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ix List of Tables 2.1 Population Growth, 1824–1947 9 2.2 Components of Population Growth, 1881–1947 11 2.3 Annual Rate of Population Growth for Three Main Races, 1824–1947 12 2.4 Components of Population Growth for Three Main Races, 1901–1947 13 2.5 Population Growth, 1947–2010 14 2.6 Growth of Resident and Non-Resident Population, 2000–2011 18 2.7 Components of Total Population Growth, 2000–2010 21 2.8 Distribution of Total Population by Region, 1980 and 1990 22 2.9 Distribution of Resident Population by Region, 2000 and 2010 24 3.1 Distribution of Population by Race, 1824–2010 29 3.2 Sex Ratio by Race, 1824–2010 32 3.3 Sex Ratio by Broad Age Group, 1881–2010 34 3.4 Distribution of Population by Broad Age Group, 1901–2010 37 3.5 Percentage Distribution of Resident Population Aged 10 and Over by Religion and Race, 1980–2010 42 3.6 General Literacy Rate by Race and Sex, 1957–2010 45 3.7 Literate Persons Aged 15 and Over by Language Literate In, 1970–2010 47 3.8 Distribution of Population by Citizenship Status and Sex, 1970–2010 50 3.9 Distribution of Population by Citizenship Status and Race, 1970–2010 52 4.1 Growth of Foreign-Born Population by Race, 1921–1980 62 4.2 Growth of Foreign-Born Resident Population by Race, 1990–2010 64 4.3 Distribution of Foreign-Born Total Population by Country of Birth, 1947–1980 66 x POPULATION OF SINGAPORE 4.4 Distribution of Foreign-Born Resident Population by Country of Birth, 1990–2010 68 4.5 Distribution of Foreign-Born Resident Population by Country of Birth and Race, 2010 70 4.6 Distribution of Foreign-Born Resident Population by Year of First Arrival, 1990–2000 71 4.7 Distribution of Foreign-Born Resident Population by Year of First Arrival and Race, 1990 73 4.8 Foreign-Born Resident Population by Citizenship Status and Year of First Arrival, 1980 and 1990 75 4.9 Result of Application for Permanent Resident Status, 2005–2010 76 4.10 Components of Resident Population Growth, 2000–2010 77 5.1 Annual Average Deaths and Crude Death Rates, 1878–2010 82 5.2 Principal Causes of Death, 1941–1945 84 5.3 Infant Mortality Rate, Neonatal Mortality Rate, and Maternal Mortality Rate, 1946–2010 85 5.4 Age-Specific Death Rates, 1947–1990 87 5.5 Some Mortality Rates for Three Main Races, 1946–1964 90 5.6 Selected Causes of Death for Three Main Races, 1963 92 5.7 Age-Specific Death Rates by Sex, 2010 93 5.8 Principal Causes of Death, 1947–1990 95 5.9 Life Expectancy at Birth by Sex and Race, 1957–1990 98 6.1 Marriages and General Marriage Rate by Type of Marriages, 1961–2010 106 6.2 Marriages and General Marriage Rates for Three Main Races, 1961–2010 109 6.3 Average Age at First Marriage by Type of Marriages and Sex, 1961–2010 112 6.4 Age-Specific Marriage Rates by Sex, 1980–2010 115 6.5 Interracial Marriages and Interracial Marriage Rate, 1961–2010 117 6.6 Distribution of Grooms and Brides Contracting Interracial Marriages by Type of Marriage and Race, 2010 119 6.7 Bivariate Distribution of Non-Muslim Marriages by Religion of Grooms and Brides, 2010 122 6.8 Percentage Distribution of Groom and Bride by Education, 2005 125 7.1 Divorces and Divorce Rate by Type of Divorces, 1961–2010 133 7.2 Muslim Marriages, Divorces and Divorce Rate, 1921–1960 135 7.3 Divorces and Divorce Rate for Three Main Races, 1980–2010 137 [3.149.214.32] Project MUSE (2024-04-24 23:09 GMT) List of Tables xi 7.4 Percentage Distribution of Divorcees by Type of Divorce and Sex and Age Group of Divorcees, 2010 140 7.5 Percentage Distribution of Divorcees by Type of Divorce and Sex and Previous Marital Status of Divorcees, 1984 and 2003 141 7.6 Percentage Distribution of Divorcees by Type of Divorce and Marriage Duration, 1984 and 2010 143 7.7 Percentage Distribution of Divorcees by Type of Divorce and Number of Dependent Children, 1984 and 2010 144 7.8 Percentage Distribution of Non-Muslim Divorces by Reason for Divorce, 1984-2010 147 7.9 Percentage Distribution of Muslim Divorces by Reason for Divorce, 1984–2009 148 7.10 Percentage Distribution of Muslim Divorces by Reason for Divorce and Type of Petitioner, 2009 149...

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