Total fertility rate — all countries

Total fertility rate — Singapore

Total fertility rate in Singapore in 2024 — 0.97 births. Ranked 213 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 83.2%.

2024 0.97 births +0% vs 2023
World rank 213of 217
Period maximum 5.76 births1960
Period minimum 0.97 births2023

Trend over time

1960–2024 · births per woman

Total fertility rate — Singapore, 1960–2024024619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 5.76 births1962: 5.21 births1964: 4.97 births1966: 4.46 births1968: 3.53 births1970: 3.07 births1972: 3.04 births1974: 2.35 births1976: 2.11 births1978: 1.79 births1980: 1.82 births1982: 1.74 births1984: 1.62 births1986: 1.43 births1988: 1.96 births1990: 1.83 births1992: 1.72 births1994: 1.71 births1996: 1.66 births1998: 1.48 births2000: 1.6 births2002: 1.37 births2004: 1.26 births2006: 1.28 births2008: 1.28 births2010: 1.15 births2012: 1.29 births2014: 1.25 births2016: 1.2 births2018: 1.14 births2020: 1.1 births2022: 1.04 births2024: 0.97 births
Change over the period: −4.79 (−83.16%) Average annual rate: -2.75 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Singapore

Singapore 0.97 births
World 2.19 births
East Asia & Pacific 1.34 births
South-Eastern Asia computed 1.93 births
High-income countries computed 1.43 births
Total fertility rate — Singapore, by year Singapore All countries CSV XLSX
Year births Change Change, %
2024 0.97 +0 +0%
2023 0.97 −0.07 −6.73%
2022 1.04 −0.08 −7.14%
2021 1.12 +0.02 +1.82%
2020 1.1 −0.04 −3.51%
2019 1.14 +0 +0%
2018 1.14 −0.02 −1.72%
2017 1.16 −0.04 −3.33%
2016 1.2 −0.04 −3.23%
2015 1.24 −0.01 −0.8%
2014 1.25 +0.06 +5.04%
2013 1.19 −0.1 −7.75%
2012 1.29 +0.09 +7.5%
2011 1.2 +0.05 +4.35%
2010 1.15 −0.07 −5.74%
2009 1.22 −0.06 −4.69%
2008 1.28 −0.01 −0.78%
2007 1.29 +0.01 +0.78%
2006 1.28 +0.02 +1.59%
2005 1.26 +0 +0%
2004 1.26 −0.01 −0.79%
2003 1.27 −0.1 −7.3%
2002 1.37 −0.04 −2.84%
2001 1.41 −0.19 −11.88%
2000 1.6 +0.13 +8.84%
1999 1.47 −0.01 −0.68%
1998 1.48 −0.13 −8.07%
1997 1.61 −0.05 −3.01%
1996 1.66 −0.01 −0.6%
1995 1.67 −0.04 −2.34%
1994 1.71 −0.03 −1.72%
1993 1.74 +0.02 +1.16%
1992 1.72 −0.01 −0.58%
1991 1.73 −0.1 −5.46%
1990 1.83 +0.08 +4.57%
1989 1.75 −0.21 −10.71%
1988 1.96 +0.34 +20.99%
1987 1.62 +0.19 +13.29%
1986 1.43 −0.18 −11.18%
1985 1.61 −0.01 −0.62%
1984 1.62 +0.01 +0.62%
1983 1.61 −0.13 −7.47%
1982 1.74 −0.04 −2.25%
1981 1.78 −0.04 −2.2%
1980 1.82 +0.03 +1.68%
1979 1.79 +0 +0%
1978 1.79 −0.03 −1.65%
1977 1.82 −0.29 −13.74%
1976 2.11 +0.04 +1.93%
1975 2.07 −0.28 −11.91%
1974 2.35 −0.44 −15.77%
1973 2.79 −0.25 −8.22%
1972 3.04 +0.02 +0.66%
1971 3.02 −0.05 −1.63%
1970 3.07 −0.15 −4.66%
1969 3.22 −0.31 −8.78%
1968 3.53 −0.38 −9.72%
1967 3.91 −0.55 −12.33%
1966 4.46 −0.2 −4.29%
1965 4.66 −0.31 −6.24%
1964 4.97 −0.19 −3.68%
1963 5.16 −0.05 −0.96%
1962 5.21 −0.2 −3.7%
1961 5.41 −0.35 −6.08%
1960 5.76

About the indicator

The total fertility rate is the average number of children a woman would bear over her entire reproductive period if the age-specific fertility rates of the year of calculation stayed unchanged. In countries with low mortality the replacement level is about 2.1 births per woman: below that threshold population starts to shrink in the absence of migration.

Important: The total fertility rate is a hypothetical value for a synthetic cohort; the completed fertility of real cohorts may differ.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.