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| SINGAPORE LANGUAGE STATS: |
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English speakers
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227,000 |
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[10th of 52]
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English speakers (per $ GDP)
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0.021 per $10,000 of GDP |
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[20th of 35]
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English speakers (per capita)
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5.129 per 100 people |
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[15th of 46]
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English status
Ethnic groups which use English: Chinese 154,000, 68%; European and Eurasian 34,000, 15%; Indian 32,000, 14%; Malay 6,000, 3%. Chinese varieties and Tamil also used at home. National language. Bible 1382-1989. |
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English-speaking population > As an additional language
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1,128,158
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[39th of 59]
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English-speaking population > First language
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665,087
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[9th of 62]
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English-speaking population > Total
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1,793,245 |
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[39th of 99]
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Languages
Mandarin 35%, English 23%, Malay 14.1%, Hokkien 11.4%, Cantonese 5.7%, Teochew 4.9%, Tamil 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 1.8%, other 0.9% |
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Languages of the African Union > Illiteracy > Literacy rate
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92.5
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[74th of 174]
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SOURCES: Ethnologue; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population
; Wikipedia: List of countries by English-speaking population; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: Languages of the African Union
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Singapore, Republic of Singapore
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