Religion in Singapore
Statistics and demographics
The Singapore census includes detailed data on religion and ethnicity, and is taken on a ten or five-year basis. Figures for religion for the past three decades are: The above figures refer to the resident population only, and do not include the non-resident population (Singapore authorities do not release figures for the non-resident population which accounted for 18.33% of Singapore's population in 2005).

Religion in Singapore

Section Title: Statistics and demographics
Table Section Text: The Singapore census includes detailed data on religion and ethnicity, and is taken on a ten or five-year basis. Figures for religion for the past three decades are: The above figures refer to the resident population only, and do not include the non-resident population (Singapore authorities do not release figures for the non-resident population which accounted for 18.33% of Singapore's population in 2005).

Religious group	Population % 1980	Population % 1990	Population % 2000	Population % 2010	Population % 2015

Buddhism	26.7%	31.1%	42.5%	33.3%	33.2%

Taoism and folk religion	30.0%	22.4%	8.5%	10.9%	11.0%

Christianity	9.9%	12.5%	14.6%	18.4%	18.7%

Catholicism	n/a	n/a	4.8%	7.1%	6.7%

Protestantism and other non-Catholic	n/a	n/a	9.8%	11.3%	12.0%

Not religious	13.1%	14.3%	14.8%	17.0%	17.5%

Islam	16.2%	15.4%	14.9%	14.7%	14.0%

Hinduism	3.6%	3.7%	4.0%	5.1%	5.0%

Other religions	0.5%	0.6%	0.6%	0.7%	0.6%

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The most followed religion in Singapore is Buddhism, with 33.2% of the population at the census (2015).

final_sentence: The most followed religion in Singapore is Buddhism, with 33.2% of the population at the census (2015).