Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1957

Singapore
1957
Total fertility rate: 6.40
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1957  +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 6.40 children per woman in 1957 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (347 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 60,417 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.40
Births
60,417
Births per 1,000 people
41.4
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.85
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
1,458,271
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
15-1978.36.1%4,986
20-24295.223.0%17,128
25-29347.227.1%17,262
30-34285.522.3%11,459
35-39191.714.9%6,819
40-4480.76.3%2,627
45-494.20.3%118
50-540.00.0%0