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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Age Group, Religion and Sex (Census of Population 2000)

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Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 13 records. Fields include Number, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (31 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-16.

Description

Census of Population 2000 table from the Singapore Department of Statistics counting residents aged 15 and over by age group, religion, and sex. Columns cover no religion, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism, Catholic and other Christian denominations, and other religions, each with male, female, and total counts. Sociologists of religion and demographers use the table as a benchmark for how religious affiliation was distributed across age cohorts in Singapore at the turn of the century. Adapted from SingStat TableBuilder CT/6354.

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/6354

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Rows
13
Columns
31

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number (Total) Total (Total) Males (Total) Females (No Religion) Total (No Religion) Males (No Religion) Females (Buddhism) Total (Buddhism) Males (Buddhism) Females (Taoism*) Total (Taoism*) Males
Total 2494630.000000 1229758.000000 1264872.000000 370094.000000 197926.000000 172168.000000 1060662.000000 521253.000000 539409.000000 212344.000000 107077.000000
15 - 19 211495.000000 110257.000000 101239.000000 36122.000000 19115.000000 17007.000000 77322.000000 40929.000000 36393.000000 18569.000000 9842.000000
20 - 24 201301.000000 101775.000000 99526.000000 35141.000000 17861.000000 17280.000000 83069.000000 42682.000000 40387.000000 15936.000000 8637.000000
25 - 29 256733.000000 122950.000000 133783.000000 47055.000000 22304.000000 24751.000000 104383.000000 51764.000000 52619.000000 15089.000000 8064.000000
30 - 34 280379.000000 136475.000000 143904.000000 50342.000000 24876.000000 25465.000000 111625.000000 54975.000000 56649.000000 14947.000000 7764.000000
35 - 39 311100.000000 156479.000000 154622.000000 48710.000000 25854.000000 22856.000000 125991.000000 64007.000000 61985.000000 19046.000000 10093.000000
40 - 44 304735.000000 153014.000000 151720.000000 43512.000000 23398.000000 20114.000000 129682.000000 66179.000000 63503.000000 23717.000000 12092.000000
45 - 49 256906.000000 128741.000000 128165.000000 36010.000000 20015.000000 15995.000000 114815.000000 57543.000000 57272.000000 23605.000000 12268.000000
50 - 54 204939.000000 102467.000000 102472.000000 27248.000000 16191.000000 11057.000000 92528.000000 45731.000000 46798.000000 22139.000000 11234.000000
55 - 59 125039.000000 61937.000000 63102.000000 15083.000000 9213.000000 5870.000000 59494.000000 28405.000000 31088.000000 15487.000000 7796.000000

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Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
(Total) Total Numeric No
(Total) Males Numeric No
(Total) Females Numeric No
(No Religion) Total Numeric No
(No Religion) Males Numeric No
(No Religion) Females Numeric No
(Buddhism) Total Numeric No
(Buddhism) Males Numeric No
(Buddhism) Females Numeric No
(Taoism*) Total Numeric No
(Taoism*) Males Numeric No
(Taoism*) Females Numeric No
(Islam) Total Numeric No
(Islam) Males Numeric No
(Islam) Females Numeric No
(Hinduism) Total Numeric No
(Hinduism) Males Numeric No
(Hinduism) Females Numeric No
(Sikhism) Total Numeric No
(Sikhism) Males Numeric No
(Sikhism) Females Numeric No
(Christianity - Catholic) Total Numeric No
(Christianity - Catholic) Males Numeric No
(Christianity - Catholic) Females Numeric No
(Christianity - Other Christians) Total Numeric No
(Christianity - Other Christians) Males Numeric No
(Christianity - Other Christians) Females Numeric No
(Other Religions) Total Numeric No
(Other Religions) Males Numeric No
(Other Religions) Females Numeric No