UN data shows Malaysians make up biggest migrant group in Singapore at 44pc
Sunday, 19 Jan 2020 04:00 PM MYTSpectators wave the Singapore national flag as they wait for the start of the 54th National Day Parade in Singapore August 9, 2019. — AFP pic
According to ST, the percentage of Malaysians has increased from 27 per cent of the foreign-born population in Singapore in 1990 to 44 per cent last year. The ST report said those originating from China is the second largest migrant group in Singapore at about 18 per cent in 2019 with 380,145 of Chinese migrants there, an increase from 150,447 in 1990.
In the same 30-year period from 1990 to 2019, ST said the rise in migrant population from 727,262 to 2.16 million has resulted in Singapore’s overall population size growing from three million to 5.7 million.
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