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Singapore population: how many people, and who they are
Singapore had 6,208,523 people in June 2026: 3,684,888 citizens, 546,636 PRs and 1,976,999 non-residents. See who counts, and why sites differ.
Total population, June 2026
6,208,523
Up 97,348 in a year (1.6%)
Everyone who lives here: citizens, PRs and foreigners working, studying or living here. Tourists aren’t counted.
Citizens and PRs, June 2026
4,231,524
Up 27,009 in a year (0.6%)
SingStat calls these residents. That leaves 1,976,999 non-residents.
See where you fit in these numbers
In short
Singapore had 6,208,523 people at the end of June 2026. 3,684,888 are citizens (59.4%), 546,636 are permanent residents and 1,976,999 are non-residents (31.8%). The total rose by 97,348 in a year, and 70,339 of that was non-residents. Some other sites show a different figure because they use UN projections, not the official count. Why they differ
Who counts in the population
The official total has two parts: residents and non-residents. The two are easy to mix up.
| Group | People | Share | In a year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens | 3,684,888 | 59.4% | +24,205 |
| Permanent residents | 546,636 | 8.8% | +2,804 |
| Residents (the two above) | 4,231,524 | 68.2% | +27,009 |
| Non-residents | 1,976,999 | 31.8% | +70,339 |
| Total population | 6,208,523 | 100.0% | +97,348 |
SingStat, end-June 2026. The shares and changes are our sums.
Two words catch people out. Resident means citizen or PR, not “someone who lives here”. Non-resident means a foreigner living here without PR, not a visitor. So “foreigners” can mean 1,976,999 non-residents, or 2,523,635 people (40.6%) if PRs who aren’t citizens are counted too.
Why websites show different populations
| Who | People | As at |
|---|---|---|
| SingStat, the official count | 6,208,523 | End-June 2026 |
| Worldometer, from UN projections | 5,905,748 | 1 July 2026 |
Worldometer read on 7 Nov 2026. The gap is 302,775 people.
The official figure comes from government records, counted each June. Worldometer credits the UN’s World Population Prospects, 2024 Revision, which is a projection for every country made from older data. So search results can show several populations for the same month, and sites that run a ticking counter are showing an estimate of that projection. Nobody counts Singapore’s population daily: the official number comes once a year.
The official total also has a rule worth knowing. Citizens and PRs with a registered foreign address, or who were away for 12 months or more in a row before June, aren’t in it. Overseas citizens have a figure of their own.
What changed this year
Non-residents made up 72% of the 97,348 rise. The government’s Population in Brief says most of it was Work Permit holders in construction, on jobs such as Changi Terminal 5, the Marina Bay Sands expansion, housing and transport, followed by migrant domestic workers.
| Year | Total | Citizens | PRs | Non-res. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +97,348 | +24,205 | +2,804 | +70,339 |
| 2025 | +74,315 | +24,746 | −1,099 | +50,668 |
| 2024 | +119,212 | +25,279 | +6,336 | +87,597 |
| 2023 | +280,626 | +56,909 | +19,105 | +204,612 |
| 2022 | +183,456 | +55,558 | +30,839 | +97,059 |
| 2021 | −232,241 | −25,000 | −32,368 | −174,873 |
| 2020 | −17,762 | +22,251 | −4,250 | −35,763 |
| 2019 | +64,893 | +29,004 | +2,922 | +32,967 |
| 2018 | +26,423 | +32,759 | −4,272 | −2,064 |
| 2017 | +4,970 | +30,234 | +2,003 | −27,267 |
Our sums from SingStat’s end-June counts, each year to June.
Citizens and PRs fell in 2021 mainly because more of them were stuck overseas for 12 months or more under pandemic travel limits, and the count leaves those people out, as Population in Brief 2021 explains. Non-residents fell in the same year as foreign employment dropped.
Singapore’s population since 1950
Total Citizens and PRs Citizens
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From 1,022,100 in 1950 the population has grown to 6,208,523. The sharpest fall on record was in the pandemic: it dropped from 5,685,807 in June 2020 to 5,453,566 in June 2021, a loss of 232,241, and non-residents fell from 1,641,597 to 1,466,724.
Every year, 1950 to 2026
| June | Total | Residents | Non-res. | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 6,208,523 | 4,231,524 | 1,976,999 | 1.6% |
| 2025 | 6,111,175 | 4,204,515 | 1,906,660 | 1.2% |
| 2024 | 6,036,860 | 4,180,868 | 1,855,992 | 2.0% |
| 2023 | 5,917,648 | 4,149,253 | 1,768,395 | 5.0% |
| 2022 | 5,637,022 | 4,073,239 | 1,563,783 | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 5,453,566 | 3,986,842 | 1,466,724 | −4.1% |
| 2020 | 5,685,807 | 4,044,210 | 1,641,597 | −0.3% |
| 2019 | 5,703,569 | 4,026,209 | 1,677,360 | 1.2% |
| 2018 | 5,638,676 | 3,994,283 | 1,644,393 | 0.5% |
| 2017 | 5,612,253 | 3,965,796 | 1,646,457 | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 5,607,283 | 3,933,559 | 1,673,724 | 1.3% |
| 2015 | 5,535,002 | 3,902,690 | 1,632,312 | 1.2% |
| 2014 | 5,469,724 | 3,870,739 | 1,598,985 | 1.3% |
| 2013 | 5,399,162 | 3,844,751 | 1,554,411 | 1.6% |
| 2012 | 5,312,437 | 3,818,205 | 1,494,232 | 2.5% |
| 2011 | 5,183,688 | 3,789,251 | 1,394,437 | 2.1% |
| 2010 | 5,076,732 | 3,771,721 | 1,305,011 | 1.8% |
| 2009 | 4,987,573 | 3,733,876 | 1,253,697 | 3.1% |
| 2008 | 4,839,396 | 3,642,659 | 1,196,737 | 5.5% |
| 2007 | 4,588,599 | 3,583,082 | 1,005,517 | 4.3% |
| 2006 | 4,401,365 | 3,525,894 | 875,471 | 3.2% |
| 2005 | 4,265,762 | 3,467,814 | 797,948 | 2.4% |
| 2004 | 4,166,664 | 3,413,266 | 753,398 | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 4,114,826 | 3,366,891 | 747,935 | 0.2% |
| 2002 | 4,175,950 | 3,382,944 | 793,006 | 0.9% |
| 2001 | 4,138,012 | 3,325,902 | 812,110 | 2.7% |
| 2000 | 4,027,887 | 3,273,363 | 754,524 | 1.7% |
| 1999 | 3,958,723 | 3,229,681 | 729,042 | 0.8% |
| 1998 | 3,927,213 | 3,180,018 | 747,195 | 3.5% |
| 1997 | 3,796,038 | 3,123,403 | 672,635 | 3.4% |
| 1996 | 3,670,704 | 3,068,132 | 602,572 | 4.1% |
| 1995 | 3,524,506 | 3,013,515 | 510,991 | 3.1% |
| 1994 | 3,419,048 | 2,959,350 | 459,698 | 3.2% |
| 1993 | 3,313,471 | 2,904,547 | 408,924 | 2.6% |
| 1992 | 3,230,698 | 2,849,754 | 380,944 | 3.0% |
| 1991 | 3,135,083 | 2,794,704 | 340,379 | 2.9% |
| 1990 | 3,047,132 | 2,735,868 | 311,264 | 2.3% |
| 1989 | 2,930,901 | 2,647,627 | 283,274 | 3.0% |
| 1988 | 2,846,108 | 2,598,458 | 247,650 | 2.6% |
| 1987 | 2,774,789 | 2,553,864 | 220,925 | 1.5% |
| 1986 | 2,733,373 | 2,518,598 | 214,775 | −0.1% |
| 1985 | 2,735,957 | 2,482,615 | 253,342 | 0.1% |
| 1984 | 2,732,221 | 2,443,705 | 288,516 | 1.9% |
| 1983 | 2,681,061 | 2,406,165 | 274,896 | 1.3% |
| 1982 | 2,646,466 | 2,365,707 | 280,759 | 4.5% |
| 1981 | 2,532,835 | 2,324,403 | 208,432 | 4.9% |
| 1980 | 2,413,945 | 2,282,125 | 131,820 | 1.5% |
| 1979 | 2,383,500 | – | – | 1.3% |
| 1978 | 2,353,600 | – | – | 1.2% |
| 1977 | 2,325,300 | – | – | 1.4% |
| 1976 | 2,293,300 | – | – | 1.4% |
| 1975 | 2,262,600 | – | – | 1.5% |
| 1974 | 2,229,800 | – | – | 1.7% |
| 1973 | 2,193,000 | – | – | 1.9% |
| 1972 | 2,152,400 | – | – | 1.9% |
| 1971 | 2,112,900 | – | – | 1.9% |
| 1970 | 2,074,507 | 2,013,563 | 60,944 | 2.8% |
| 1969 | 2,042,500 | – | – | 1.5% |
| 1968 | 2,012,000 | – | – | 1.7% |
| 1967 | 1,977,600 | – | – | 2.2% |
| 1966 | 1,934,400 | – | – | 2.5% |
| 1965 | 1,886,900 | – | – | 2.5% |
| 1964 | 1,841,600 | – | – | 2.6% |
| 1963 | 1,795,000 | – | – | 2.6% |
| 1962 | 1,750,200 | – | – | 2.8% |
| 1961 | 1,702,400 | – | – | 3.4% |
| 1960 | 1,646,400 | – | – | 3.7% |
| 1959 | 1,587,200 | – | – | 4.5% |
| 1958 | 1,518,800 | – | – | 5.0% |
| 1957 | 1,445,929 | – | – | 5.4% |
| 1956 | 1,371,600 | – | – | 5.1% |
| 1955 | 1,305,500 | – | – | 4.6% |
| 1954 | 1,248,200 | – | – | 4.7% |
| 1953 | 1,191,800 | – | – | 5.7% |
| 1952 | 1,127,000 | – | – | 5.5% |
| 1951 | 1,068,100 | – | – | 4.5% |
| 1950 | 1,022,100 | – | – | 4.4% |
SingStat. Residents are citizens and PRs. A dash means SingStat has no split for that year. Download the CSV.
Population growth rate
Total population growth
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Births and deaths
Births minus deaths is the natural change. The rest of any change comes from people moving in and out.
Births Deaths
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| January to September | Births | Deaths | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 21,044 | 20,548 | +496 |
| 2025 | 22,412 | 19,846 | +2,566 |
| 2024 | 24,845 | 19,905 | +4,940 |
| 2019 | 28,952 | 15,913 | +13,039 |
SingStat’s monthly counts, all people, to September 2026. The gap is our sum.
The gap between births and deaths was 496 in the first 9 months of 2026, against 2,566 in the same months of 2025. Deaths passed births in April 2026, the only month in SingStat’s tables back to 1960 where that happened. Treat this year’s line with care: SingStat counts 2026 births by date of registration, not date of birth as in earlier years, and its 2026 deaths are preliminary. For the last full year, 2025, there were 29,864 births and 26,499 deaths, a gap of 3,365. The population rose by 97,348 in the year to June 2026, so most of the change came from people moving in and out.
How the citizen number grows
| Year | New citizens | New PRs | Citizen births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25,094 | 35,352 | 26,071 |
| 2024 | 22,766 | 35,264 | 29,237 |
| 2023 | 22,140 | 34,491 | 28,877 |
| 2022 | 21,802 | 34,493 | 30,429 |
| 2021 | 20,297 | 33,435 | 31,713 |
| 2020 | 19,741 | 27,470 | 31,816 |
SingStat. Calendar years. All new adult citizens were PRs first, so new citizens don’t add to the total, they move people between groups.
In 2025, 26,071 babies were born to citizens and 25,094 people became citizens, 51,165 in all. Citizens rose by 24,205 between June 2025 and June 2026. That leaves about 26,960 to explain: deaths, people passing the 12-month away rule, renunciations and the gap between calendar years and June counts. The 26,960 is our own rough sum, not an official figure, because the periods don’t match.
Is 6.9 million coming?
Not by 2030, the government says. The 2013 Population White Paper used 6.5 to 6.9 million for 2030, and the government now calls 6.9 million a planning parameter for the 2030s. Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong told Parliament in February 2026 that the total “will still be significantly below 6.9 million by 2030”. On 10 million, it says it “has not proposed, planned nor targeted” that number.
Here’s the arithmetic. June 2026 is 691,477 short of 6.9 million. To get there by June 2030 the population would need to add about 172,900 a year. It added 97,348 in the latest year. That’s a sum, not a forecast.
In the same speech the government said it expects 25,000 to 30,000 new citizens a year over the next five years, and about 40,000 new PRs a year.
Age and sex
The median citizen or PR is 43.6, and 825,322 (19.5%) are 65 or over. Among citizens that share is 21.4%, up from 13.7% in 2016. There are 151,994 citizens aged 80 or over. In 1970 the median resident was 19.5. Citizens and PRs split into 2,055,406 men and 2,176,118 women. Across the whole population, non-residents included, 905,440 people are 65 or over.
| Men | Age | Women |
|---|---|---|
| 9,044 | 90+ | 19,516 |
| 19,987 | 85–89 | 32,012 |
| 32,713 | 80–84 | 43,824 |
| 76,565 | 75–79 | 89,674 |
| 108,038 | 70–74 | 116,976 |
| 135,964 | 65–69 | 141,009 |
| 146,821 | 60–64 | 150,406 |
| 139,776 | 55–59 | 148,355 |
| 148,056 | 50–54 | 158,600 |
| 144,439 | 45–49 | 160,561 |
| 146,262 | 40–44 | 164,506 |
| 158,117 | 35–39 | 174,284 |
| 154,281 | 30–34 | 162,925 |
| 132,256 | 25–29 | 130,731 |
| 107,410 | 20–24 | 104,392 |
| 106,732 | 15–19 | 103,003 |
| 107,681 | 10–14 | 102,776 |
| 99,620 | 5–9 | 95,228 |
| 81,644 | 0–4 | 77,340 |
SingStat, citizens and PRs, June 2026. The outline shows June 2000. Non-residents aren’t in this chart: SingStat doesn’t publish them by age in this detail.
Key measures, ten years apart
| Measure | 2016 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| People per km² | 7,797 | 8,332 |
| Median age, citizens and PRs | 40.0 | 43.6 |
| Median age, citizens | 41.0 | 44.1 |
| Men per 1,000 women, citizens and PRs | 963 | 945 |
| Citizens and PRs aged 20–64 for each one 65+ | 5.4 | 3.2 |
| Citizens aged 20–64 for each one 65+ | 4.7 | 2.8 |
SingStat, end-June. The total fertility rate was 0.87 in 2025, from a separate table.
Population by race
| Group | Residents | Share | Citizens | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chinese | 3,126,446 | 73.9% | 2,778,585 | 75.4% |
| Malay | 572,788 | 13.5% | 556,040 | 15.1% |
| Indian | 381,873 | 9.0% | 282,243 | 7.7% |
| Others | 150,417 | 3.6% | 68,020 | 1.8% |
SingStat, June 2026. Residents are citizens and PRs. The shares are our sums.
These figures cover citizens and PRs only. SingStat doesn’t publish ethnic groups for non-residents, so nobody can give an official racial split of the whole 6.21 million.
Foreigners and overseas citizens
| Pass | Share | People |
|---|---|---|
| Work Permit, construction, marine, process | 24% | about 470,000 |
| Work Permit, other sectors | 21% | about 420,000 |
| Migrant domestic workers | 16% | about 320,000 |
| Long-Term Visit and Dependant’s Passes | 15% | about 300,000 |
| Employment Pass | 10% | about 200,000 |
| S Pass | 9% | about 180,000 |
| Student Pass | 5% | about 100,000 |
SingStat publishes whole-number shares, June 2026. The people column is our rough sum, rounded to 10,000.
Singapore doesn’t publish non-residents by nationality, so any table of “largest foreign groups” is a guess. The closest official figures are for new grants: of the people given PR in 2025, 61.6% came from Southeast Asian countries, 31.6% from other Asian countries and 6.8% from elsewhere.
SingStat also lists 226,492 overseas citizens in 2026. These are citizens away for a total of six months or more in the past year. Only those away 12 months in a row are left out of the citizen total, so the two figures overlap.
Where people live
| Planning area | Residents | In a year |
|---|---|---|
| Tampines | 294,580 | +5,840 |
| Bedok | 269,740 | −2,350 |
| Sengkang | 265,470 | −1,740 |
| Woodlands | 254,500 | +1,030 |
| Jurong West | 250,250 | −3,020 |
| Yishun | 230,600 | +2,390 |
| Hougang | 223,110 | −900 |
| Punggol | 204,390 | +290 |
| Choa Chu Kang | 185,340 | −2,020 |
| Bukit Batok | 165,260 | −390 |
The other 31 areas
| Planning area | Residents | In a year |
|---|---|---|
| Ang Mo Kio | 157,860 | +510 |
| Toa Payoh | 147,800 | +6,360 |
| Pasir Ris | 144,240 | +640 |
| Bukit Merah | 143,870 | −1,700 |
| Bukit Panjang | 135,020 | −1,140 |
| Geylang | 119,050 | +4,060 |
| Serangoon | 115,310 | −750 |
| Sembawang | 114,500 | +1,600 |
| Clementi | 103,460 | +170 |
| Kallang | 101,100 | +650 |
| Queenstown | 100,310 | +400 |
| Bishan | 87,100 | +190 |
| Bukit Timah | 86,240 | +1,100 |
| Jurong East | 71,670 | −710 |
| Novena | 52,190 | +700 |
| Marine Parade | 47,890 | +1,000 |
| Tengah | 34,490 | +11,510 |
| Tanglin | 24,670 | +540 |
| Outram | 16,510 | +70 |
| River Valley | 12,960 | +760 |
| Rochor | 11,770 | −210 |
| Newton | 9,560 | +300 |
| Downtown Core | 5,520 | +1,070 |
| Singapore River | 4,590 | +200 |
| Southern Islands | 2,850 | +200 |
| Mandai | 1,930 | −100 |
| Orchard | 1,130 | +130 |
| Museum | 750 | +70 |
| Changi | 660 | +30 |
| Sungei Kadut | 640 | 0 |
| Seletar | 300 | +50 |
SingStat, citizens and PRs only, June 2026 and June 2025, rounded to the nearest 10. Non-residents aren’t published by area.
Tampines has the most residents, 294,580 or 7.0% of the total. The five largest areas hold 32%. The largest rise in the year was Tengah (+11,510).
By type of home
| Home | Residents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| HDB 1- and 2-room | 205,406 | 4.9% |
| HDB 3-room | 545,527 | 12.9% |
| HDB 4-room | 1,364,600 | 32.2% |
| HDB 5-room and executive | 1,079,596 | 25.5% |
| Condos and other apartments | 752,050 | 17.8% |
| Landed property | 245,066 | 5.8% |
SingStat, citizens and PRs, June 2026. 75.5% live in HDB flats. The other 0.9% are in other types of home.
Population by religion
| Religion | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Buddhism | 1,120,200 | 30.9% |
| No religion | 865,100 | 23.9% |
| Christianity | 621,300 | 17.1% |
| Islam | 543,400 | 15.0% |
| Taoism | 266,000 | 7.3% |
| Hinduism | 194,200 | 5.4% |
| Sikhism | 11,400 | 0.3% |
| Other religions | 3,400 | 0.1% |
SingStat’s General Household Survey 2025, citizens and PRs aged 15 and over, rounded to the nearest 100. It’s a survey estimate, not a count. The shares are our sums.
Per person: which number to divide by
A “per person” figure depends on who you divide by. Enter a total to see all three.
What about 2050?
There’s no official population figure for 2050, and we don’t make one. The UN publishes a long-range projection, but as the gap above shows, it already differs from the official count.
We tested a simple estimate of next June’s total: this June plus each group’s average change over the last five normal years. Run over 17 past years, it was off by 1.2% on average and by as much as 4.0%, and it did worse than just repeating last year’s change (0.9%). Non-resident numbers swing with hiring, so we show no estimate.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Singapore?
6,208,523 at the end of June 2026, the latest official count. That’s about 6.21 million, or 62.1 lakh (0.62 crore). The next count comes out in late September.
How many foreigners are in Singapore?
1,976,999 non-residents (31.8% of the total) in June 2026. Add 546,636 PRs and 2,523,635 people aren’t citizens (40.6%). By type of pass
How much of Singapore’s population is Singaporean?
59.4% of the total population are citizens: 3,684,888 people. Among citizens and PRs the share is 87.1%.
What is the largest immigrant group in Singapore?
Singapore doesn’t publish it. There are no official figures for non-residents by nationality, or for PRs by country. The only official breakdown is by broad region, for new grants. What’s published
What is Singapore’s population by race?
Among citizens and PRs in June 2026: Chinese 73.9%, Malay 13.5%, Indian 9.0% and others 3.6%. There’s no official split that includes non-residents. The numbers
What is Singapore’s population by religion?
In the 2025 survey of citizens and PRs aged 15 and over, 30.9% were Buddhist and 23.9% had no religion. All religions
What is Singapore’s population density?
8,332 people per square kilometre in June 2026, on SingStat’s count of the total population.
What is Singapore’s population growth rate?
1.6% in the year to June 2026. Citizens and PRs together grew 0.6%. Over five years the total rose from 5,453,566 to 6,208,523, which includes the recovery from the pandemic fall. Year by year
What will Singapore’s population be in 2030 or 2050?
The government says 2030 will be significantly below 6.9 million. It hasn’t published a figure for 2050. On 6.9 million and on 2050
Are tourists counted?
No. Non-residents are foreigners working, studying or living here. Tourists and short-term visitors aren’t counted.
Why does the number only change once a year?
The official count is taken at the end of June and published in late September. A counter that ticks every second is an estimate from a projection, not a count.
Is what I type kept?
No. Both tools run in your browser and send nothing to us.
The checks
The page tests SingStat’s tables against each other every time it loads.
| Check | Expected | Ours | OK |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citizens + PRs = residents | 4,231,524 | 4,231,524 | ✓ |
| Residents + non-residents = total | 6,208,523 | 6,208,523 | ✓ |
| Single years of age add to residents | 4,231,524 | 4,231,524 | ✓ |
| Ethnic groups add to residents | 4,231,524 | 4,231,524 | ✓ |
| Our growth sum against SingStat’s | 1.6% | 1.6% | ✓ |
| Planning areas within 1% of residents | 4,231,524 | 4,199,180 | ✓ |
| Homes add to residents | 4,231,524 | 4,231,524 | ✓ |
How we work this out
A job reads SingStat’s tables every morning. New figures show here without anyone typing them. SingStat publishes the June count in late September and births and deaths each month.
- Official: every count, the growth rates, density, median ages and ratios are SingStat’s own figures.
- Ours: shares, yearly changes, the 100 people strip, your place in the age table, and anything we mark as our sum.
- Not on this page: estimates of today’s population, or forecasts. Why
- This page shows numbers, not advice. See our disclaimer, how we get our numbers and corrections.
Source: Singapore Department of Statistics, Table Builder and Geographic Distribution files, read on 7 Nov 2026, used under its terms of use. Numbers.sg isn’t connected to or endorsed by the Singapore Government.
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