Fertility in Singapore, 2005

Singapore
2005
Total fertility rate: 1.07
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Singapore was 1.07 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (76 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.2 years old. In total, 41,601 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.07
Births
41,601
Births per 1,000 people
9.7
Mean age of mothers
30.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.2%
Net reproduction rate
0.51
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.6
Population
4,268,364
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
10-140.10.1%14
15-195.92.8%899
20-2427.612.8%4,904
25-2968.431.8%13,492
30-3476.335.4%15,431
35-3931.414.6%5,855
40-445.42.5%973
45-490.20.1%31
50-540.00.0%0