Fertility in Singapore, 1990

Singapore
1990
Total fertility rate: 1.58
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 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   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Singapore was 1.58 children per woman in 1990 — 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 29.5 years old. In total, 50,430 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.58
Births
50,430
Births per 1,000 people
16.6
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.75
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
3,039,591
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%13
15-197.42.3%899
20-2452.816.5%7,577
25-29117.836.8%19,864
30-3496.430.1%15,910
35-3939.112.2%5,415
40-446.92.1%750
45-490.00.0%4
50-540.00.0%0