Chinese in Singapore
| Total population | |
|---|---|
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2,571,000 76.2% of the Singaporean population (2015) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
 Singapore
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| Languages | |
| English (medium of communication in schools and government), Malay (used as a secondary language) and Mandarin (lingua franca); Singlish (creole); also usage of dialects such as Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew, Hainanese, Hakka, Foochow, Hinghua | |
| Religion | |
| Buddhism · Christianity · Taoism · Islam · Chinese folk religion | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Malaysian Chinese · Overseas Chinese · Chinese Indonesians |
Chinese Singaporeans or Singaporean Chinese (Chinese: simp. , trad. , pin. Xīnjiāpō Huárén,) are people of full or partial Chinese – particularly Han Chinese – ancestry who hold Singaporean nationality. As of 2015, Chinese Singaporeans constitute 76.2% of the country's citizens, – approximately three out of four Singaporeans – making them the largest ethnic group in Singapore. Outside Greater China, Singapore is the only country in the world where ethnic Chinese constitute a majority of the population and are well represented in all levels of Singaporean society, politically and economically. It is the home of the fifth largest community of Overseas Chinese, behind the Chinese communities in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the United States.
In the Chinese language, Chinese Singaporeans clearly distinguish themselves as full Chinese (s , t , p Huárén) rather than overseas Chinese (s , t , pin. Huáyì; s , t , pin. Huáqiáo).
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