S'pore population now stands at 4.5mil, one-fifth are FT's

^tamago^ SG

SINGAPORE: Singapore's total population at the end of June this year stood at 4,483,900.

This was 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 said figures also showed that non-resident population numbers grew by 9.7 percent in 2006 against a resident population growth of 1.8 per cent.

The department added that the ethnic distribution remained relatively stable with 75 percent Chinese, 14 percent Malays and 8.8 percent Indians, and there were 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

Chelzea SG

posted liao Laughing

^tamago^ SG

Embarassed where?

SGpork SG

crazy...more n more n more im leaving...if only i can

Rolling Eyes

T.Ryousuke SG

Citizens is still less than 3.6m, how many PR are there? 0.3mil or more?

Ponders SG

Beginning of the end...

revotune SG

we go together???

striderz_o405 SG

the island's sinking. Laughing

I wonder when it will hit 10 million Mr. Green

tomsss SG

by then, i'll be living in Jurong Island already Laughing

sango(POH) SG

wah alot ft

T.Ryousuke SG

The figure only tell us that FT is growing fast, PR alittle, SGrean no change.
Which means what? by paying ppl money to have baby doesn't work. And they are trying to increase nos. of PR, at the end when anything happen the FT and PR will go back home left the 3.6 or issit 3.2 mil ppl here, and decreasing, defending the country.

ha8n SG

% malay ar

havent add malaysians

Razz

T.Ryousuke SG

liddat only 3mil ~~takeaway children 18 below, 45 above~~ ROD ,women and disable-incl pes C & E. left 1mil able men.

dreameryb SG

Why, each time, the category of non-citizen is mentioned must people morbidly invoke the scenario of "they will flee the country in the event of war"? Come on! The possibility of Singapore being involved in a war is miniscule. It's darn far-fetched to argue against PRs and FTs based on this rationale.

Ponders SG

Now every battalion on the average each section got minimum 1 foreigner sometimes up to 4.

4 out of 7 men in a section makes how many foreigners?

Hmm i am refering to infantry battalions here.

Dunno about more sensitive ones.

T.Ryousuke SG

If that is what you think then gahmen can cut down defend expense.
Nothing is impossible, and when it happen the first thing is shortage of food,fuel and water. Do you think FT and PR want to defend with you ?

sermodabian SG

The more we don’t want to have more children, the more FTs they will pump in.

dakkon_blackblade SG

Even if the probability of war is very remote, the burden of defence is very real, especially for male citizens. And currently, to many Singaporeans, the benefits of citizenship do not seem to much outweigh, if at all, that of PR or non-citizen status, and this is something which I feel the government must address if they want our citizens to remain loyal and committed to the country.

Also, I question the government's assertion of 6 million as a viable target population for Singapore, as we are all already feeling the effects of overcrowding in this country at this stage. Given such limited land and other resources, can we really sustain such a high population? I have some doubts about that.

mayday80 SG

The population problem is ok… but our income has got to go up soon…. it’s hurting everyone.

dragg SG

we are now the minorities.