data collection index (data | graphs | tables) project index quality assessment
English or languish - Probing the ramifications
of Hong Kong's language policy

Quality Assessment
Section four
Language and Society

Hong Kong's Neighbors

Singapore's Population Census
Singapore's resident and non-resident foreign populations - 1990 to 2002


Graph 73 - Singapore's resident and non-resident foreign populations - 1990 to 2002.
collection index (graphs)
  Singapore's resident and non-resident foreign populations - 1990 to 2002 (Bar Graph)
Note 1: In 1990 foreign non-residents accounted for only 10 percent of Singapore's population. In 2002 they accounted for just under 20 percent (19%).
Note 2: Residents include citizens and non-citizens who have earned permanent status. Non-residents are non-citizens without permanent status.
Data Source: Singapore Government. Department of Statistics. Statistics Singapore. Papers and Anaylses. Population. Singapore's demographic trends in 2002. Table 1- Population size and share. [online document - pdf 20 KB] (March 2004). Alternatively [EARTH's online copy - PDF 28 KB]. Copy of data in EXCEL format also available upon special request.

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