The current population of Singapore is 6,105,665 people, as of 2025 based on the adjusted UN estimation. The latest officially reported number was 6,036,860 in 2024.
Population facts:
- Singapore is ranked 113/197 by population and was ranked 119th in 2005.
- Singapore is projected to reach 6.41M people in 2040.
- Since 2005, population has increased from 4.27M people to 6.11M (43.1% growth in 20 years).
- Singapore accounts for 0.07% of the world's population.
- For the last 20 years, Singapore has had an average growth rate of 2.16% per year.
Singapore population clock
Singapore
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World
|
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
6105665
|
8266870341
|
| Population rank | 113/197 | N/A |
| Percent of world population | 0.07% | N/A |
| One net population change |
4.41 minutes
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0.41 seconds
|
| One birth every |
12 minutes
|
0.24 seconds
|
| One death every |
14.3 minutes
|
0.52 seconds
|
| Daily growth/decline | +327 | +211,178 |
| Annual growth/decline | +119,212 | +77,079,845 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.01% | +0.96% |
| Population growth rate rank | 53/197 | N/A |
| One migration net change every |
26.3 minutes
|
N/A |
| Annual migration change | +20,011 | N/A |
Singapore population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 1,646,400 | - |
| 1961 | 1,702,400 | 3.4% |
| 1962 | 1,750,200 | 2.81% |
| 1963 | 1,795,000 | 2.56% |
| 1964 | 1,841,600 | 2.6% |
| 1965 | 1,886,900 | 2.46% |
| 1966 | 1,934,400 | 2.52% |
| 1967 | 1,977,600 | 2.23% |
| 1968 | 2,012,000 | 1.74% |
| 1969 | 2,042,500 | 1.52% |
| 1970 | 2,074,507 | 1.57% |
| 1971 | 2,112,900 | 1.85% |
| 1972 | 2,152,400 | 1.87% |
| 1973 | 2,193,000 | 1.89% |
| 1974 | 2,229,800 | 1.68% |
| 1975 | 2,262,600 | 1.47% |
| 1976 | 2,293,300 | 1.36% |
| 1977 | 2,325,300 | 1.4% |
| 1978 | 2,353,600 | 1.22% |
| 1979 | 2,383,500 | 1.27% |
| 1980 | 2,413,945 | 1.28% |
| 1981 | 2,532,835 | 4.93% |
| 1982 | 2,646,466 | 4.49% |
| 1983 | 2,681,061 | 1.31% |
| 1984 | 2,732,221 | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 2,735,957 | 0.14% |
| 1986 | 2,733,373 | -0.09% |
| 1987 | 2,774,789 | 1.52% |
| 1988 | 2,846,108 | 2.57% |
| 1989 | 2,930,901 | 2.98% |
| 1990 | 3,047,132 | 3.97% |
| 1991 | 3,135,083 | 2.89% |
| 1992 | 3,230,698 | 3.05% |
| 1993 | 3,313,471 | 2.56% |
| 1994 | 3,419,048 | 3.19% |
| 1995 | 3,524,506 | 3.08% |
| 1996 | 3,670,704 | 4.15% |
| 1997 | 3,796,038 | 3.41% |
| 1998 | 3,927,213 | 3.46% |
| 1999 | 3,958,723 | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 4,027,887 | 1.75% |
| 2001 | 4,138,012 | 2.73% |
| 2002 | 4,175,950 | 0.92% |
| 2003 | 4,114,826 | -1.46% |
| 2004 | 4,166,664 | 1.26% |
| 2005 | 4,265,762 | 2.38% |
| 2006 | 4,401,365 | 3.18% |
| 2007 | 4,588,599 | 4.25% |
| 2008 | 4,839,396 | 5.47% |
| 2009 | 4,987,573 | 3.06% |
| 2010 | 5,076,732 | 1.79% |
| 2011 | 5,183,688 | 2.11% |
| 2012 | 5,312,437 | 2.48% |
| 2013 | 5,399,162 | 1.63% |
| 2014 | 5,469,724 | 1.31% |
| 2015 | 5,535,002 | 1.19% |
| 2016 | 5,607,283 | 1.31% |
| 2017 | 5,612,253 | 0.09% |
| 2018 | 5,638,676 | 0.47% |
| 2019 | 5,703,569 | 1.15% |
| 2020 | 5,685,807 | -0.31% |
| 2021 | 5,453,566 | -4.08% |
| 2022 | 5,637,022 | 3.36% |
| 2023 | 5,917,648 | 4.98% |
| 2024 | 6,036,860 | 2.01% |
| 2025 | 6,076,565 | 0.66% |
| 2026 | 6,112,792 | 0.6% |
| 2027 | 6,147,775 | 0.57% |
| 2028 | 6,182,764 | 0.57% |
| 2029 | 6,214,576 | 0.51% |
| 2030 | 6,242,825 | 0.45% |
| 2031 | 6,270,800 | 0.45% |
| 2032 | 6,298,559 | 0.44% |
| 2033 | 6,325,401 | 0.43% |
| 2034 | 6,349,852 | 0.39% |
| 2035 | 6,368,948 | 0.3% |
| 2036 | 6,383,048 | 0.22% |
| 2037 | 6,394,813 | 0.18% |
| 2038 | 6,404,994 | 0.16% |
| 2039 | 6,411,057 | 0.09% |
| 2040 | 6,411,962 | 0.01% |
| 2041 | 6,408,383 | -0.06% |
| 2042 | 6,402,235 | -0.1% |
| 2043 | 6,394,872 | -0.12% |
| 2044 | 6,384,418 | -0.16% |
| 2045 | 6,372,013 | -0.19% |
| 2046 | 6,358,982 | -0.2% |
| 2047 | 6,343,000 | -0.25% |
| 2048 | 6,327,523 | -0.24% |
| 2049 | 6,312,515 | -0.24% |
| 2050 | 6,294,905 | -0.28% |
Singapore has a population of 6.11M as of 2025, compared to 5.54M in 2015, 4.27M in 2005, and 3.52M in 1995.
Over the past 10 years, the population has had a trend to increase by an average of 1.03% per year. Singapore is ranked 107th out of 197 countries by a 10-year average growth rate.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 20 years (in 2045) Singapore will have 6,372,013 people (4.36% growth) with a rank change from 113th to 117th.
By the year 2100, Singapore's population is projected to decline by 29.4% to 4.31M people.
Largest cities by population
|
Singapore
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Singapore | 5.87M |
| Bukit Merah | 152K |
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Singapore population statistics
|
Singapore
|
World
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 84 years | 73.5 years |
| Average age | 39.3 years | 33.8 years |
| Median age | 36.8 years | 31.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.7:48.3 | 50.3:49.7 |
| Fertility rate | 0.97 births per woman | 2.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 21,776 ppl/mi² | 141.6 ppl/mi² |
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