Fertility in Singapore, 2001

Singapore
2001
Total fertility rate: 1.19
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Singapore was 1.19 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (81 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 45,971 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.19
Births
45,971
Births per 1,000 people
11.2
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.57
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.0
Population
4,116,166
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%12
15-197.23.0%993
20-2430.612.8%5,307
25-2980.633.7%16,169
30-3481.033.9%15,934
35-3933.614.1%6,501
40-445.82.4%1,030
45-490.20.1%26
50-540.00.0%0