Chinese Singaporeans

Chinese Singaporeans (simplified Chinese: 新加坡华人/华裔新加坡人; traditional Chinese: 新加坡華人/華裔新加坡人; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Huárén / Huáyì Xīnjiāpōrén) are a local ethnic group in Singapore, defined as Singaporeans of Chinese descent. Chinese Singaporeans constitute 76.2% of the Singaporean population, making them the largest ethnic group[lower-alpha 1] in Singapore.[1]

Notes
  1. Or racial group as opposed to Malay, Indian and others, under the CMIO model.

References
  1. "Population Trends 2011" (PDF). Singapore Department of Statistics, Social Statistics Section. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 November 2011. Retrieved 7 May 2012.
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