Singapore added a little over 128,000 people over the year up to June this year.
In the latest annual Population Trends publication by the Singapore Department of Statistics, the country’s total population reached 5.31 million at end-June, 2.5 per cent more than the figure a year ago.
The number of Singapore citizens grew by close to 28,000 to 3.29 million over the one-year period.
That of permanent residents (PRs) was up by a little over 1,000 to 533,100 over the period. This was a minimal increase versus the 1.7 per cent contraction the year before. Full story
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