MARRIAGES BETWEEN SINGAPOREANS AND FOREIGNERS
Parliament of Singapore · 22 May 2007
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MARRIAGES BETWEEN SINGAPOREANS AND FOREIGNERS
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Mr Siew Kum Hong asked the Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports for each of the last ten years (a) how many marriages between Singaporeans and foreigners were registered in Singapore; (b) how many of these marriages were between
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Singaporean men and foreign women; and (c) what were the 20 most common nationalities of (i) foreign men who married Singaporean women and (ii) foreign women who married Singaporean men.
Dr Vivian Balakrishnan: From 1997 to 2006, an annual average of 5,200 marriages between Singaporeans and foreigners were registered in Singapore. The annual figures for the period are at Table 1.
** Table 1: Number of Marriages Registered in Singapore between Singapore Citizens and Foreigners, 1997-2006 **
Year: |
Number of Marriages: ---|---
1997
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4,445
1998
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5,102
1999
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5,172
2000
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4,823
2001
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5,058
2002
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4,929
2003
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4,566
2004
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5,411
2005
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6,777
2006
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6,359
For the same period, an annual average of 4,200 marriages between Singaporean men and foreign women were registered in Singapore. The annual figures for the period are at Table 2.
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Table 2: Number of Marriages Registered in Singapore:
between Singapore Citizen Males and Foreign Females, 1997-2006: _
Year: |
Number of Marria: ges
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1997
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3,592
1998
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4,143
1999
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4,129
2000
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3,834
2001
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4,117
2002
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3,988
2003
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3,647
2004
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4,358
2005
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5,611
2006
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5,202
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The most common origins among foreign spouses who married Singaporeans from 2004 to 2006 are listed at Table 3. We only have a breakdown by origins from 2004.
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Table 3: 20 Most Common Origins of Foreign Spouses, 2004-2006: _
Alphabetical Order
Foreign Males: |
Foreign Females: ---|---
Australia
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Australia
Bangladesh
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Brunei
Canada
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Cambodia
France
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Canada
Germany
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Hong Kong
Hong Kong
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India
India
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Indonesia
Indonesia
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Japan
Italy
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Korea
Japan
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Mainland China
Mainland China
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Malaysia
Malaysia
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Philippines
Netherlands
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Russia
New Zealand
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Sri Lanka
Pakistan
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Taiwan
Philippines
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Thailand
Sweden
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Turkey
Taiwan
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United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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United States of America
United States of America
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Vietnam
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Source: Singapore Parliament Official Report (Hansard) for 22 May 2007. Republished on SGParliament.