Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1991

Singapore
1991
Total fertility rate: 1.49
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1991  +1 +5

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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 1.49 children per woman in 1991 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (112 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.5 years old. In total, 49,304 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.49
Births
49,304
Births per 1,000 people
15.7
Mean age of mothers
29.5
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.71
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.9
Population
3,136,291
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%10
15-197.42.5%910
20-2447.515.7%6,992
25-29111.837.0%19,388
30-3492.430.6%15,850
35-3936.912.2%5,437
40-446.02.0%713
45-490.10.0%5
50-540.00.0%0