Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over Born Outside Singapore by Religion, Year of First Arrival and Sex (Census of Population 2000)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 12 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 who were born outside Singapore, cross-tabulated by religion, year of first arrival, and sex. Arrival cohorts run from before 1941 through 1941 to 1950 and onwards to 1991 to 2000. Migration and religion researchers use the CSV to trace how the religious profile of the foreign-born resident population shifted across arrival waves. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/6361.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 06/10/2015 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2000 Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/6361
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- Rows
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- Columns
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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 | 51609.000000 | 23523.000000 | 28086.000000 | 60733.000000 | 30176.000000 | 30557.000000 | 81488.000000 | 38431.000000 |
| No Religion | 84683.000000 | 43632.000000 | 41052.000000 | 4831.000000 | 3167.000000 | 1665.000000 | 6390.000000 | 4062.000000 | 2328.000000 | 8820.000000 | 5146.000000 |
| With Religion | 440242.000000 | 187312.000000 | 252931.000000 | 46778.000000 | 20356.000000 | 26422.000000 | 54343.000000 | 26114.000000 | 28230.000000 | 72667.000000 | 33285.000000 |
| Buddhism | 224662.000000 | 90769.000000 | 133893.000000 | 26497.000000 | 10892.000000 | 15605.000000 | 26402.000000 | 12081.000000 | 14321.000000 | 32815.000000 | 13916.000000 |
| Taoism/Chinese Traditional Beliefs | 41132.000000 | 16832.000000 | 24300.000000 | 7707.000000 | 3469.000000 | 4237.000000 | 6516.000000 | 3129.000000 | 3387.000000 | 8233.000000 | 3519.000000 |
| Islam | 50571.000000 | 24628.000000 | 25943.000000 | 4070.000000 | 2308.000000 | 1762.000000 | 9435.000000 | 5343.000000 | 4092.000000 | 14356.000000 | 7929.000000 |
| Hinduism | 40185.000000 | 20422.000000 | 19763.000000 | 1791.000000 | 1105.000000 | 685.000000 | 3388.000000 | 1847.000000 | 1541.000000 | 6593.000000 | 3780.000000 |
| Sikhism | 3409.000000 | 1182.000000 | 2227.000000 | 191.000000 | 91.000000 | 100.000000 | 514.000000 | 197.000000 | 317.000000 | 886.000000 | 368.000000 |
| Christianity | 78638.000000 | 32681.000000 | 45957.000000 | 6354.000000 | 2394.000000 | 3960.000000 | 7934.000000 | 3415.000000 | 4519.000000 | 9571.000000 | 3683.000000 |
| Catholic | 25941.000000 | 10765.000000 | 15176.000000 | 1995.000000 | 770.000000 | 1225.000000 | 2744.000000 | 1222.000000 | 1521.000000 | 3519.000000 | 1432.000000 |
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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 | Numeric | No |
| (Before 1941) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Before 1941) Females | Numeric | No |
| (1941 - 1950) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1941 - 1950) Males | Numeric | No |
| (1941 - 1950) Females | Numeric | No |
| (1951 - 1960) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1951 - 1960) Males | Numeric | No |
| (1951 - 1960) Females | Numeric | No |
| (1961 - 1970) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1961 - 1970) Males | Numeric | No |
| (1961 - 1970) Females | Numeric | No |
| (1971 - 1980) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1971 - 1980) Males | Numeric | No |
| (1971 - 1980) Females | Numeric | No |
| (1981 - 1990) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1981 - 1990) Males | Numeric | No |
| (1981 - 1990) Females | Numeric | No |
| (1991 - 2000) Total | Numeric | No |
| (1991 - 2000) Males | Numeric | No |
| (1991 - 2000) Females | Numeric | No |