SINGAPORE: Singapore's total population at the end of June this year stood at 4,483,900.
This is 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 says figures also show that non-resident population numbers grew by 9.7 percent in 2006 against a resident population growth of 1.8 per cent.
The department adds that the ethnic distribution remained relatively stable with 75 percent Chinese, 14 percent Malays and 8.8 percent Indians, and there are 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
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