Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1997

Singapore
1997
Total fertility rate: 1.37
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1997  +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 1.37 children per woman in 1997 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (100 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 50,738 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.37
Births
50,738
Births per 1,000 people
13.4
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.65
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.2
Population
3,796,622
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%9
15-196.32.3%796
20-2437.713.6%6,249
25-2999.536.0%18,663
30-3490.832.8%17,472
35-3935.913.0%6,548
40-446.22.2%979
45-490.10.1%17
50-540.00.0%0