Singapore Population 2012
Singapore’s total population
reached 5.31 million 2012 and the number of Singapore citizens grew by close to 28,000 to 3.29 million over
the one-year period. That of permanent residents (PRs) was up by a little over 1,000 to 533,100 over
the period.
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Some of the highlights from the annual Population Trends publication by the Singapore Department of Statistics:
- Reflecting the ageing population, the report said the median age of the resident population went up further to 38.4 years in 2012, compared to 38.0 in 2011 and 37.4 in 2010.
- The proportion of Singapore residents aged 65 years and above rose to 9.9 per cent from 9.3 per cent last year.This resulted in the ratio of residents aged 20-64 years to elderly residents aged 65 years and above trending downwards. The report said there were 6.7 residents aged 20-64 years to each elderly resident, compared to 7.2 last year.
- Female residents outnumbered their male counterparts in Singapore. The sex ratio was 970 males per 1,000 females, down from 972 in 2011.
- Turning to marriages, the report said a total of 27,258 marriages were registered in 2011, which was 12 per cent higher than the 24,363 registered in 2010. This was a rebound after a dip in 2010.
- As for the fertility rate in Singapore, DOS said total live-births rebounded and increased by 4.4 per cent to 39,654 last year, from 37,967 in 2010.
- Singapore's resident total fertility rate rose slightly from 1.15 in 2010 to 1.2 in 2011.
- There is an increase in the proportion with no children among married women in their thirties.
- The proportion who was childless grew from 15 per cent in 2001 to 21 per cent last year among married resident women aged 30-39 years.
- The share of university graduates also increased significantly from 14 per cent in 2001 to 25 per cent in 2011.
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