Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over Born Outside Singapore by Language Literate In, Year of First Arrival and Sex (Census of Population 2000)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 20 records. Fields include Number, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (25 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-16.
Description
Census of Population 2000 counts of Singapore residents aged 15 and over born outside Singapore by language literate in, year of first arrival, and sex. Migration and literacy researchers study immigrant cohorts and language skills at the 2000 census. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/6559.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 29/10/2015 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2000 Footnotes: For more information, please refer to the publication on 'Singapore Census of Population 2000, Statistical Release 2: 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/6559
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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.
Data
| Number | (Total) Total | (Total) Males | (Total) Females | (Before 1941) Total | (Before 1941) Males | (Before 1941) Females | (1941 - 1950) Total | (1941 - 1950) Males | (1941 - 1950) Females | (1951 - 1960) Total | (1951 - 1960) Males |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 524926.000000 | 230944.000000 | 293982.000000 | 51609 | 23523 | 28086 | 60733 | 30176 | 30557 | 81488.000000 | 38431.000000 |
| Not Literate | 59740.000000 | 9479.000000 | 50260.000000 | 21722 | 4095 | 17627 | 15537 | 2806 | 12731 | 13336.000000 | 1630.000000 |
| Literate | 465186.000000 | 221464.000000 | 243722.000000 | 29887 | 19427 | 10460 | 45196 | 27370 | 17826 | 68152.000000 | 36801.000000 |
| One Language Only | 257620.000000 | 112937.000000 | 144682.000000 | 26090 | 16576 | 9513 | 35498 | 20719 | 14779 | 47039.000000 | 23239.000000 |
| Chinese Only | 174976.000000 | 73838.000000 | 101138.000000 | 21396 | 13806 | 7590 | 24977 | 14664 | 10313 | 31502.000000 | 15051.000000 |
| English Only | 55065.000000 | 28412.000000 | 26653.000000 | 2178 | 1186 | 992 | 5006 | 2828 | 2178 | 7173.000000 | 3969.000000 |
| Malay Only | 14675.000000 | 5337.000000 | 9339.000000 | 1364 | 883 | 481 | 3393 | 1901 | 1492 | 4567.000000 | 1751.000000 |
| Tamil Only | 10564.000000 | 5045.000000 | 5519.000000 | 960 | 640 | 320 | 1892 | 1263 | 629 | 3470.000000 | 2353.000000 |
| Non-Official Language Only | 2339.000000 | 306.000000 | 2034.000000 | 191 | 62 | 129 | 230 | 63 | 167 | 327.000000 | 116.000000 |
| Two Languages Only | 175908.000000 | 91657.000000 | 84251.000000 | 3529 | 2635 | 894 | 9147 | 6272 | 2876 | 19695.000000 | 12549.000000 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Before 1941) Total | Text | No |
| (Before 1941) Males | Text | No |
| (Before 1941) Females | Text | No |
| (1941 - 1950) Total | Text | No |
| (1941 - 1950) Males | Text | No |
| (1941 - 1950) Females | Text | No |
| (1951 - 1960) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1951 - 1960) Males | Numeric | No |
| (1951 - 1960) Females | Text | No |
| (1961 - 1970) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1961 - 1970) Males | Text | No |
| (1961 - 1970) Females | Numeric | No |
| (1971 - 1980) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1971 - 1980) Males | Numeric | No |
| (1971 - 1980) Females | Text | No |
| (1981 - 1990) Total | Text | No |
| (1981 - 1990) Males | Text | No |
| (1981 - 1990) Females | Text | No |
| (1991 - 2000) Total | Text | No |
| (1991 - 2000) Males | Text | No |
| (1991 - 2000) Females | Text | No |