Singapore population to be half-foreign by 2030: government

ASIA - Singapore population to be half-foreign by 2030: government

Singapore population to be half-foreign by 2030: government

ASIA > Singapore population to be half-foreign by 2030: government SINGAPORE - Agence France-Presse Send to friend » Pedestrians walk down a street in downtown financial district in Singapore on January 29, 2013. AFP photo Foreigners could make up nearly half of Singapore's population by 2030, the government said Tuesday as it unveiled its politically sensitive projection for a city of up to seven million boosted by young immigrants. In a white (policy) paper on population, the government said Singaporeans' flagging birth rates -- which have been below replacement levels for more than three decades -- necessitated immigration into the prosperous Southeast Asian nation. The paper, released by the National Population and Talent Division, said the total population could range between 6.5 and 6.9 million by 2030. Foreigners would make up nearly half the population by then, wit...

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