Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1988

Singapore
1988
Total fertility rate: 1.75
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1988  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Singapore was 1.75 children per woman in 1988 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (133 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.3 years old. In total, 53,070 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.75
Births
53,070
Births per 1,000 people
18.6
Mean age of mothers
29.3
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.83
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.1
Population
2,849,045
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
15-197.32.0%857
20-2461.917.5%8,996
25-29132.937.5%21,568
30-34104.929.6%15,993
35-3939.911.2%4,987
40-447.52.1%655
45-490.00.0%2
50-540.00.0%0