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Dentists per 100,000 population: Singapore, 2025

Dental Market Radar Editorial Team · Updated · Data as of

Singapore had 47.6 dentists per 100,000 people in 2025 (registered basis), according to Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025. Basis: registered.

Comparability A Confidence high

Cite this

Singapore Dental Council. (2026). Dentists per 100,000 population: Singapore, as of 2025-12-31 [Data set]. Compiled by Dental Market Radar. https://dentalmarketradar.com/data/sg/dentists-per-100k/2025/

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Record

Value
47.6 per 100,000
Exact stored value
47.55 per 100,000
Unit
per 100,000
As of
Accessed
Revision
1
Confidence
high
Method
derived
Basis
registered
Scope
registered
Comparability
Comparability A A: same definition as the metric
Status
Current revision

Source quote

As of September 2025, the ratio of dentists to population is 2,906 dentists vs Singapore population (6,111,175) = 4.8 dentists per 10,000 people.

Locator: SDC Annual Report 2025, PDF p.14, footnote 2

Local definition

Registered dentists (31 Dec 2025) per mid-2025 total population

Source

Singapore Dental Council: Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025. Registry entry: sg-sdc-ar2025.

Notes

Derived: 2,906 / 6,111,175 x 100,000 = 47.55. Source itself reports 4.8 per 10,000 (= 48 per 100k, rounded); 4.7 in 2024 and 4.5 in 2023. Denominator is total population incl. non-residents.

Metric definition

Dentists per 100,000 population; derived = dentists / population x 100000, or reported by source All markets for this metric.

History

Dentists per 100,000 population in Singapore: current records by yearDentists per 100,000 population in Singapore: current records by year. per 100,000; same basis only (registered); a dashed line crosses a series break. Sources: MOH Health Manpower; Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025. Dental Market Radar.Dentists per 100,000 population in Singapore: current records by yearper 100,000; same basis only (registered); a dashed line crosses a series break2024: 46.646.62025: 47.647.620242025Sources: MOH Health Manpower; Singapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025. Dental Market Radar.
Current records on the same basis (registered). A dashed line crosses a documented series break. The table below lists every record.
Current records for Dentists per 100,000 population, Singapore, newest first
YearValueBasisAs ofComparabilitySourceSeries break
2025-hl46.0 per 100,000practisingComparability AWorld Bank WDI: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL)
202547.6 per 100,000registeredComparability ASingapore Dental Council Annual Report 2025
202446.6 per 100,000registeredComparability AHealth Manpower (registered dentists, oral health therapists)

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