Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1985

Singapore
1985
Total fertility rate: 1.53
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1985  +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 1.53 children per woman in 1985 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (118 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 46,212 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.53
Births
46,212
Births per 1,000 people
16.9
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.72
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.6
Population
2,735,030
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%8
15-199.83.2%1,230
20-2465.321.0%10,378
25-29117.838.0%19,395
30-3481.826.4%11,435
35-3931.010.0%3,441
40-444.51.4%322
45-490.00.0%2
50-540.00.0%0