Demographics of Singapore
Early census figures

Demographics of Singapore

Section Title: Early census figures
Table Section Text: None

Ethnic Group	Population

1824	1826	1836	1871	1901	1931	1957

Europeans	74	87	141	1,946	3,824	8,082	10,826

Eurasians	117	2,164	4,120	6,903	11,382

Native Christians	188	421

Armenians	16	19	34	(81)

Arabs	15	26	41

Malays	4,580	4,790	9,632	26,148	36,080	65,014	197,059

Bugis	1,925	1,242	1,962

Javanese	267	903

Chinese	3,317	6,088	13,749	54,572	164,041	418,640	1,090,596

Indians	756	1,021	2,930	11,610	17,824	50,811	124,084

Others	12	50	671	2,667	8,275	11,982

Total	10,683	13,750	29,980	97,111	228,555	557,745	1,445,929

Sentence(s)

In the 1826 census, Singapore had a total population of 13,750 with 6,088 Chinese, 4,790 Malays, 1,242 Bugis, 1,021 Indians, 267 Javanese and 87 Europeans.

final_sentence: In the 1826 census, Singapore had a total population of 13,750 with 6,088 Chinese, 4,790 Malays, 1,242 Bugis, 1,021 Indians, 267 Javanese and 87 Europeans.