🇸🇬Singapore

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Population

6.1M

1.2%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

0.97

births/woman

Life Expectancy

83.3y

GDP / capita

$98.8K

Pop. Growth

1.22%

Net Migration

16.9K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Singapore by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇲🇾Malaysia1.6M(57.6%)

+43%

🇨🇳China533.7K(19.8%)

+11%

🇮🇳

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male3.2MTotal 6.1M3MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

Population pyramid by ethnicity

Modeled age structure by ethnic group — younger cohorts blend toward the composition of births, so diaspora & minority groups skew young

ChineseMalayIndianOther

Source: birthrate.io model (census + births composition)

Ethnic composition over time

Share of total population by ethnic / racial group

ChineseMalayIndianOther

Source: National census

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.1

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

89.0%

of households · 2020

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

Where the Singapore diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Singapore who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇲🇾Malaysia79.9K(29.9%)

+16%

🇦🇺Australia68.1K(25.4%)

+27%

🇬🇧United Kingdom45.9K(17.2%)

+9%

🇧🇩Bangladesh12.9K(4.8%)

+39%

🇨🇦Canada12.9K(4.8%)

+9%

🇭🇰Hong Kong SAR, China10.7K(4.0%)

+10%

🇨🇳China9.1K(3.4%)

−24%

🇳🇿New Zealand7.8K(2.9%)

+50%

🇮🇳India5.6K(2.1%)

−17%

🇯🇵Japan3.5K(1.3%)

+39%

🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam1.8K(0.7%)

+19%

🇮🇩Indonesia1.7K(0.7%)

−18%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024