The total population in Singapore was estimated at 6.0 million people in 2024, according to the latest census figures and projections from Trading Economics. This dataset provides - Singapore Population - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

As of June 2025, there were approximately 320,130 residents between the ages of 35 to 39 years old in Singapore, making it the largest age group among its resident population. This reflects the increasingly aging population of Singapore, a significant demographical shift that will have long-lasting socio-economic repercussions. Living longer… The improvements in health care and quality of life has led to Singapore having one of the highest life expectancies in the world. Coupled with one of the lowest fertility rate globally, Singapore society faces a crisis of aging. The average age of its resident population is projected to increase to just under 51 years old by 2050. …and working longer The prospect of an aging population is worrying for a country whose most important resource is its people. The current retirement age of 62 would no longer be tenable when close to half the population is expected to be aged 65 years or older by 2050. There is already a trend of elderly workers re-entering the workforce, be it to keep themselves occupied or to support themselves financially. The share of the population who would be working well into old age looks set to increase in the future, as a majority of Singaporeans have indicated that they were not financially prepared for old age.Singapore is well-known for its emphasis on career and shunning welfare policies; however, there is an urgent need to rethink and overhaul its social security and medical care systems to weather the silver tsunami that is set to engulf the island state.

As of June 2025, there were around 3.11 million ethnic Chinese residents in Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic society, with residents categorized into four main racial groups: Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Others. Each resident is assigned a racial category that follows the paternal side. This categorization would have an impact on both official as well as private matters. Modelling a peaceful, multi-ethnic society The racial categorization used in Singapore stemmed from its colonial past and continues to shape its social policies, from public housing quotas along the ethnic composition in the country to education policies pertaining second language, or ‘mother tongue’, instruction. Despite the emphasis on ethnicity and race, Singapore has managed to maintain a peaceful co-existence among its diverse population. Most Singaporeans across ethnic levels view the level of racial and religious harmony there to be moderately high. The level of acceptance and comfort with having people of other ethnicities in their social lives was also relatively high across the different ethnic groups. Are Singaporeans ready to move away from the CMIO model of ethnic classification? In recent times, however, there has been more open discussion on racism and the relevance of the CMIO (Chinese, Malay, Indian, Others) ethnic model for Singaporean society. The global discourse on racism has brought to attention the latent discrimination felt by the minority ethnic groups in Singapore, such as in the workplace. In 2010, Singapore introduced the option of having a ‘double-barreled’ race classification, reflecting the increasingly diverse and complicated ethnic background of its population. More than a decade later, there have been calls to do away from such racial classifications altogether. However, with social identity and policy deeply entrenched along these lines, it would be a challenge to move beyond race in Singapore.

In 2025, around 3.66 million people living in Singapore were citizens, compared to under 1.91 million who were non-residents. In that year, the total population in Singapore was approximately 6.11 million.

In 2025, the population of Singapore stood at approximately 6.11 million, an increase from the previous year. The total population included both the resident and non-resident population. The resident population of Singapore comprised of both citizens and permanent residents.

This dataset shows the annual population (end June) of Singapore Citizens by Age Group, Ethnic Group And Sex, over the time period of year 1970 to 2022. It excludes the number of Singapore permanent residents (PR).

The original dataset from the source comes in a wide format. This dataset shows the data after it has been transformed to long format.

Source: Singapore Department of Statistics See source URL under Provenance section.

Footnotes Data from 2003 onwards exclude residents who are overseas for a continuous period of 12 months or longer as at the reference period. For more information, please refer to the 'Population Trends' publication (www.singstat.gov.sg/publications/population/population-trends) and the Information Paper on 'Singapore Resident Population, 2003-2007' (www.singstat.gov.sg/-/media/files/publications/population/respop.pdf).

Terms of Use Please see https://www.singstat.gov.sg/terms-of-use .

Use of dataset is subject to the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence (“ODL”). https://data.gov.sg/open-data-licence

Sample of data viz https://public.tableau.com/views/SingaporeCitizenPopulation/Dashboard1?:language=en-US&:display_count=n&:origin=viz_share_link

Actual value and historical data chart for Singapore Population Growth Annual Percent

Context

This dataset is in context of the real world data science work and how the data analyst and data scientist work.

Content

The dataset consists of four columns Year, Level_1(Ethnic group/gender), Level_2(Age group), and population

Acknowledgements

I would sincerely thank GeoIQ for sharing this dataset with me along with tasks. Just having a basic knowledge of Pandas and Numpy and other python data science libraries is not enough. How can you execute tasks and how can you preprocess the data before making any prediction is very important. Most of the datasets in Kaggle are clean and well arranged but this dataset thought me how real world data science and analysis works. Every data science beginner must work on this dataset and try to execute the tasks. It would only give them a good exposer to the real data science world.

Inspiration

1. Identify the largest Ethnic group in Singapore. Their average population growth over the years and what proportion of the total population do they constitute.
2. Identify the largest age group in Singapore. Their average population growth over the years and what proportion of the total population do they constitute.
3. Identify the group (by age, ethnicity and gender) that: a. Has shown the highest growth rate b. Has shown the lowest growth rate c. Has remained the same
4. Plot a graph for population trends

Time series data for the statistic Population growth (annual %) and country Singapore. Indicator Definition:Annual population growth rate for year t is the exponential rate of growth of midyear population from year t-1 to t, expressed as a percentage . Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.The indicator "Population growth (annual %)" stands at 1.99 as of 12/31/2024. Regarding the One-Year-Change of the series, the current value constitutes an decrease of -2.86 compared to the value the year prior.The Serie's long term average value is 2.03. It's latest available value, on 12/31/2024, is -0.0357 lower, compared to it's long term average value.The Serie's change from it's minimum value, on 12/31/2021, to it's latest available value, on 12/31/2024, is +6.16 .The Serie's change from it's maximum value, on 12/31/2008, to it's latest available value, on 12/31/2024, is -3.33 .

Historical dataset showing total population for Singapore by year from 1950 to 2025.

Population density per pixel at 100 metre resolution. WorldPop provides estimates of numbers of people residing in each 100x100m grid cell for every low and middle income country. Through ingegrating cencus, survey, satellite and GIS datasets in a flexible machine-learning framework, high resolution maps of population counts and densities for 2000-2020 are produced, along with accompanying metadata. DATASET: Alpha version 2010 and 2015 estimates of numbers of people per grid square, with national totals adjusted to match UN population division estimates and remaining unadjusted. REGION: Africa SPATIAL RESOLUTION: 0.000833333 decimal degrees (approx 100m at the equator) PROJECTION: Geographic, WGS84 UNITS: Estimated persons per grid square MAPPING APPROACH: Land cover based, as described in: Linard, C., Gilbert, M., Snow, R.W., Noor, A.M. and Tatem, A.J., 2012, Population distribution, settlement patterns and accessibility across Africa in 2010, PLoS ONE, 7(2): e31743. FORMAT: Geotiff (zipped using 7-zip (open access tool): www.7-zip.org) FILENAMES: Example - AGO10adjv4.tif = Angola (AGO) population count map for 2010 (10) adjusted to match UN national estimates (adj), version 4 (v4). Population maps are updated to new versions when improved census or other input data become available.

Actual value and historical data chart for Singapore Population Male Percent Of Total

Dataset from Singapore Department of Statistics. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2276c3554f188c542b565cb45be3f1b9/view

Dataset from Singapore Department of Statistics. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_61ef44ab621ed1ef5592be1ab19b48fe/view

Historical dataset showing Singapore population density by year from 1961 to 2022.

Singapore SG: Population: Male: Ages 55-59: % of Male Population data was reported at 7.981 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 7.887 % for 2016. Singapore SG: Population: Male: Ages 55-59: % of Male Population data is updated yearly, averaging 3.445 % from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2017, with 58 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 7.981 % in 2017 and a record low of 2.685 % in 1960. Singapore SG: Population: Male: Ages 55-59: % of Male Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Singapore – Table SG.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. Male population between the ages 55 to 59 as a percentage of the total male population.; ; World Bank staff estimates based on age/sex distributions of United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects: 2017 Revision.; ;

Historical dataset of population level and growth rate for the Singapore, Singapore metro area from 1950 to 2025.

Dataset from Singapore Department of Statistics. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_d95ae740c0f8961a0b10435836660ce0/view

Singapore Population: Median Age Of Citizen data was reported at 42.000 Year in 2019. This records an increase from the previous number of 41.700 Year for 2018. Singapore Population: Median Age Of Citizen data is updated yearly, averaging 35.950 Year from Jun 1970 (Median) to 2019, with 32 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 42.000 Year in 2019 and a record low of 18.600 Year in 1970. Singapore Population: Median Age Of Citizen data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Department of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Singapore – Table SG.G001: Population: Statistics.

Dataset from Singapore Department of Statistics. For more information, visit https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_ad4a8ccbdab03d16c486a9ee6988289d/view