What is the proportion of Chinese in Singapore?

Chinese account for 75.9% of the total population.

Chinese Singaporeans are China people who were born or immigrated to Singapore and hold Singapore citizenship or right of abode. In 20 10, there were nearly 2.8 million Chinese in Singapore, accounting for 74. 1% of Singapore's permanent population, making it the largest ethnic group in Singapore.

Singapore is the only country outside China with a majority Chinese population. The early trade and development of Singapore as a commercial center witnessed the growth of the huge Chinese community in the colony. Chinese mainly comes from Minnan dialect, Chaozhou dialect, Cantonese, Hakka dialect, Qionghai dialect and Fuzhou dialect in China's southeast coastal provinces such as Guangdong, Fujian and Hainan.

According to the statistics of the Singapore government from June 65438 to June 0996, there are 2,352,700 Chinese in Singapore, accounting for 77.3% of the population. Among the Chinese in Singapore, Minnan people account for about 40%; Chaozhou people accounts for about 20%; Guangfu people account for nearly 20%; Hakkas account for less than10%; The rest are people who speak other dialects.

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Generally speaking, Chinese Singaporeans will be classified according to their Chinese dialects, language and cultural groups, native place or ancestral home. The native place of Chinese in Singapore is quite complex and tends to be diversified, which can usually be identified by the dialects they speak.