Resident Population Aged 5 Years and Over by Language Most / Second Most Frequently Spoken at Home, Place of Birth and Sex (Census of Population 2020)
What this data shows
Published by Singapore Department of Statistics. 39 records. Fields include Number, (Total) Total, (Total) Males, (Total) Females (25 columns in total). Last updated 2026-09-05.
Description
Census 2020 tabulates residents aged 5 and over by language most or second most frequently spoken at home, place of birth, and sex, excluding persons unable to speak and certain household types. Supports language policy, integration, and home-language shift research in Singapore.
Official description
Source: SINGAPORE DEPARTMENT OF STATISTICS Data Last Updated: 16/06/2021 Update Frequency: 10 years Survey period: Census of Population 2020 Footnotes: Note: Data exclude persons who were unable to speak, and those in one-person households and households comprising only unrelated persons. Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/CT/17446
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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 | (Singapore) Total | (Singapore) Males | (Singapore) Females | (Malaysia) Total | (Malaysia) Males | (Malaysia) Females | (Mainland China) Total | (Mainland China) Males |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 3596284.000000 | 1750789.000000 | 1845495.000000 | 2778200.000000 | 1404592.000000 | 1373608.000000 | 375580.000000 | 161061.000000 | 214519.000000 | 156375 | 58658 |
| English | 1735242.000000 | 863020.000000 | 872222.000000 | 1463133.000000 | 736031.000000 | 727102.000000 | 109822.000000 | 52456.000000 | 57367.000000 | 15685 | 6002 |
| English Only | 229429.000000 | 124022.000000 | 105406.000000 | 183332.000000 | 100661.000000 | 82672.000000 | 14420.000000 | 7346.000000 | 7073.000000 | 1102 | 341 |
| English & Mandarin | 973515.000000 | 479517.000000 | 493998.000000 | 871236.000000 | 433640.000000 | 437595.000000 | 64417.000000 | 30160.000000 | 34257.000000 | 13814 | 5313 |
| English & Chinese Dialect | 125507.000000 | 63830.000000 | 61676.000000 | 100628.000000 | 51730.000000 | 48898.000000 | 18259.000000 | 8949.000000 | 9310.000000 | 720 | 337 |
| English & Malay | 233779.000000 | 112825.000000 | 120954.000000 | 217433.000000 | 105746.000000 | 111686.000000 | 6495.000000 | 3029.000000 | 3466.000000 | - | - |
| English & Tamil | 88059.000000 | 43109.000000 | 44950.000000 | 66869.000000 | 32372.000000 | 34497.000000 | 4690.000000 | 2284.000000 | 2407.000000 | - | - |
| English & Other Indian Language | 44949.000000 | 21581.000000 | 23369.000000 | 15188.000000 | 7487.000000 | 7701.000000 | 1205.000000 | 475.000000 | 730.000000 | - | - |
| English & Other Language | 40004.000000 | 18135.000000 | 21869.000000 | 8448.000000 | 4395.000000 | 4053.000000 | 337.000000 | 212.000000 | 125.000000 | 49 | 10 |
| Mandarin1/ | 1075172.000000 | 508837.000000 | 566335.000000 | 721790.000000 | 372172.000000 | 349617.000000 | 203374.000000 | 84690.000000 | 118683.000000 | 122464 | 45296 |
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Columns
| Column | Type | Categorical |
|---|---|---|
| Number | Text | No |
| (Total) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Total) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Singapore) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Singapore) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Singapore) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Malaysia) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Malaysia) Males | Numeric | No |
| (Malaysia) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Mainland China) Total | Text | No |
| (Mainland China) Males | Text | No |
| (Mainland China) Females | Text | No |
| (India) Total | Text | No |
| (India) Males | Text | No |
| (India) Females | Text | No |
| (Indonesia) Total | Text | No |
| (Indonesia) Males | Text | No |
| (Indonesia) Females | Text | No |
| (Other Asian Countries / Regions) Total | Numeric | No |
| (Other Asian Countries / Regions) Males | Text | No |
| (Other Asian Countries / Regions) Females | Numeric | No |
| (Others) Total | Text | No |
| (Others) Males | Text | No |
| (Others) Females | Text | No |