Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1979

Singapore
1979
Total fertility rate: 1.79
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1979  +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 1979 — 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, 41,719 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.79
Births
41,719
Births per 1,000 people
17.5
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.84
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.7
Population
2,388,157
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%14
15-1912.03.3%1,695
20-2484.423.4%11,995
25-29140.438.9%17,165
30-3491.225.3%8,583
35-3927.07.5%1,900
40-445.81.6%363
45-490.10.0%4
50-540.00.0%2