Chinese Singaporeans
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Chinese Singaporeans (simplified Chinese: 新加坡华人/华裔新加坡人; traditional Chinese: 新加坡華人/華裔新加坡人; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Huárén / Huáyì Xīnjiāpōrén) are Singaporeans of Han Chinese ancestry.[2] Chinese Singaporeans constitute 75.9% of the Singaporean resident population according to the official census,[3] making them the largest ethnic group in Singapore.[4]
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新加坡华人/新加坡華人 华裔新加坡人/華裔新加坡人 | |
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Total population | |
2,675,521 75.9% of the Singaporean resident population (2020)[1] | |
Languages | |
Religion | |
Related ethnic groups | |
foreign Peranakans, Overseas Chinese, Eurasian Singaporeans, Chinese Malaysians, Chinese Indonesians, Chinese Filipinos, Thai Chinese |
As early as the 10th century, there was evidence of Chinese people trading and settling in Singapore,[5][6] with various Chinese records documenting trading activities and Chinese residents on the island up until the 14th century.[7] Prior to the establishment of Singapore as a British trading port, there was a small population of 120 Malays who were followers of Temenggong Abdul Rahman, and about 20–30 Chinese living on the island.[8] After Singapore became a British colony, there was an influx of male Chinese migrant workers, who would then usually return to their families in China after they had earned enough. There was only a significant number of Chinese residents permanently settling in Singapore during the early to mid-twentieth century, forming the bulk of the Chinese Singaporean population in existence today.[9]
Many Chinese Singaporeans can trace their ancestry to provinces of southeastern China that mainly include speakers of Hokkien, Teochew, and to a lesser extent, Hakka and Cantonese.