Fertility in Singapore, 2008

Singapore
2008
Total fertility rate: 1.04
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2008 1978, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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-5 -1   2008  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Singapore was 1.04 children per woman in 2008 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (77 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.6 years old. In total, 44,452 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.04
Births
44,452
Births per 1,000 people
9.2
Mean age of mothers
30.6
Births to mothers aged 15–19
2.0%
Net reproduction rate
0.50
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
4,806,741
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
15-195.22.5%904
20-2423.811.3%4,798
25-2964.230.6%14,205
30-3476.736.5%16,562
35-3934.516.4%6,930
40-445.42.6%1,004
45-490.20.1%33
50-540.00.0%0