How many are Singaporeans?

There might come a time soon when Singaporean citizens, some of whom are responsible for voting in the elections, will be outnumbered in Singapore by people who are not Singaporeans.

CNA says that the population of the country rose by 200,000 between 2006 and 2007, of which only 39,490 were born here, which means 160,510 of these newcomers (welcome, y’all! And yay! my calculator works!) are definitely non-Singaporeans, who, at the moment, tally more than 1 million, and probably around the 2 million mark, because the stats CNA gives don’t tell me how many are Singaporeans and how many are Permanent Residents.


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Do you realise that if there are more FT, it will be good for business owners. But the rise in prices sort of offset it a little.

No matter what, the second generation of all these PRs will also become Singaporeans, just like what our forefathers did back that. They were also considered PRs or foreign labours during their times here in Singapore. So does it really matter that much? At least not to me.

Yea, i the second generation will be singaporean so there isnt much a big issue here.