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Singapore's population rises 1.2 pct year-on-year in June

Xinhua, September 30, 2015 Adjust font size:

Singapore's total population rose 1.2 percent year-on-year to 5.54 million as of June 2015, said National Population and Talent Division (NPTD) on Wednesday.

Total population growth in 2015 was the slowest in more than a decade, non-resident growth has also been falling since 2012, according to the report "Population Trends, 2015" by NPTD.

The report showed that the number of citizens rose to 3.38 million, through births and immigration, while the number of permanent residents remained stable at 0.53 million.

The number of non-residents, including foreigners working in Singapore and their families, as well as students, rose by 2.1 percent to 1.63 million, slower than the 2.9 percent growth the previous year. The slowdown was mainly due to decreasing number of foreign workers, said the report.

The number of Singaporeans getting married reached a 17-year high last year, with 24,037 citizen marriages registered. 33,193 babies were born in the same period, matching the record in the popular Dragon Year in 2012 for the highest number of citizen births in the decade.

Total fertility rate of resident increased from 1.19 in 2013 to 1.25 in 2014, with the increase seen across all ethnic groups, said NPTD.

The proportion of citizens aged 65 and above increased to 13.1 percent this year, compared with 12.4 percent last year. The median age of Singapore citizens also rose from 40.4 years to 40.7 years. Currently, there are 4.9 citizens in the working age band of 20 to 64 years supporting each citizen aged 65 and above.

The report is the 11th edition of an annual series that puts together different aspects of demographic statistics in one volume, which comprises five sections, namely, Population, Households and Housing, Family Formation and Dissolution, Fertility as well as Mortality. Endi