Fertility in Singapore, 1955

Singapore
1955
Total fertility rate: 6.38
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1955
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

Year

-5 -1   1955  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Singapore was 6.38 children per woman in 1955 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (345 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 55,217 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.38
Births
55,217
Births per 1,000 people
41.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.6%
Net reproduction rate
2.78
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
1,320,230
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%21
15-1976.26.0%4,724
20-24295.023.1%15,447
25-29344.827.0%15,250
30-34282.522.2%10,528
35-39190.414.9%6,614
40-4481.16.4%2,515
45-494.50.4%118
50-540.00.0%0