SINGAPORE: As of June 2024, Singapore’s total population reached 6.04 million, reflecting a 2% increase from June 2023, according to the Government’s latest Population in Brief report released by the National Population and Talent Division (NPTD) on Tuesday (24 Sept).
This notable rise in population is primarily attributed to a 5% growth in the non-resident (NR) population, which increased from 1.77 million in June 2023 to 1.86 million in June 2024.
The increase was observed across various pass types, including foreign workers across all categories, semi-skilled non-professional work permit holders, manager and executive roles, technician (non-PMET) workers, dependants, and international students.
Work Permit Holders contributed the most to this growth, followed closely by Migrant Domestic Workers, NDTD report added.
“Today, the foreign workforce constitutes about two-thirds of the NR population, while the remaining one-third comprises mainly migrant domestic workers, dependants, and students,” the report noted.
The report further highlighted that the increase in the NR population was primarily driven by growth in foreign employment from June 2023 to June 2024.
It emphasized that, given Singapore’s fundamental labour constraints, the foreign workforce complements the local workforce and enables companies to access a broader range of skills from the global labour pool.
Additionally, the annualized population growth rate over the last five years (2019-2024) was slightly higher than in the preceding five-year period (2014-2019), mainly due to post-COVID growth in the number of Work Permit Holders in the Construction, Marine Shipyard, and Process (CMP) sectors as companies resumed projects delayed by the pandemic.
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