GITNUX MARKETDATA REPORT 2024
Singapores Most Spoken Language Statistics Statistics
The most spoken language in Singapore is English, followed by Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil.
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"The proportion of elderly who spoke only their mother tongue at home decreased from 21.9% in 2000 to 14.2% in 2020."
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"In 2020, 48.3% of Singapore residents spoke English most frequently at home."
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"Nearly 80% of the Chinese population in Singapore are literate in Mandarin."
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"23% of primary school students in Singapore converse in English and Chinese at home."
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"74.1% of Malay households in Singapore spoke Malay most frequently at home."
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"The literacy rate in at least two languages in Singapore is 96.8%."
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"Nearly 50% of Indian households spoke English as their main home language."
Statistic 8
"44.4% of Indian households speak English most frequently at home."
Statistic 9
"English is the most commonly spoken language at home in Singapore."
Statistic 10
"Percentage of Singaporeans who are bilingual in English and a second language: 74.3%."
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"The percentage of Chinese households that speak Mandarin most frequently at home has fallen from 47.7% in 2010 to 29.9% in 2020."
Statistic 12
"37% of working adults in Singapore said they use English most frequently at work."
Statistic 13
"Among younger Singaporeans aged 5 to 14, 66.4% primarily spoke English at home in 2020."
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"Tamil is spoken by 3.3% of the population as the most frequent language at home."
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"60.6% of primary school students speak both English and a mother tongue language."
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"About 32.3% of Singaporeans spoke Mandarin as their most frequent home language in 2020."
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"Only 12% of Singaporeans spoke Chinese dialects (Hokkien, Cantonese, etc.) at home in 2020."
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"One in four primary school children in Singapore speaks Mandarin as their primary home language."
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"12.2% of Singapore residents most frequently spoke Malay at home in 2020."
Statistic 20
"The use of English as the most spoken language at home has increased from 32.3% in 2010 to 48.3% in 2020."
Jannik Lindner
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