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The most followed religion in Singapore is Buddhism, with a plurality of 31.1% of the resident population identifying themselves as adherents at the most recent decennial census in 2020. A large number of Buddhists in Singapore are Chinese , with 40.4% of the ethnic Chinese population in Singapore identifying as Buddhist.
Christians in Singapore constitute 19% of the country's resident population, as of the most recent census conducted in 2020. [3] Christianity is the second largest religion in the country, after Buddhism and before Islam .
Indigenous statistics come from the U.S. Department of State's International Religious Freedom Act (2009), [84] based on the highest estimate of people identified as indigenous or followers of indigenous religions that have been well-defined. Due to the syncretic nature of these religions, the numbers may not reflect the actual number of ...
As of 2020, 20% of Singaporeans have no religious affiliation. [1] The rate of irreligion is different among ethnic groups of Singapore: about 26% of Chinese residents have no religion, compared to just 0.4% of Malay residents and 2.2% of Indian residents. Age is also an important factor, as around 24% of people aged 15 to 24 indicated they had ...
Citing that Singapore's 900,000 Baby Boomers would comprise a quarter of the citizen population by 2030 and that its workforce would shrink "from 2020 onwards", the White Paper projected that by 2030, Singapore's "total population could range between 6.5 and 6.9 million", with resident population between 4.2 and 4.4 million and citizen ...
The 2020 census reported that about 74.3% of residents were of Chinese descent, 13.5% of Malay descent, 9.0% of Indian descent, and 3.2% of other descent (such as Eurasian); this proportion was virtually identical to the 2010 census, with slight increases among Chinese and Malay (0.2% and 0.1% respectively) and minor decreases in Indian and ...
Singapore has an area of 330 square miles (850 km 2) and a total population of 6.04 million (as of June 2024), [1] of whom 3.8 million are citizens or permanent residents. In Singapore, 26% of adults identify as Buddhist, 18% as Muslim, 17% as Christian, 8% as Hindu, 6% as adherents of Chinese traditional religions such as Taoism or ...
Hindus make up a minority, comprising about 5.1% (2010 Census) of adult Singapore citizens and permanent residents. Among 15 years or older population, there were about 158,000 Hindus according to Singapore's 2010 Census; 37% of all Hindus in Singapore speak Tamil at home, while another 42% speak English. [12]