Demographics of Singapore

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Singapore is projected at 5.90 million, up by 0.79% compared with 5.85 million in 2020. Singapore is ranked 114th in terms of population and 133rd in terms of population growth rate.

There are 49.88 thousand births in Singapore in 2021. That is 137 per day, which is ranked 137th. The crude birth rate is 8.45 per 1000 people. There are 29.11 thousand deaths in Singapore in 2021. That is 80 per day, which is ranked 131st. The crude death rate is 4.93 per 1000 people.

5.99 million people are living in urban areas, which is 100% of Singapore population. Singapore is ranked 1st in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Singapore in 2021 is 109.82 males per 100 females. There are 3.09 million males and 2.81 million females in Singapore. The percentage of female population is 47.66% compare to 52.34% male population. Singapore has 0.28 million more males than females. Singapore is at 191st position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Singapore population

Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	1,022,095	-
1955	1,305,103	5.28
1960	1,633,133	3.88
1965	1,877,826	2.36
1970	2,072,284	1.86
1975	2,259,721	1.5
1980	2,411,690	1.65
1985	2,705,537	2.31
1990	3,012,968	2.58
1995	3,525,964	3.23
2000	4,028,872	1.87
2005	4,265,693	2.12
2010	5,131,170	3.31
2015	5,592,143	1.2
2016	5,653,625	1.1
2017	5,708,042	0.96
2018	5,757,503	0.87
2019	5,804,343	0.81
2020	5,850,343	0.79
2021	5,896,684	0.79

Total
Crude

Singapore death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	10,588	47,900	10.03	46.79
1955	10,337	59,889	7.85	45.11
1960	9,896	61,759	6.10	38.19
1965	10,321	54,250	5.49	28.94
1970	11,264	48,797	5.43	23.42
1975	11,803	43,210	5.25	19.25
1980	12,129	40,366	4.98	16.53
1985	12,747	46,972	4.72	17.41
1990	13,468	54,744	4.43	17.91
1995	15,864	56,485	4.48	16.06
2000	18,237	50,293	4.61	12.68
2005	18,280	46,545	4.16	10.56
2010	20,240	49,353	4.00	9.77
2015	23,691	50,855	4.25	9.12
2020	27,953	49,976	4.78	8.53
2021	29,105	49,878	4.93	8.45

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Singapore

Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	1,016,426	5,670	-	99.445
1955	1,305,091	0	5.28	100.000
1960	1,633,086	0	3.88	100.000
1965	1,877,808	0	2.36	100.000
1970	2,072,290	0	1.86	100.000
1975	2,259,748	0	1.50	100.000
1980	2,411,700	0	1.65	100.000
1985	2,705,535	0	2.33	100.000
1990	3,012,953	0	2.47	100.000
1995	3,478,779	0	2.76	100.000
2000	3,913,960	0	2.50	100.000
2005	4,491,042	0	2.77	100.000
2010	5,074,252	0	2.19	100.000
2015	5,535,262	0	1.60	100.000
2020	5,935,053	0	1.14	100.000
2021	5,991,801	0	0.96	100.000

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Singapore population by Age Group (2011)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	140,572	130,008	270,580	4.59	108.126
05-09	115,085	107,739	222,824	3.78	106.818
10-14	122,276	116,285	238,561	4.05	105.152
15-19	130,868	124,895	255,763	4.34	104.782
20-24	208,137	171,386	379,523	6.44	121.443
25-29	240,037	196,710	436,747	7.41	122.026
30-34	232,680	202,815	435,495	7.39	114.725
35-39	236,690	221,477	458,167	7.77	106.869
40-44	243,301	227,358	470,659	7.98	107.012
45-49	258,565	232,356	490,921	8.33	111.280
50-54	248,680	219,171	467,851	7.93	113.464
55-59	257,621	219,291	476,912	8.09	117.479
60-64	242,985	208,507	451,492	7.66	116.536
65-69	201,109	175,243	376,352	6.38	114.760
70-74	105,099	111,082	216,181	3.67	94.614
75-79	47,802	59,747	107,549	1.82	80.007
80-84	31,017	42,797	73,814	1.25	72.475
85-89	16,319	26,828	43,147	0.73	60.828
90-94	6,051	12,523	18,574	0.31	48.319
95-99	1,316	3,473	4,789	0.08	37.892
100+	160	623	783	0.01	25.682
Total	3,086,370	2,810,314	5,896,684		109.823