Singapore's total population grows to 5.7 million mainly due to more foreign workers

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SINGAPORE — Singapore’s total population grew to 5.7 million people in June, mainly due to an increase in foreign worker numbers, the Prime Minister’s Office Strategy Group said in its Population in Brief report on Wednesday (Sept 25).

 

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