Country or area · South-Eastern Asia · Asia · UN WPP 2024

Singapore population

Singapore population now

5,913,868

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 5.4–7.1 million.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 5,789,090

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 5.90575 million; 95% range, 31 Dec: 5.4–7.1 million
Median age: 37.8
Aged 65+: 14.8%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 1,000 people

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SGP · 1950–2100 · in brief

Singapore in numbers

In mid-2023 there were 5,789,090 people in Singapore: the 115th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports, and 0.07% of the world's people. That is 5.7 times its 1950 population of 1.0 million.

The UN's medium projection has it peaking in 2040 at 6.2 million, then falling to 4.2 million by 2100. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 109 thousand to 17.1 million.

In the medium projection, deaths outnumber births every year from 2038 on. The population still grows until 2040, because more people arrive than leave.

The median age was 19.9 in 1950 and 36.1 in 2023; the projection has 57.0 in 2100. 13.1% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 40.6% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) peaked in 2019 at 4.4 million; in 2023 it was 4.3 million.

Its place in the world by population: 115th in 2023, 120th in 2050, 132nd in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Denmark in 2033, Bulgaria in 2036 and Serbia in 2037. It is overtaken by Lebanon in 2027, Liberia in 2027 and the Central African Republic in 2028.

Population, mid-2023: 5,789,090
Rank by population, 2023: 115 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: 0.07%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.46% · +139,206 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 8,063
Land area, 2023: 718 km²
Births, 2023: 47,472
Deaths, 2023: 27,728
Net migration, 2023: +26,996
Children per woman, 2023: 0.94
Median age, 2023: 36.1 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 83.7 years
In a city, 2025: 100 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 1,013,314
Projected, mid-2050: 6,081,692
Projected, mid-2100: 4,163,012

SGP · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Singapore, 1950–2100

Singapore: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	986,749		44,926	12,467	6.22	54.1
1951	estimate	1,039,878		46,536	12,402	6.25	55.3
1952	estimate	1,096,193		48,398	12,197	6.29	56.4
1953	estimate	1,155,986		50,502	12,052	6.32	57.5
1954	estimate	1,219,054		52,737	11,389	6.35	59.4
1955	estimate	1,285,508		55,217	10,827	6.38	61.2
1956	estimate	1,354,953		58,236	10,512	6.44	62.6
1957	estimate	1,426,958		60,417	10,466	6.40	63.4
1958	estimate	1,489,584		61,780	10,432	6.32	64.0
1959	estimate	1,541,870		61,532	10,186	6.12	64.8
1960	estimate	1,593,638		59,428	10,063	5.76	65.3
1961	estimate	1,645,007		57,449	10,029	5.42	65.7
1962	estimate	1,695,915		56,851	10,057	5.22	66.1
1963	estimate	1,746,436		57,636	10,141	5.16	66.5
1964	estimate	1,796,589		57,014	10,306	4.97	66.7
1965	estimate	1,846,342		55,227	10,458	4.67	66.9
1966	estimate	1,895,303		54,679	10,616	4.45	67.2
1967	estimate	1,942,876		50,462	10,863	3.91	67.3
1968	estimate	1,988,482		47,363	10,937	3.53	67.7
1969	estimate	2,031,702		45,101	10,955	3.22	68.1
1970	estimate	2,072,613		44,882	11,016	3.07	68.5
1971	estimate	2,110,503		46,513	11,226	3.02	68.8
1972	estimate	2,146,363		49,123	11,558	3.03	69.0
1973	estimate	2,182,305		47,807	11,633	2.78	69.4
1974	estimate	2,217,969		43,136	11,677	2.35	69.7
1975	estimate	2,252,181		40,184	11,604	2.08	70.2
1976	estimate	2,284,865		42,580	11,774	2.09	70.6
1977	estimate	2,316,621		39,017	11,922	1.83	70.9
1978	estimate	2,346,469		39,966	12,139	1.79	71.2
1979	estimate	2,374,736		41,719	12,486	1.79	71.4
1980	estimate	2,401,578		42,176	12,783	1.74	71.5
1981	estimate	2,473,408		44,122	13,205	1.71	71.8
1982	estimate	2,590,196		46,591	13,721	1.67	72.0
1983	estimate	2,664,638		44,900	13,906	1.54	72.4
1984	estimate	2,707,325		45,873	14,275	1.54	72.6
1985	estimate	2,734,521		46,212	14,173	1.53	73.1
1986	estimate	2,735,538		40,226	14,121	1.35	73.6
1987	estimate	2,753,769		44,390	14,122	1.49	74.0
1988	estimate	2,809,461		53,070	14,871	1.75	74.0
1989	estimate	2,888,629		47,177	15,159	1.53	74.3
1990	estimate	2,988,681		50,430	15,565	1.58	74.6
1991	estimate	3,090,501		49,304	15,537	1.50	75.1
1992	estimate	3,182,081		50,203	15,800	1.49	75.3
1993	estimate	3,270,848		51,469	16,197	1.50	75.5
1994	estimate	3,364,936		51,358	16,775	1.47	75.6
1995	estimate	3,470,698		51,281	17,371	1.44	75.7
1996	estimate	3,596,551		51,634	17,628	1.42	76.0
1997	estimate	3,732,569		50,738	17,876	1.37	76.4
1998	estimate	3,860,676		47,443	17,868	1.26	76.8
1999	estimate	3,942,159		47,095	17,978	1.24	77.3
2000	estimate	3,990,955		51,230	17,863	1.34	77.8
2001	estimate	4,079,535		45,971	17,736	1.19	78.3
2002	estimate	4,152,797		45,956	17,746	1.17	78.7
2003	estimate	4,140,988		41,964	17,437	1.08	79.2
2004	estimate	4,135,502		41,159	17,113	1.07	79.7
2005	estimate	4,210,033		41,601	16,965	1.07	80.3
2006	estimate	4,326,694		42,364	17,250	1.07	80.6
2007	estimate	4,487,422		43,655	17,769	1.07	80.9
2008	estimate	4,705,608		44,452	18,364	1.04	81.1
2009	estimate	4,907,874		44,518	18,973	1.00	81.4
2010	estimate	5,029,261		42,643	19,711	0.93	81.7
2011	estimate	5,124,767		44,984	19,887	0.96	81.9
2012	estimate	5,239,711		48,924	20,179	1.03	82.2
2013	estimate	5,346,968		45,704	20,636	0.95	82.5
2014	estimate	5,424,209		48,538	21,310	1.00	82.6
2015	estimate	5,491,591		47,632	21,990	0.98	82.8
2016	estimate	5,559,088		46,597	22,650	0.94	82.9
2017	estimate	5,596,771		46,704	23,206	0.94	83.1
2018	estimate	5,611,386		47,730	23,582	0.95	83.4
2019	estimate	5,657,353		47,479	23,926	0.94	83.7
2020	estimate	5,681,772		47,113	24,804	0.94	83.7
2021	estimate	5,558,529		45,626	26,073	0.94	83.5
2022	estimate	5,534,051		45,168	28,342	0.94	82.9
2023	estimate	5,765,718		47,472	27,728	0.94	83.7
2024	estimate	5,812,461		48,802	28,954	0.95	83.9
2025	projection	5,852,313	5.6–6.9 million	49,843	29,867	0.96	84.0
2026	projection	5,889,187	5.5–7.0 million	50,564	30,818	0.97	84.1
2027	projection	5,922,308	5.4–7.1 million	51,047	31,769	0.98	84.3
2028	projection	5,956,784	5.3–7.3 million	51,452	32,768	0.99	84.4
2029	projection	5,989,912	5.2–7.4 million	51,436	33,811	1.00	84.5
2030	projection	6,018,264	5.1–7.5 million	51,250	34,924	1.01	84.7
2031	projection	6,044,491	5.0–7.6 million	50,691	36,053	1.01	84.8
2032	projection	6,072,318	4.9–7.8 million	50,050	37,221	1.02	84.9
2033	projection	6,098,129	4.8–7.9 million	49,248	38,412	1.03	85.0
2034	projection	6,124,177	4.8–8.1 million	48,198	39,628	1.04	85.2
2035	projection	6,145,385	4.7–8.3 million	46,870	40,888	1.04	85.3
2036	projection	6,161,080	4.6–8.4 million	45,360	42,141	1.05	85.4
2037	projection	6,172,620	4.5–8.5 million	43,626	43,427	1.06	85.5
2038	projection	6,183,805	4.4–8.7 million	41,851	44,783	1.07	85.7
2039	projection	6,192,304	4.4–8.8 million	40,029	46,146	1.07	85.8
2040	projection	6,195,539	4.3–9.0 million	38,274	47,519	1.08	85.9
2041	projection	6,194,024	4.2–9.2 million	36,682	48,872	1.09	86.0
2042	projection	6,188,634	4.1–9.4 million	35,277	50,206	1.09	86.1
2043	projection	6,182,134	4.1–9.4 million	34,123	51,528	1.10	86.3
2044	projection	6,174,429	4.0–9.6 million	33,229	52,832	1.11	86.4
2045	projection	6,161,921	3.9–9.7 million	32,576	54,095	1.12	86.5
2046	projection	6,150,454	3.9–9.8 million	32,177	55,283	1.13	86.6
2047	projection	6,136,765	3.8–10.0 million	31,893	56,455	1.13	86.7
2048	projection	6,119,563	3.7–10.1 million	31,774	57,560	1.14	86.8
2049	projection	6,106,852	3.6–10.2 million	31,872	58,595	1.15	87.0
2050	projection	6,090,563	3.5–10.3 million	32,048	59,617	1.15	87.1
2051	projection	6,072,820	3.5–10.4 million	32,294	60,593	1.16	87.2
2052	projection	6,056,236	3.4–10.5 million	32,555	61,507	1.16	87.3
2053	projection	6,044,328	3.3–10.8 million	33,061	62,359	1.17	87.4
2054	projection	6,028,740	3.2–11.0 million	33,485	63,161	1.17	87.5
2055	projection	6,008,249	3.1–11.3 million	33,979	63,985	1.18	87.7
2056	projection	5,990,229	3.1–11.3 million	34,411	64,719	1.19	87.8
2057	projection	5,972,718	3.0–11.4 million	34,891	65,447	1.19	87.9
2058	projection	5,955,683	2.9–11.6 million	35,301	66,156	1.20	88.0
2059	projection	5,934,097	2.9–11.8 million	35,593	66,899	1.20	88.1
2060	projection	5,913,977	2.8–12.0 million	35,836	67,535	1.21	88.2
2061	projection	5,889,475	2.7–12.0 million	35,888	68,283	1.21	88.3
2062	projection	5,867,268	2.7–12.2 million	35,902	69,033	1.22	88.5
2063	projection	5,843,629	2.6–12.4 million	35,789	69,803	1.22	88.6
2064	projection	5,822,037	2.5–12.5 million	35,668	70,574	1.23	88.7
2065	projection	5,796,463	2.4–12.9 million	35,354	71,373	1.23	88.8
2066	projection	5,766,213	2.4–13.2 million	34,920	72,195	1.24	88.9
2067	projection	5,734,564	2.4–13.5 million	34,275	73,107	1.24	89.0
2068	projection	5,707,293	2.3–13.5 million	33,773	74,049	1.25	89.1
2069	projection	5,677,520	2.2–13.9 million	33,153	75,030	1.25	89.2
2070	projection	5,646,138	2.2–13.8 million	32,553	75,988	1.26	89.3
2071	projection	5,616,432	2.1–13.9 million	31,942	77,018	1.26	89.5
2072	projection	5,584,074	2.0–14.0 million	31,342	78,097	1.27	89.5
2073	projection	5,549,752	2.0–14.0 million	30,734	79,143	1.27	89.7
2074	projection	5,512,532	1.9–14.2 million	30,187	80,216	1.27	89.8
2075	projection	5,468,734	1.8–14.3 million	29,624	81,246	1.28	89.9
2076	projection	5,423,311	1.7–14.6 million	29,060	82,308	1.28	90.0
2077	projection	5,381,662	1.7–14.9 million	28,685	83,365	1.29	90.1
2078	projection	5,335,785	1.6–15.0 million	28,383	84,450	1.29	90.2
2079	projection	5,287,561	1.5–15.1 million	28,107	85,502	1.29	90.3
2080	projection	5,235,884	1.4–15.3 million	27,869	86,402	1.30	90.4
2081	projection	5,183,492	1.3–15.0 million	27,691	87,330	1.30	90.5
2082	projection	5,129,259	1.3–14.9 million	27,580	88,170	1.30	90.6
2083	projection	5,073,733	1.2–14.9 million	27,540	88,916	1.31	90.8
2084	projection	5,018,630	1.1–15.1 million	27,591	89,566	1.31	90.9
2085	projection	4,963,844	1.1–15.5 million	27,703	90,007	1.32	91.0
2086	projection	4,907,318	1.0–15.3 million	27,744	90,343	1.32	91.1
2087	projection	4,849,442	0.9–15.5 million	27,847	90,460	1.32	91.2
2088	projection	4,792,673	0.9–15.8 million	27,970	90,359	1.32	91.3
2089	projection	4,736,975	0.8–15.8 million	28,101	90,111	1.33	91.4
2090	projection	4,678,935	0.7–15.9 million	28,141	89,489	1.33	91.5
2091	projection	4,623,589	0.6–15.9 million	28,252	88,778	1.33	91.6
2092	projection	4,568,972	0.5–16.1 million	28,317	87,805	1.34	91.8
2093	projection	4,518,313	0.5–16.0 million	28,404	86,566	1.34	91.9
2094	projection	4,467,109	0.5–16.2 million	28,438	85,103	1.34	92.0
2095	projection	4,414,803	0.4–16.4 million	28,382	83,458	1.35	92.1
2096	projection	4,365,459	0.4–16.5 million	28,270	81,550	1.35	92.2
2097	projection	4,316,827	0.3–16.7 million	28,066	79,590	1.35	92.3
2098	projection	4,270,327	0.3–16.7 million	27,893	77,497	1.35	92.5
2099	projection	4,224,550	0.2–17.0 million	27,676	75,123	1.36	92.6
2100	projection	4,182,766	0.1–17.1 million	27,463	72,782	1.36	92.7

Show the numbers: Singapore, mid-2026, by single year of age

Singapore: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	25,860	24,400
1	25,476	24,038
2	25,007	23,600
3	24,100	22,900
4	23,329	22,426
5	23,358	22,571
6	23,500	22,782
7	23,261	22,557
8	22,999	22,160
9	23,166	22,186
10	23,442	22,407
11	23,195	22,212
12	22,798	21,742
13	22,826	21,606
14	22,587	21,373
15	22,629	21,306
16	24,234	22,390
17	27,474	24,933
18	32,054	28,876
19	37,228	33,191
20	42,474	37,234
21	47,701	40,992
22	52,746	44,507
23	57,312	47,665
24	61,366	50,348
25	64,556	52,427
26	65,795	52,986
27	66,014	52,977
28	66,612	53,714
29	67,009	54,378
30	66,826	54,610
31	66,298	54,713
32	65,421	54,574
33	63,898	54,017
34	62,324	53,486
35	60,918	52,784
36	59,436	52,070
37	57,785	51,368
38	54,217	48,644
39	50,054	45,165
40	48,186	43,870
41	47,108	43,480
42	45,830	42,832
43	45,194	42,548
44	44,371	41,994
45	42,903	40,816
46	41,454	39,628
47	40,024	38,440
48	38,998	37,546
49	38,493	37,101
50	37,714	36,322
51	37,222	35,844
52	37,567	36,280
53	37,624	36,358
54	36,584	35,484
55	34,864	34,120
56	33,146	32,756
57	32,418	32,065
58	32,613	31,894
59	32,924	31,976
60	33,205	32,202
61	33,221	32,199
62	32,944	32,064
63	32,252	31,568
64	31,471	30,852
65	30,956	30,384
66	30,362	29,981
67	29,452	29,356
68	28,220	28,668
69	26,815	28,162
70	25,274	27,426
71	23,914	26,248
72	22,708	24,829
73	21,089	23,326
74	19,338	21,866
75	18,048	20,693
76	17,103	19,858
77	15,942	18,868
78	14,618	17,793
79	12,613	15,723
80	9,468	12,043
81	7,442	9,718
82	7,026	9,358
83	6,369	8,792
84	5,772	8,463
85	5,610	8,575
86	5,173	8,178
87	4,374	7,123
88	3,434	5,649
89	2,655	4,484
90	2,239	4,056
91	1,935	3,800
92	1,542	3,221
93	1,186	2,583
94	921	2,086
95	696	1,675
96	515	1,344
97	368	1,050
98	250	776
99	165	541
100+	261	1,032

SGP · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Singapore, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

SGP · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Singapore

Singapore had the most working-age people it is ever expected to have in 2019: 4,354,900 people aged 15–64, against 4,348,600 in 2023.

100 aged 15–64

16 children

17 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: one orange square for each of 100 people aged 15–64 in 2023. Beneath them, teal for the children living alongside those 100 and violet for the people aged 65 or older.

Fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 in 63 years: 1978–2040.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

SGP · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Singapore, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 Singapore gains 30,696 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 15–19, at 23,705 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 5,000 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: each column is one age, youngest on the left. Above the line, in blue, are the ages gaining people; below it, in orange, the ages losing them. This is the UN's projection for 2020–2025 — the record of migration by age does not go back beyond 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 214,842 (2022) and the most it lost was 145,556 (2020).

In 2024, 2,841,665 people living in Singapore had been born in another country, 49 of every 100 people there, against 24 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

SGP · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Singapore

Of every 100 babies born in Singapore in 2023, 1 had a mother under 20, 74 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 25 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 8 under 20 and 17 aged 35 or older.

1950
8 · 75 · 17

2023
1 · 74 · 25

2050 · projected
1 · 72 · 27

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: shrink a year's babies to 100 and colour each one by the age of its mother — that is a block. Under it, the same three groups as numbers, starting with the youngest mothers.

Babies born, 2023: 47,472
Average age when women have a baby: 32.3 years; 29.3 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 2; 75 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in Singapore by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	20	17	10	4	5	3
15–19	3,575	2,349	1,084	375	308	202
20–24	11,651	12,612	6,200	2,541	1,853	1,278
25–29	12,263	15,832	18,680	12,145	7,951	6,347
30–34	9,592	6,417	17,308	20,484	13,140	11,544
35–39	5,643	2,410	6,829	10,022	7,099	6,719
40–44	2,075	531	1,096	1,814	1,569	1,303
45–49	107	15	23	87	123	67
50–54	0	1	0	0	0	0
All babies	44,926	40,184	51,230	47,472	32,048	27,463

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

SGP · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Singapore

A baby born in Singapore in 2021 could expect 83.9 years of life, 73.6 of them in full health (95% range 73.0–74.3). The years in less than full health come to 10.3, above the world's 9.5.

Women

75.0 in full health, 11.3 not: 86.3 years

Men

72.4 in full health, 9.2 not: 81.6 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 75.0 healthy years of 86.3. Men: 72.4 of 81.6.

SGP · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Singapore

At the end of 2025, 255 people from Singapore were living in another country. UNHCR records nobody displaced inside it, and nobody who had crossed a border into it.

Singapore nationals abroad255

crossed a border

How to read this: each square is 5 people. The row is people from Singapore living in another country, wherever they are.

In 2025, 44 people from Singapore asked for asylum in another country. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

SGP · of every 100 people

How people live in Singapore

Of every 100 people in Singapore in 2025, 100 lived in a city.

cities

Nearly everyone has electricity at home (2024). 5.6 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: one square for every hundredth person, coloured as the key shows. Because the rule behind the colours is the same everywhere, two countries' squares can be compared directly.

How the world's people live

SGP · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Singapore went in school

Of every 100 adults in Singapore in 2020, 4 never went to school and 77 finished upper secondary or went further.

4 never went to school 6 some primary 5 finished primary 8 finished lower secondary 18 finished upper secondary 59 studied after school

Compare two generations. Aged 60–64, 6.6 of every 100 women and 2 of every 100 men never went to school; aged 25–29, 0.1 and 0.1.

Its people aged 15 to 64 were most numerous in 2020, the first year counted, and are never as many again in the middle projection; the ones who finished upper secondary are most numerous later, in 2025.

How to read this: every adult here as one of 100 squares. The stronger the colour, the further that person went in school (the Wittgenstein Centre, 2020).

How far the world's people went in school

SGP · cities · 2025

Cities in Singapore

Singapore had 2 cities in 2025, home to 5.8 million people. The largest, Singapore, holds 85 of every 100 people in Singapore.

Singapore4,963,998
Sembawang878,551

How to read this: the 2 largest cities in 2025, bars on one scale. A city is the whole built-up area on the UN's rule, not the city's own boundary.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for Singapore are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.