Demographics of Singapore

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date26 Mar 2024

There are 3.16 million males and 2.89 million females in Singapore. The percentage of the female population is 47.78%, compared to 52.22% of the male population. Singapore has 269k more males than females. The sex ratio in Singapore in 2024 will be 109.295 males per 100 females. Singapore has the 17th-lowest female-to-male ratio in the world.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Singapore population

Year Population Growth (%)
19501,006,7013.96
19551,267,6114.96
19601,601,0793.64
19651,860,6512.56
19702,061,8311.65
19752,232,4251.28
19802,400,7291.97
19852,685,9942.34
19903,022,2092.93
19953,543,8753.00
20004,053,6021.91
20054,344,6372.46
20105,163,5902.62
20155,650,0181.23
20205,909,8690.55
20215,941,0600.50
20225,975,6890.66
20236,014,7230.64
20246,052,7090.62
  • Total
  • Crude

Singapore death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195015,50345,07015.45944.944
195511,29460,0598.95647.629
19609,60666,2006.00541.382
19659,30256,4855.00130.367
197010,55044,0135.11721.348
197510,95838,4574.91217.240
198012,31842,1375.14817.610
198512,92744,5054.84216.670
199014,57258,7934.85219.574
199517,41656,2784.96116.030
200016,39254,4114.06013.477
200517,71044,1824.11310.261
201020,52846,6014.0179.118
201523,53351,8914.1789.212
202029,99241,3755.0887.019
202131,86242,2155.3727.117
202229,75442,3334.9917.100
202331,06042,5605.1767.092
202432,41842,8925.3687.102
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Singapore

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
19501,016,4265,67099.445
19551,305,0910100.000
19601,633,0860100.000
19651,877,8080100.000
19702,072,2900100.000
19752,259,7480100.000
19802,411,7000100.000
19852,705,5350100.000
19903,012,9530100.000
19953,478,7790100.000
20003,913,9600100.000
20054,491,0420100.000
20105,074,2520100.000
20155,535,2620100.000
20205,935,0530100.000
20215,991,8010100.000
20226,039,5770100.000
20236,080,8590100.000
20246,119,2030100.000
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Singapore population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 113,941 107,416 221,357 3.66 106.075
05-09 130,097 121,133 251,231 4.15 107.400
10-14 117,005 110,444 227,449 3.76 105.941
15-19 128,408 123,725 252,132 4.17 103.785
20-24 162,512 146,666 309,178 5.11 110.804
25-29 243,607 196,929 440,535 7.28 123.703
30-34 248,386 207,792 456,177 7.54 119.536
35-39 240,881 215,792 456,673 7.54 111.626
40-44 244,257 230,319 474,575 7.84 106.052
45-49 252,113 232,562 484,675 8.01 108.407
50-54 259,435 231,881 491,317 8.12 111.883
55-59 251,106 221,680 472,786 7.81 113.274
60-64 256,664 221,580 478,245 7.90 115.834
65-69 225,899 198,514 424,413 7.01 113.795
70-74 159,665 148,829 308,494 5.10 107.281
75-79 66,626 81,310 147,936 2.44 81.941
80-84 32,669 44,515 77,183 1.28 73.389
85-89 18,914 30,820 49,734 0.82 61.369
90-94 6,694 14,507 21,201 0.35 46.143
95-99 1,671 4,724 6,396 0.11 35.373
100+ 211 809 1,020 0.02 26.082
Total 3,160,761 2,891,947 6,052,707 109.295