Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1958

Singapore
1958
Total fertility rate: 6.32
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1958  +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 6.32 children per woman in 1958 — 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, 61,780 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.32
Births
61,780
Births per 1,000 people
40.8
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
8.0%
Net reproduction rate
2.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.2
Population
1,515,727
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
15-1978.76.2%4,967
20-24291.623.0%17,655
25-29342.627.1%17,721
30-34283.222.4%11,948
35-39186.714.7%6,733
40-4479.06.2%2,617
45-494.00.3%116
50-540.00.0%0