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Resident Population Aged 15 Years and Over by Language Literate In, Marital Status and Sex (Census of Population 2020)

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Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 19 records. Fields include Number, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (16 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-05.

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Census of Population 2020 tabulation of resident population aged 15 and over by language literate in, marital status, and sex, published by the Singapore Department of Statistics in CSV. Supports multilingual literacy profiling, marriage and language links, and demographic research from the 2020 census cycle.

Official description

Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17427

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19
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16

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Values are summed where multiple rows share the same category.

Data

Number (Total) Total (Total) Males (Total) Females (Single) Total (Single) Males (Single) Females (Married) Total (Married) Males (Married) Females (Widowed) Total (Widowed) Males
Total 3459093.000000 1663560.000000 1795534.000000 1090666.000000 553216.000000 537450.000000 2035393.000000 1023279.000000 1012114.000000 183224.000000 32207.000000
Not Literate 99212.000000 24257.000000 74955.000000 13717.000000 7713.000000 6004.000000 39103.000000 12611.000000 26492.000000 41514.000000 2556.000000
Literate 3359881.000000 1639303.000000 1720578.000000 1076949.000000 545503.000000 531446.000000 1996290.000000 1010668.000000 985622.000000 141709.000000 29651.000000
One Language Only 862098.000000 410814.000000 451284.000000 159950.000000 94164.000000 65786.000000 564224.000000 281926.000000 282298.000000 92756.000000 17167.000000
English Only 362469.000000 205371.000000 157098.000000 113182.000000 67549.000000 45633.000000 215082.000000 125960.000000 89122.000000 15973.000000 3696.000000
Chinese Only 438279.000000 187365.000000 250914.000000 42535.000000 24348.000000 18187.000000 309859.000000 142766.000000 167093.000000 62616.000000 11756.000000
Malay Only 45753.000000 15131.000000 30621.000000 3565.000000 1966.000000 1599.000000 28557.000000 10884.000000 17673.000000 10590.000000 1516.000000
Tamil Only 9600.000000 2325.000000 7275.000000 448.000000 191.000000 257.000000 5873.000000 1868.000000 4005.000000 2905.000000 174.000000
Non-Official Language Only 5998.000000 622.000000 5376.000000 219.000000 109.000000 111.000000 4853.000000 447.000000 4406.000000 672.000000 24.000000
Two Languages Only 2259548.000000 1117708.000000 1141840.000000 845787.000000 423290.000000 422497.000000 1276431.000000 649489.000000 626942.000000 44615.000000 11268.000000

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Columns

Column Type Categorical
Number Text No
(Total) Total Numeric No
(Total) Males Numeric No
(Total) Females Numeric No
(Single) Total Numeric No
(Single) Males Numeric No
(Single) Females Numeric No
(Married) Total Numeric No
(Married) Males Numeric No
(Married) Females Numeric No
(Widowed) Total Numeric No
(Widowed) Males Numeric No
(Widowed) Females Numeric No
(Divorced / Separated) Total Numeric No
(Divorced / Separated) Males Numeric No
(Divorced / Separated) Females Numeric No