Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1998

Singapore
1998
Total fertility rate: 1.26
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1998  +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 1.26 children per woman in 1998 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (90 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 47,443 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.26
Births
47,443
Births per 1,000 people
12.2
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.60
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.1
Population
3,901,418
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
15-196.62.6%856
20-2434.513.6%5,738
25-2989.935.4%17,399
30-3482.832.6%16,092
35-3934.213.5%6,368
40-445.82.3%962
45-490.10.1%20
50-540.00.0%0