Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Singapore

Number of immigrants in Singapore in 2024 — 2,841,665 people. Ranked 27 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 289.6%.

2024 2.84M people +9.75% vs 2020
World rank 27of 215
Period maximum 2.84M people2024
Period minimum 729,377 people1990

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Singapore, 1990–202401M2M3M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 729,377 people1995: 993,616 people2000: 1,319,433 people2005: 1,494,527 people2010: 2,160,350 people2015: 2,535,340 people2020: 2,589,107 people2024: 2,841,665 people
Change over the period: +2.11M (+289.6%) Average annual rate: 4.08 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Singapore

Singapore 2.84M people
World 303M people
East Asia & Pacific 32.48M people
South-Eastern Asia computed 11.03M people
High-income countries computed 205M people
Number of immigrants — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 2.84M
2020 2.59M
2015 2.54M
2010 2.16M
2005 1.49M
2000 1.32M
1995 993,616
1990 729,377

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.