The trend could be tied to the movement of the post-war baby boomers into the older age brackets, said Dr Cheung. By contrast, there are now fewer young people around, compared to 1990. 15- 34 decreased, their absolute numbers have also dipped, despite an overall population increase. And there are also more singles among the young. The composition of ethnic groups has remained stable.
Females now outnumber males for the first time.
There are now 998 males for every 1,000 females. Dr Cheung attributed this to migration, as a large number of PRs are women married to Singapore men, and the fact that women outlive men.