Urban agglomeration
5.8M
Growth (20 yrs)
+55%
City fertility
0.97
Foreign-born / foreign
31.9%
Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2018
| Year | Population | Change | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,016,426 | — | Estimate |
| 1960 | 1,633,086 | +61% | Estimate |
| 1970 | 2,072,290 | +27% | Estimate |
| 1980 |
Source: Singapore DOS / NPTD Population in Brief
Ages 0–14
14.5%
Ages 15–64
70.8%
Ages 65+
14.7%
Foreign-born / foreign
31.9%
Age structure source: Singapore DOS, Census of Population 2020 — resident age structure.
Overseas-born as % of resident population (citizens + PRs). Source: Singapore DOS, Census of Population 2020.
Coordinates 1.35, 103.82 · map tiles © OpenStreetMap / CARTO
Source: World Bank
Source: World Bank
| 2,411,700 |
| +16% |
| Estimate |
| 1985 | 2,705,535 | +12% | Estimate |
| 1990 | 3,012,953 | +11% | Estimate |
| 2000 | 3,913,960 | +30% | Estimate |
| 2010 | 5,074,252 | +30% | Estimate |
| 2015 | 5,535,262 | +9% | Estimate |
| 2018 | 5,791,901 | +5% | Estimate |
| 2025 | 6,157,267 | +6% | UN projection |
| 2035 | 6,479,855 | +5% | UN projection |
Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2018. Values are for the urban agglomeration, not the administrative city boundary.
Since 1990, Singapore’s urban agglomeration grew from 3M to 5.8M (+92%). The UN projects 6.5M by 2035.
Estimates run through 2018; later years are UN projections. Source: UN World Urbanization Prospects 2018.
