With Singapore’s population at a high of more than 6.1 million, fuelled by foreign worker influx, more assurance should be given to locals on public infrastructure integrity and that they will remain the core of the labour market, according to analysts.
On Monday, the National Population and Talent Division released its annual report stating that the city state’s population grew by 1.2 per cent in the past year to 6.11 million as of June, with the increase driven by growth in the non-resident population.
This segment includes foreign domestic workers and those in the construction, marine shipyard and process sectors.
The report said that as of June 2025, Singapore had 3.66 million citizens, a slight increase from 3.64 million a year ago. The number of permanent residents remained unchanged at 0.54 million.
Immigration has long been a hot-button topic amid a declining birth rate and rapidly ageing population in the densely populated city state, which has a land area of about 735 sq km.
