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The Chinese population figure of Singapore has stayed at over 70% of the total since, reaching 77.8% in 1947. After dropping from a peak of 60% in the early years of Singapore, the Malay population settled within the range of 11 and 16% in the first half of the 20th century, while Indians hovered between 7 and just over 9% in the same period. [60]
In 1819, the port of Singapore was established by Sir Stamford Raffles, who opened it to free trade and free immigration on the island's south coast. Many immigrants from the region settled in Singapore. By 1827, the population of the island was composed of people from various ethnic groups². [7] Singapore is a multilingual and multicultural ...
The practice of classifying the local population based on their races or ethnicities was born out of British colonial practices. [2] Race categories were enshrined through local censuses and the issuance of identity cards. In the early British censuses of British Malaya, ethnic lines were often drawn by birthplace and linguistic or linguistic ...
As of 2009, the average birth rate (unclear whether this is the weighted average rate per country [with each country getting a weight of 1], or the unweighted average of the entire world population) for the whole world is 19.95 per year per 1000 total population, a 0.48% decline from 2003's world birth rate of 20.43 per 1000 total population.
In 2020, Singapore's population shrank by 2%. It was the first time the population had fallen since the 1970s as 47,000 foreigners left amid strict Covid-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions.
Over 95% of Taiwan's population is Han Chinese, which includes Hoklo, Hakka and other mainland Chinese ethnic groups. Almost 2.4% belong to the indigenous peoples of Taiwan (16 recognized peoples). Small number of foreigners (Southeast Asians, Europeans, Americans) [3] Tajikistan: By ethnicity
How Singapore and its population of just six million is beating much bigger countries in the race to attract chip manufacturing Lionel Lim November 1, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Singapore has passed a law designed to protect against foreign interference in its race-based clans and business associations, as the government looks to limit outsiders from undermining racial ...