Population and Gender Profile

Singapore is a multiracial and multicultural country with ethnic Chinese

leading the population which consists 76.2%, followed by the Malays which
consists 15.0%, and lastly, ethnic Indians 7.4% of the total citizen
population. Since independence, the demographics of Singapore have
been broadly organized under the CMIO (Chinese-Malay-Indian-Other)
system of categorization. Chinese Singaporeans make up the majority of
the population while there are also some Euro-asians. The Malays, on the
other hand, are recognized as the indigenous people in the Population.

As shown in the following figure, in 2018, the total population of the

Republic of Singapore is 5,638,676. The male population comprise of
2,951,389, while the female population comprise of 2,687,287.

Figure # Population of the Republic of Singapore by Gender

Source: The World Bank

As shown in the figure below, the population of the Republic of Singapore

has been increasing since 1960 to 2018. However, the country is not
experiencing any trend on its population growth rate. Since the population is
not highly dominated by natives, it is easily influenced by the inflow and
outflow of foreigners. In 1960, the population growth rate of the country was
3.66%, however the annual population growth rate went down in 1980, went
back up on 1990, slowly went down on 2017 and it rose again in 2018 to
0.47%.

Figure # Total Population and Annual Growth Rate of the

Republic of Singapore
Source: The World Bank

Population can further be subdivided into three groups, namely population

from ages 0-14, population from ages 15-64, and population from ages 65
and above. According from the figure below, there is a general increasing
trend and leveling off in year 2010 and onwards for the percentage of
population that belongs to ages 15-42 and ages 65 and above. On the other
hand, there is a decreasing trend of percentage of population that belongs to
ages 0-14. In 1960, 43.23%,54.73% and 2.04% of the total population belong
to the 0-14, 15-64, and 65 and above age group, respectively. However, in
2018, 12.28%, 76.26% and 11.46% of the total population belong to the 0-14,
15-64, and 65 and above age group, respectively.

Figure # Percentage of Population according to age group of the

Republic of Singapore

Source: The World Bank