Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Singapore, 1999

Singapore
1999
Total fertility rate: 1.24
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

Year

-5 -1   1999  +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 1.24 children per woman in 1999 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (88 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.9 years old. In total, 47,095 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.24
Births
47,095
Births per 1,000 people
11.9
Mean age of mothers
29.9
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.59
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.2
Population
3,966,557
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
15-197.12.8%944
20-2432.813.1%5,471
25-2988.035.3%17,356
30-3482.433.0%16,036
35-3933.213.3%6,290
40-445.72.3%965
45-490.20.1%21
50-540.00.0%0