SINGAPORE: Singapore's total population at the end of June this
year stood at 4,483,900.
This is an increase of 3.3 percent from the previous year.
Of this, 3.6 million were Singapore residents made up of citizens
and permanent residents and 0.88 million were
non-residents.
Releasing its latest report on Population Trends in Singapore, the
Department of Statistics says figures also show that non-resident
population numbers grew by 9.7 percent in 2006 against a resident
population growth of 1.8 per cent.
The department adds that the ethnic distribution remained
relatively stable with 75 percent Chinese, 14 percent Malays and
8.8 percent Indians, and there are 33,200 more women than men in
the resident population in 2006.
As for marriage rates, 34 percent of men and 22 percent of women in
the age group of 30-34 years remained single. - CNA/so
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