Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1981

Singapore
1981
Total fertility rate: 1.71
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1981  +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 1.71 children per woman in 1981 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (135 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.2 years old. In total, 44,122 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.71
Births
44,122
Births per 1,000 people
17.4
Mean age of mothers
28.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
3.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.81
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.8
Population
2,531,802
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%11
15-1911.83.4%1,623
20-2480.523.3%12,109
25-29135.239.2%18,403
30-3482.824.0%9,509
35-3928.98.4%2,078
40-445.51.6%383
45-490.10.0%3
50-540.00.0%0