Residents Aged 15-64 Years 27.800000 26.500000 25.200000 24.100000 23.100000 21.600000 20.400000 19.200000 18.100000 17.100000 16.200000 15.200000 14.300000 13.500000 12.600000 12.200000 12.100000 11.900000 11.800000 11.600000 11.200000 10.800000 10.400000 10.400000 10.300000 10.100000 9.900000 9.700000 9.500000 9.400000 9.200000 9.100000 8.900000 8.700000 8.600000 8.500000 8.4 8.3 8.1 8 7.8 7.7 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.300000 6.8 6.8 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.9 5.3 5.2 5.1 4.9 4.8 4.7 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.1 3.9 na na na na na na na
Old-Age Support Ratio: Residents Aged 20-64 Years Per Resident Aged 65 Years & Over 3.300000 3.500000 3.700000 3.800000 4.000000 4.300000 4.500000 4.800000 5.100000 5.400000 5.700000 6.000000 6.400000 6.700000 7.200000 7.400000 7.500000 7.600000 7.700000 7.800000 8.100000 8.400000 8.800000 8.700000 8.800000 9.000000 9.200000 9.400000 9.600000 9.700000 9.800000 10.000000 10.100000 10.300000 10.400000 10.500000 10.5 10.6 10.8 11 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.3 11.4 11.300000 11.9 11.9 12 12.1 12.4 12.3 12.7 12.9 13.4 13.5 15 15.2 15.6 16 16.9 17.4 17.8 18.6 19.6 19.6 20 20.4 21.3 na na na na na na na
Age Dependency Ratio: Residents Aged Under 20 Years And 65 Years & Over Per Hundred Residents Aged 20-64 Years 59.800000 58.400000 57.200000 56.300000 55.400000 54.000000 53.000000 51.900000 51.300000 50.700000 50.200000 49.800000 49.600000 49.500000 49.200000 50.000000 51.000000 52.200000 53.000000 53.400000 53.600000 53.800000 53.900000 54.200000 54.900000 55.200000 55.400000 55.700000 55.800000 56.100000 56.200000 56.400000 56.800000 57.600000 58.400000 59.100000 60.3 60.6 61.4 63 65 67.1 70 72.8 76 79.800000 81.9 86.4 90.9 95.4 99.8 104.3 108.1 111.6 114.3 119.6 124.9 128.7 132.1 135 133.7 131.4 129.8 126.7 124.4 123.5 122.1 121.3 119.1 na na na na na na na
Child Dependency Ratio: Residents Aged Under 20 Years Per Hundred Residents Aged 20-64 Years 29.800000 29.900000 30.000000 30.300000 30.500000 30.600000 30.900000 31.100000 31.600000 32.000000 32.500000 33.100000 33.900000 34.700000 35.400000 36.500000 37.600000 39.000000 40.000000 40.600000 41.200000 41.900000 42.500000 42.800000 43.500000 44.000000 44.500000 45.100000 45.300000 45.700000 46.000000 46.400000 47.000000 47.900000 48.800000 49.500000 50.7 51.2 52.1 53.9 56 58.2 61.1 64 67.3 71.000000 73.6 78 82.6 87.1 91.7 96.1 100.2 103.9 106.8 112.2 118.2 122.1 125.7 128.7 127.8 125.6 124.2 121.3 119.3 118.4 117.1 116.4 114.3 na na na na na na na
Old-Age Dependency Ratio: Residents Aged 65 Years & Over Per Hundred Residents Aged 20-64 Years 30.000000 28.600000 27.200000 26.000000 24.900000 23.400000 22.100000 20.800000 19.700000 18.700000 17.700000 16.700000 15.700000 14.800000 13.900000 13.500000 13.300000 13.200000 13.000000 12.800000 12.400000 11.900000 11.400000 11.400000 11.300000 11.200000 10.800000 10.600000 10.500000 10.300000 10.200000 10.000000 9.900000 9.700000 9.600000 9.600000 9.6 9.4 9.3 9.1 9 8.9 8.9 8.8 8.8 8.800000 8.4 8.4 8.3 8.2 8.1 8.1 7.9 7.8 7.5 7.4 6.7 6.6 6.4 6.2 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.1 5.1 5 4.9 4.7 na na na na na na na
Old-Age Support Ratio: Citizens Aged 15-64 Years Per Citizen Aged 65 Years & Over 3.100000 3.300000 3.500000 3.600000 3.800000 4.100000 4.300000 4.600000 4.900000 5.100000 5.400000 5.800000 6.100000 6.500000 7.000000 7.200000 7.300000 7.500000 7.600000 7.800000 8.100000 8.400000 8.800000 8.900000 9.100000 9.300000 9.600000 9.900000 10.100000 10.300000 10.500000 10.800000 11.000000 11.300000 11.600000 11.800000 na na na na na na na na na 13.900000 na na na na na na na na na 17.2 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Age Dependency Ratio: Citizens Aged Under 15 Years And 65 Years & Over Per Hundred Citizens Aged 15-64 Years 54.000000 52.600000 51.100000 50.000000 48.700000 46.800000 45.200000 43.700000 42.500000 41.300000 40.600000 39.800000 39.000000 38.400000 37.900000 38.300000 39.000000 39.400000 40.000000 40.600000 41.100000 41.500000 42.200000 42.800000 42.900000 42.900000 42.900000 42.900000 43.000000 42.900000 42.900000 42.700000 42.300000 41.800000 41.600000 41.300000 na na na na na na na na na 49.500000 na na na na na na na na na 79 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Child Dependency Ratio: Citizens Aged Under 15 Years Per Hundred Citizens Aged 15-64 Years 22.100000 22.200000 22.300000 22.400000 22.500000 22.200000 22.000000 21.900000 21.900000 21.900000 22.200000 22.400000 22.700000 23.100000 23.600000 24.400000 25.200000 26.000000 26.800000 27.800000 28.800000 29.700000 30.900000 31.600000 31.900000 32.200000 32.600000 32.800000 33.100000 33.300000 33.400000 33.400000 33.200000 33.000000 33.000000 32.800000 na na na na na na na na na 42.300000 na na na na na na na na na 73.2 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Old-Age Dependency Ratio: Citizens Aged 65 Years & Over Per Hundred Citizens Aged 15-64 Years 31.800000 30.400000 28.900000 27.600000 26.200000 24.600000 23.200000 21.800000 20.600000 19.400000 18.400000 17.300000 16.300000 15.300000 14.300000 13.900000 13.800000 13.400000 13.200000 12.900000 12.400000 11.900000 11.300000 11.200000 11.000000 10.700000 10.400000 10.100000 9.900000 9.700000 9.500000 9.300000 9.100000 8.800000 8.600000 8.500000 na na na na na na na na na 7.200000 na na na na na na na na na 5.8 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Old-Age Support Ratio: Citizens Aged 20-64 Years Per Citizen Aged 65 Years & Over 2.900000 3.000000 3.200000 3.300000 3.500000 3.700000 4.000000 4.200000 4.400000 4.700000 4.900000 5.200000 5.500000 5.900000 6.300000 6.400000 6.500000 6.700000 6.800000 6.900000 7.200000 7.600000 8.000000 8.100000 8.200000 8.400000 8.700000 8.900000 9.200000 9.300000 9.500000 9.700000 9.900000 10.100000 10.300000 10.400000 na na na na na na na na na 11.400000 na na na na na na na na na 13.5 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na
Age Dependency Ratio: Citizens Aged Under 20 Years And 65 Years & Over Per Hundred Citizens Aged 20-64 Years 67.300000 65.600000 63.900000 62.700000 61.400000 59.700000 58.400000 57.000000 56.200000 55.500000 54.900000 54.400000 54.100000 53.800000 53.600000 54.400000 55.300000 56.200000 57.000000 57.200000 57.200000 57.300000 57.200000 57.500000 58.000000 58.200000 58.300000 58.500000 58.400000 58.500000 58.500000 58.500000 58.700000 59.200000 59.700000 60.100000 na na na na na na na na na 82.400000 na na na na na na na na na 128.5 na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

Columns

Column Type Categorical
Data Series Text No
2025 Numeric No
2024 Numeric No
2023 Numeric No
2022 Numeric No
2021 Numeric No
2020 Numeric No
2019 Numeric No
2018 Numeric No
2017 Numeric No
2016 Numeric No
2015 Numeric No
2014 Numeric No
2013 Numeric No
2012 Numeric No
2011 Numeric No
2010 Numeric No
2009 Numeric No
2008 Numeric No
2007 Numeric No
2006 Numeric No
2005 Numeric No
2004 Numeric No
2003 Numeric No
2002 Numeric No
2001 Numeric No
2000 Numeric No
1999 Numeric No
1998 Numeric No
1997 Numeric No
1996 Numeric No
1995 Numeric No
1994 Numeric No
1993 Numeric No
1992 Numeric No
1991 Numeric No
1990 Numeric No
1989 Text No
1988 Text No
1987 Text No
1986 Text No
1985 Text No
1984 Text No
1983 Text No
1982 Text No
1981 Text No
1980 Numeric No
1979 Text No
1978 Text No
1977 Text No
1976 Text No
1975 Text No
1974 Text No
1973 Text No
1972 Text No
1971 Text No
1970 Text No
1969 Text No
1968 Text No
1967 Text No
1966 Text No
1965 Text No
1964 Text No
1963 Text No
1962 Text No
1961 Text No
1960 Text No
1959 Text No
1958 Text No
1957 Text No
1956 Text Yes
1955 Text Yes
1954 Text Yes
1953 Text Yes
1952 Text Yes
1951 Text Yes
1950 Text Yes