Fertility in Singapore, 2009

Singapore
2009
Total fertility rate: 1.00
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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   2009  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Singapore was 1.00 children per woman in 2009 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (74 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.8 years old. In total, 44,518 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.00
Births
44,518
Births per 1,000 people
9.0
Mean age of mothers
30.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.8%
Net reproduction rate
0.48
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.5
Population
4,968,568
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%13
15-194.62.3%820
20-2421.110.5%4,568
25-2961.130.3%14,245
30-3473.936.7%16,498
35-3935.017.4%7,293
40-445.62.8%1,048
45-490.20.1%34
50-540.00.0%0