Total population reached 6,111,175 in 2025, the highest reading, while permanent resident numbers recorded a low of 87,845 back in 1980, the dataset's

Contains information from "Indicators On Population, Annual" accessed on 1 July 2026 from Singapore Department of Statistics (data.gov.

sg (Singapore Department of Statistics)) which is made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 (https://beta.data.gov.sg/open-data-licence).

from Singapore Singapore's population dataset, covering 1976 to 2025, lays bare a vast numerical spectrum: the highest recorded value is 6,111,175 total population in 2025 , while the lowest is a mere 87,845 permanent residents in 1980 — a gap of more than six million that spans categories and decades.

Top of the chart: Total Population in 2025 The 2025 total population figure of 6,111,175 is the largest single entry across all indicators and years. It caps a near-unbroken climb from 2.

29 million in 1976, with the only dips occurring in 1986 and 2020—the latter a marginal decline of about 22,000 during the pandemic year.

The dataset's top ranks are monopolised by total population statistics from recent years: 2024 at 6.04 million, 2023 at 5.92 million, and a pre-pandemic high of 5.70 million in 2019.

This clustering confirms that Singapore's demographic expansion has been sustained and, by the mid-2020s, pushed the overall headcount firmly past the six-million mark for the first time.

The other end: Permanent Resident Population in 1980 At the opposite extreme sits the 87,845 permanent residents recorded in 1980, the smallest non-null value in the entire series.

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