Fertility in Singapore, 1950

Singapore
1950
Total fertility rate: 6.23
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1950
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   1950  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Singapore was 6.23 children per woman in 1950 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (335 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 44,926 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.23
Births
44,926
Births per 1,000 people
44.3
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.9%
Net reproduction rate
2.52
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
1,013,314
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.30.0%19
15-1974.46.0%3,556
20-24291.323.4%11,566
25-29335.126.9%12,290
30-34273.322.0%9,649
35-39184.214.8%5,659
40-4480.16.4%2,080
45-495.30.4%106
50-540.00.0%0