Fertility in Singapore, 1980

Singapore
1980
Total fertility rate: 1.74
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Singapore was 1.74 children per woman in 1980 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (137 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 42,176 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.74
Births
42,176
Births per 1,000 people
17.3
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.82
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
2,437,493
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%12
15-1912.13.4%1,674
20-2481.423.2%11,776
25-29137.439.2%17,444
30-3486.524.7%9,020
35-3927.07.7%1,861
40-445.81.7%380
45-490.10.0%4
50-540.00.0%0