Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1954

Singapore
1954
Total fertility rate: 6.35
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1954  +1 +5

Country

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

The total fertility rate of Singapore was 6.35 children per woman in 1954 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (343 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 52,737 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.35
Births
52,737
Births per 1,000 people
42.1
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.73
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
1,252,281
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%22
15-1975.05.9%4,491
20-24294.323.2%14,640
25-29342.927.1%14,305
30-34280.422.1%10,254
35-39189.214.9%6,476
40-4480.96.4%2,431
45-494.70.4%117
50-540.00.0%0