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| Total population | |
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| 539,251 (2020 census)[1][2] 15.6% of the resident population[3] | |
| Religions | |
| Majority Sunni Islam with a small Shia minority |
| Islam by country |
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Islam constitutes the third largest religion in Singapore, with Muslims accounting for approximately 15.6% of the population, as indicated by the 2020 census.[2] Predominantly, Singaporean Muslims are Sunni Muslims adhering to either the Shafi‘i or Hanafi schools of thought.[4] The majority of the Muslim population, about 80%, are ethnic Malays, while 13% are of Indian descent.[5] The remaining fraction comprises local Chinese, Eurasian, and Arab communities, in addition to foreign migrants.[6] Buddhism and Christianity are the two larger religious affiliations in the country.
- ^ "Religion" (Microsoft Excel). singstat.gov.sg. Singapore Department of Statistics. 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Singapore Census of Population 2020, Statistical Release 1". Department of Statistics Singapore. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "Religion" (Microsoft Excel). singstat.gov.sg. Singapore Department of Statistics. 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ James L. Peacock (January 1978). Muslim Puritans: Reformist Psychology in Southeast Asian Islam. p. 147. ISBN 9780520034037. Retrieved May 31, 2014.
- ^ Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas, Some Aspects of Sufism as Understood and Practised among the Malays (Singapore: Malaysian Sociological Research Institute, 1963).
- ^ International Religious Freedom Report 2006 - Singapore
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