Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1978

Singapore
1978
Total fertility rate: 1.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1978  +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 1.79 children per woman in 1978 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (140 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 39,966 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.79
Births
39,966
Births per 1,000 people
16.9
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.5
Population
2,360,602
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
10-140.10.0%13
15-1912.33.4%1,749
20-2485.623.8%11,854
25-29139.738.8%16,481
30-3490.025.0%7,620
35-3926.77.4%1,898
40-445.81.6%344
45-490.10.0%6
50-540.00.0%2