SINGAPORE, Tuesday 31 August 2010 (AFP) - Singapore's population crossed five million this year and more than a third of the total are foreigners, the statistics department said Tuesday.The city-state's total population stood at 5.08 million people at the end of June, it said in a statement.
Of the number, 3.23 million are citizens, 540,000 are foreigners with permanent residency and 1.3 million are foreign professionals and workers along with their dependents, resulting in a 36% share for foreigners in the general population. Full story
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