Fertility in Singapore, 2017

Singapore
2017
Total fertility rate: 0.94
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2017 1987, 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

Year

-5 -1   2017  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of Singapore was 0.94 children per woman in 2017 — 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 31.8 years old. In total, 46,704 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
0.94
Births
46,704
Births per 1,000 people
8.3
Mean age of mothers
31.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.9%
Net reproduction rate
0.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.1
Population
5,604,078
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%9
15-192.31.2%430
20-2412.46.6%3,251
25-2949.626.3%13,771
30-3475.940.3%18,663
35-3940.221.4%9,029
40-447.43.9%1,495
45-490.30.2%57
50-540.00.0%0