https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/s-po...-6-million-mark












3.54/6.04 *100 = 60.26 percent is Singapore citizen


39.73 is Non-Singapore Citizen..

6:4 ratio !!!!




Singapore population crosses 6 million mark

The increase was due mainly to the 5 per cent growth in the non-resident population



SINGAPORE – Singapore’s total population stood at 6.04 million as at June 2024, a 2 per cent rise from June 2023, the Government’s latest Population in Brief report showed.

This is the first time the figure has crossed the six million mark.

The increase was due mainly to a 5 per cent increase in the non-resident population, which grew from 1.77 million in June 2023 to 1.86 million in June 2024, said the annual report released on Sept 24 by the National Population and Talent Division (NPTD).

The increase in non-resident workers, including work permit holders and migrant domestic workers, helped to provide much-needed services to meet Singaporeans’ social and economic needs, for instance by supporting caregiving needs, and by filling occupations that residents are typically not keen on, such as construction jobs, said the NPTD in a statement.

Residents continued to take higher-paying jobs, with employment growing in sectors such as

financial and insurance services, information and communications, and professional services,

it pointed out, where the high labour force participation rate remained robust and unemployment rates of residents and citizens remained very low.

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Sep 27 2024, 10:02 AM

I'm curious why was there a fall of 30k of PR during pandemic? That's about 5% drop, which is alot.

This post has been edited by malz89: Sep 27 2024, 09:32 AM

Maybe a lot of them went home?

Well likely .. haha

icic.. Do you mean your EP152 form is more than two weeks the also has no questions during formalities?
Would like to ask if they accept print copies or must be handwritten in original form.

I'm not too sure about that because I was sponsored by my wife. I took a shortcut to PR .. haha .. maybe those that got it legitimately would be able to answer this. I think both would work.

I’m also sponsored by wife… I mean, I sponsored her when we applied for PRs decades ago, but she’s now sponsoring me for the next step…

Huh need her for citizen meh? I thought as long as ure a PR can just move next step le .. unless u want it to be fast .. just like me .. but having a sponsor do have drawbacks, e.g., upon divorce, you would lose your PR.

If both the husband and wife are Malaysian, and they get divorced, will the wife's PR be canceled as long as they don't report it to Singapore?

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Sep 29 2024, 09:54 AM

Fast tracked. I wanna get it sorted before I retire to Australia

1.00 Singapore Dollar = 1.13 Australian Dollars, so migrating to Australia is a good choice as well.


Enjoy your life in Australia with nicer weather, better transport, food, people, spaces,islands, mountain,air and beaches...







I think Singapore's population is increasing too fast, and the government needs to do more land reclamation by the sea. More and more space is needed.

Now the MRT is very crowded even non-peak hours and Woodlands customs are also packed.


Even on Sundays morning 10am, when I want to go back to JB, there are so many people queuing for buses 160/170/950 at Woodlands Custom.

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Sep 29 2024, 10:12 AM

Thank you. Singapore made my planned retirement in Australia possible, so for that I am grateful. We’re going over for bigger space, fresher air and less crowded places.

And long journeys in my Porsches obviously hahaha.

May I know which model?



Porsche Macan is my dream car.

If one of then is a sponsor, he/she has to be there for the renewal. So, unless you guys are in good terms, but I doubt.

Alright .. haha

And yet you go home every week? That's why I don't bother to go malaysia unless I have to. Things will get worse soon ..

For non peak hours, MRT is quite ok still because I usually take the mrt around 10.30 to work and return around 4 .. always get seats for yellow, purple and blue

I have 3.

One Macan (in Singapore)

One Cayenne & one 911 (both in Australia)

No such issues with citizenship. Once I become a SC, I won't need to renew anything

I work 4 days and rest 3 days, alternating weekly.

Week 1: Work Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

Rest Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.


Week 2: Work Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday.

Rest Sunday, Monday, Tuesday.


My rest days fall on non-peak days at the customs, but maybe it's a psychological effect, or perhaps it's because Singapore’s population has already reached 6 million, so the customs are now quite packed.

This post has been edited by plouffle0789: Sep 29 2024, 10:55 AM

Citizen shouldn't be an issue more on PR .. as he was asking