Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1996

Singapore
1996
Total fertility rate: 1.42
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1996  +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 1.42 children per woman in 1996 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (105 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.8 years old. In total, 51,634 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.42
Births
51,634
Births per 1,000 people
14.1
Mean age of mothers
29.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.5%
Net reproduction rate
0.68
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.2
Population
3,664,560
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
15-196.22.1%763
20-2440.113.9%6,572
25-29105.136.5%19,144
30-3493.032.4%17,637
35-3936.712.8%6,551
40-446.22.2%939
45-490.10.0%15
50-540.00.0%0