Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1968

Singapore
1968
Total fertility rate: 3.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1968  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Singapore was 3.53 children per woman in 1968 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (235 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.9 years old. In total, 47,363 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
3.53
Births
47,363
Births per 1,000 people
23.6
Mean age of mothers
28.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
7.1%
Net reproduction rate
1.64
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
2,010,092
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
10-140.20.0%22
15-1929.84.2%3,345
20-24159.822.8%12,879
25-29235.133.6%15,969
30-34152.821.8%9,237
35-3985.312.2%4,357
40-4436.15.2%1,504
45-491.40.2%50
50-540.00.0%0