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Key Indicators On The Elderly, Annual

Description

This annual table brings together key indicators on Singapore’s elderly population, with series extending across benchmark years from 1970 and annual observations through 2025. The indicators draw on sources including the Singapore Department of Statistics, Ministry of Manpower, and Registry of Births and Deaths, and may cover demographic, labour, mortality, or longevity measures. It supports ageing-population research and policy monitoring, while users should consult the cited Population Trends and life-table publications for precise definitions and comparability.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS & MINISTRY OF MANPOWER, REGISTRY OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS Data Last Updated: 30/06/2026 Update Frequency: Annual Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the 'Population Trends' publication (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/publication-resources/population-trends-2025), 'Complete Life Tables for Singapore Resident Population' publication (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/publication-resources/complete-life-tables-for-singapore-resident-population-2024-2025) and Information Paper on 'Complete Life Tables 2003-2006 for Singapore Resident Population' (https://www.singstat.gov.sg/publication-resources/complete-life-tables-2003-2006-for-singapore-resident-population). Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M810611

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Coverage
2023-01-01 – 2023-02-17
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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 1995 1990 1980 1970
Proportion Of Elderly Residents (65 Years & Over) Among Resident Population 18.800000 18.000000 17.300000 16.600000 16.000000 15.200000 14.400000 13.700000 13.000000 12.400000 11.800000 11.200000 10.500000 9.900000 9.300000 9.000000 8.800000 8.700000 8.500000 8.400000 8.100000 7.800000 7.400000 7.400000 7.300000 7.200000 6.500000 6.000000 4.9 3.4
65 - 74 Years 11.600000 11.300000 11.000000 10.700000 10.500000 9.900000 9.200000 8.700000 8.200000 7.700000 7.300000 6.900000 6.500000 6.100000 5.600000 5.400000 5.500000 5.400000 5.400000 5.300000 5.100000 4.900000 4.700000 4.700000 4.800000 4.700000 4.200000 3.800000 3.6 2.6
75 Years & Over 7.200000 6.700000 6.300000 5.900000 5.600000 5.300000 5.200000 5.000000 4.900000 4.700000 4.500000 4.200000 4.000000 3.800000 3.700000 3.600000 3.400000 3.300000 3.200000 3.100000 2.900000 2.800000 2.600000 2.700000 2.600000 2.400000 2.300000 2.200000 1.3 0.8
Sex Ratio Of Elderly Residents (65 Years & Over) 861.000000 859.000000 856.000000 854.000000 850.000000 848.000000 845.000000 838.000000 832.000000 828.000000 823.000000 816.000000 809.000000 802.000000 795.000000 792.000000 795.000000 792.000000 790.000000 792.000000 790.000000 792.000000 791.000000 813.000000 816.000000 818.000000 821.000000 818.000000 820 790
Proportion Of Elderly Residents (65 Years & Over) In Labour Force 32.300000 32.500000 31.500000 32.100000 32.900000 30.100000 28.700000 27.800000 26.800000 26.500000 25.800000 25.200000 23.800000 22.000000 20.400000 17.600000 17.200000 16.100000 14.800000 14.300000 11.400000 10.400000 11.200000 11.500000 11.800000 10.800000 10.600000 14.300000 16.4 17.3
Proportion Of Employed Elderly Residents (65 Years & Over) Among Employed Residents (15 Years & Over) 10.900000 10.500000 9.200000 8.800000 8.700000 7.900000 7.200000 6.600000 6.500000 5.900000 5.400000 5.500000 4.700000 4.100000 3.700000 3.000000 3.100000 2.700000 2.600000 2.500000 1.900000 1.800000 1.900000 1.800000 1.800000 1.600000 1.500000 1.800000 1.8 1.9
Life Expectancy At Age 65 Years 21.600000 21.400000 20.900000 20.700000 20.900000 21.300000 21.400000 21.200000 21.000000 20.800000 20.800000 20.600000 20.400000 20.200000 20.000000 19.800000 19.600000 19.300000 19.000000 18.900000 18.700000 18.400000 18.000000 17.300000 17.100000 16.900000 16.000000 15.700000 14 8.4
Death Rate Of Elderly Residents 26.500000 27.300000 29.000000 30.600000 28.900000 26.700000 27.000000 27.900000 28.800000 28.700000 29.900000 31.000000 31.700000 32.300000 33.800000 34.100000 33.900000 35.400000 36.700000 36.000000 37.400000 38.400000 41.600000 39.900000 40.000000 42.300000 48.100000 47.400000 55.1 63.2
Heart & Hypertensive Diseases 6.600000 6.600000 7.000000 7.600000 7.200000 6.600000 6.100000 6.200000 6.600000 6.400000 6.600000 6.400000 6.400000 6.500000 9.100000 8.100000 8.200000 8.800000 9.300000 8.900000 8.700000 9.600000 11.300000 10.300000 11.400000 11.600000 12.200000 13.200000 14.2 11.3
Cancer (Malignant Neoplasms) 6.600000 6.700000 6.600000 6.600000 7.000000 7.000000 7.000000 7.300000 7.500000 7.700000 8.100000 8.200000 8.600000 8.700000 7.300000 8.700000 9.000000 9.400000 9.300000 9.200000 8.800000 9.300000 9.600000 10.000000 10.200000 10.600000 11.000000 10.400000 10.9 7.8
Number Of Elderly Residents (65 Years & Over) Who Are Living In One-Person Household 88400.000000 87200.000000 78100.000000 78600.000000 64500.000000 63800.000000 67600.000000 58200.000000 53800.000000 47400.000000 41200.000000 42100.000000 35200.000000 31200.000000 29500.000000 27900.000000 25900.000000 23900.000000 27200.000000 23400.000000 20000.000000 21000.000000 21100.000000 18400.000000 13500.000000 14500.000000 8400.000000 6600.000000 na na
65 - 69 Years 28800.000000 30000.000000 26100.000000 29400.000000 24600.000000 22900.000000 23500.000000 20700.000000 19000.000000 19000.000000 12300.000000 14900.000000 12100.000000 8700.000000 7300.000000 8300.000000 8000.000000 8000.000000 8800.000000 7400.000000 6800.000000 7700.000000 6600.000000 6300.000000 4700.000000 5000.000000 3000.000000 2100.000000 na na
70 - 74 Years 25100.000000 25000.000000 22400.000000 23100.000000 20800.000000 18500.000000 18900.000000 14700.000000 13500.000000 9200.000000 10100.000000 11600.000000 9700.000000 9600.000000 9400.000000 8100.000000 8000.000000 7300.000000 7700.000000 7400.000000 5500.000000 6500.000000 6200.000000 5200.000000 4100.000000 4300.000000 2000.000000 1800.000000 na na
75 - 79 Years 17500.000000 17600.000000 15000.000000 13300.000000 9600.000000 10600.000000 13300.000000 11100.000000 11500.000000 10800.000000 10300.000000 8900.000000 6600.000000 6000.000000 6100.000000 6000.000000 5200.000000 4100.000000 5300.000000 4700.000000 4000.000000 3400.000000 4500.000000 4100.000000 2900.000000 2600.000000 1600.000000 1500.000000 na na
80 - 84 Years 10700.000000 9000.000000 9100.000000 9000.000000 6600.000000 7400.000000 8600.000000 7900.000000 6100.000000 5600.000000 5100.000000 4000.000000 5000.000000 4500.000000 4400.000000 3600.000000 3200.000000 2900.000000 3500.000000 2800.000000 2200.000000 2100.000000 2500.000000 1800.000000 1300.000000 1500.000000 1000.000000 800.000000 na na
85 Years & Over 6200.000000 5600.000000 5600.000000 3700.000000 3000.000000 4400.000000 3300.000000 3700.000000 3700.000000 2800.000000 3300.000000 2700.000000 1800.000000 2500.000000 2300.000000 1900.000000 1400.000000 1700.000000 1800.000000 1200.000000 1400.000000 1300.000000 1200.000000 1000.000000 500.000000 1100.000000 700.000000 300.000000 na na
Proportion Of Elderly Residents (65 Years & Over) In Resident Households Who Are Living In One-Person Household 11.500000 11.400000 11.000000 11.500000 9.800000 10.200000 11.200000 10.500000 10.000000 9.600000 8.900000 9.000000 8.500000 8.000000 8.000000 8.200000 7.500000 7.500000 8.600000 7.500000 7.100000 7.500000 7.700000 7.300000 5.700000 6.300000 4.300000 4.100000 na na
65 - 69 Years 10.700000 10.700000 9.800000 11.200000 9.600000 9.900000 10.000000 9.800000 9.100000 9.400000 6.700000 8.300000 8.000000 6.400000 5.900000 7.400000 6.800000 6.900000 7.600000 6.400000 6.700000 7.400000 6.500000 6.900000 5.500000 5.800000 3.900000 3.600000 na na
70 - 74 Years 11.800000 11.900000 11.600000 12.000000 10.900000 10.600000 12.300000 10.700000 10.900000 8.900000 9.600000 10.200000 9.000000 9.000000 8.800000 8.600000 8.100000 8.200000 9.100000 8.800000 7.200000 8.400000 8.400000 7.200000 6.200000 6.700000 4.000000 4.100000 na na
75 - 79 Years 12.100000 12.900000 12.700000 13.100000 11.100000 11.300000 13.100000 11.400000 11.600000 11.800000 12.100000 10.600000 9.200000 9.100000 9.200000 9.100000 8.600000 7.300000 9.800000 8.200000 7.600000 7.000000 9.000000 9.100000 6.900000 6.600000 4.800000 4.600000 na na
80 - 84 Years 14.800000 11.600000 12.500000 12.300000 9.400000 10.900000 13.200000 13.500000 10.400000 10.400000 10.300000 7.800000 10.100000 9.300000 10.200000 8.900000 8.100000 7.900000 9.700000 8.800000 7.800000 7.500000 9.100000 7.300000 5.100000 6.700000 5.000000 4.800000 na na
85 Years & Over 8.900000 8.800000 9.300000 7.000000 5.300000 7.700000 6.800000 7.400000 8.000000 6.600000 8.600000 7.000000 5.400000 7.700000 7.600000 6.700000 5.500000 7.300000 7.300000 5.000000 6.700000 6.500000 5.800000 5.500000 2.700000 6.500000 5.200000 3.900000 na na
Number Of Elderly Residents (65 Years & Over) In Resident Households Who Are Living With Elderly Persons (65 Years & Over) Only 179700.000000 171600.000000 153200.000000 131600.000000 146000.000000 130200.000000 145900.000000 120000.000000 113400.000000 96500.000000 83700.000000 87700.000000 73700.000000 70300.000000 61700.000000 49000.000000 53400.000000 50000.000000 46400.000000 51200.000000 33700.000000 38600.000000 35800.000000 29600.000000 24100.000000 21300.000000 13600.000000 7900.000000 na na
65 - 69 Years 49100.000000 52500.000000 49900.000000 41800.000000 49000.000000 43700.000000 53200.000000 44400.000000 43900.000000 37700.000000 33100.000000 30500.000000 23800.000000 22000.000000 18900.000000 15200.000000 17100.000000 17400.000000 16700.000000 19500.000000 12300.000000 13400.000000 13200.000000 11400.000000 9000.000000 7700.000000 4400.000000 2300.000000 na na
70 - 74 Years 61900.000000 60400.000000 52800.000000 46600.000000 54300.000000 47300.000000 46500.000000 36700.000000 31400.000000 26000.000000 23600.000000 25900.000000 22500.000000 24100.000000 22800.000000 17200.000000 19500.000000 17000.000000 14200.000000 16000.000000 10700.000000 12700.000000 11100.000000 9100.000000 7500.000000 6700.000000 4000.000000 2300.000000 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
1995 Numeric No
1990 Numeric No
1980 Text No
1970 Text No