Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1956

Singapore
1956
Total fertility rate: 6.44
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1956  +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 6.44 children per woman in 1956 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (349 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 58,236 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.44
Births
58,236
Births per 1,000 people
41.9
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.5%
Net reproduction rate
2.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
1,390,956
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%20
15-1978.16.1%4,947
20-24297.423.1%16,386
25-29348.727.0%16,381
30-34286.422.2%11,000
35-39192.815.0%6,779
40-4481.86.3%2,604
45-494.40.3%119
50-540.00.0%0