Fertility & birth rates in Belgium and Singapore

Fertility rate in Belgium vs Singapore chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Belgium was 1.47 children per woman in 2023, compared to 0.97 in Singapore in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Belgium vs Singapore population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Belgium	Singapore
1960	2.54	5.76
1961	2.63	5.41
1962	2.59	5.21
1963	2.68	5.16
1964	2.71	4.97
1965	2.61	4.66
1966	2.52	4.46
1967	2.41	3.91
1968	2.31	3.53
1969	2.27	3.22
1970	2.25	3.07
1971	2.21	3.02
1972	2.09	3.04
1973	1.95	2.79
1974	1.83	2.35
1975	1.74	2.07
1976	1.73	2.11
1977	1.71	1.82
1978	1.69	1.79
1979	1.69	1.79
1980	1.68	1.82
1981	1.66	1.78
1982	1.61	1.74
1983	1.57	1.61
1984	1.54	1.62
1985	1.51	1.61
1986	1.54	1.43
1987	1.54	1.62
1988	1.57	1.96
1989	1.58	1.75
1990	1.62	1.83
1991	1.66	1.73
1992	1.65	1.72
1993	1.61	1.74
1994	1.56	1.71
1995	1.56	1.67
1996	1.59	1.66
1997	1.6	1.61
1998	1.6	1.48
1999	1.62	1.47
2000	1.67	1.6
2001	1.67	1.41
2002	1.65	1.37
2003	1.67	1.27
2004	1.72	1.26
2005	1.76	1.26
2006	1.8	1.28
2007	1.82	1.29
2008	1.85	1.28
2009	1.84	1.22
2010	1.86	1.15
2011	1.81	1.2
2012	1.8	1.29
2013	1.76	1.19
2014	1.74	1.25
2015	1.7	1.24
2016	1.68	1.2
2017	1.65	1.16
2018	1.62	1.14
2019	1.6	1.14
2020	1.55	1.1
2021	1.6	1.12
2022	1.53	1.04
2023	1.47	0.97
2024	1.47	0.98
2025	1.48	0.99
2026	1.49	1
2027	1.49	1.01
2028	1.5	1.02
2029	1.51	1.03
2030	1.51	1.03
2031	1.52	1.04
2032	1.52	1.05
2033	1.53	1.06
2034	1.53	1.07
2035	1.54	1.07
2036	1.54	1.08
2037	1.54	1.09
2038	1.55	1.1
2039	1.55	1.1
2040	1.56	1.11
2041	1.56	1.12
2042	1.56	1.13
2043	1.57	1.13
2044	1.57	1.14
2045	1.57	1.15
2046	1.57	1.16
2047	1.58	1.17
2048	1.58	1.17
2049	1.59	1.18
2050	1.59	1.19

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Belgium	Singapore
1960	23.7%	44.7%
1961	23.8%	44.8%
1962	23.8%	44.7%
1963	23.9%	44.4%
1964	23.9%	43.8%
1965	24%	43.2%
1966	24%	42.5%
1967	23.9%	41.7%
1968	23.9%	40.8%
1969	23.8%	39.8%
1970	23.6%	38.7%
1971	23.5%	37.5%
1972	23.3%	36.2%
1973	23%	35%
1974	22.6%	33.7%
1975	22.2%	32.5%
1976	21.8%	31.2%
1977	21.4%	30%
1978	21%	28.8%
1979	20.6%	27.6%
1980	20.3%	26.4%
1981	19.9%	25.2%
1982	19.6%	24.2%
1983	19.4%	23.7%
1984	19.1%	23.3%
1985	18.8%	23.1%
1986	18.6%	22.9%
1987	18.3%	22.4%
1988	18.2%	22%
1989	18.1%	21.7%
1990	18.1%	21.4%
1991	18.2%	21.2%
1992	18.2%	21.1%
1993	18.1%	21%
1994	18.1%	20.7%
1995	18%	20.4%
1996	17.9%	20%
1997	17.8%	19.5%
1998	17.7%	19.2%
1999	17.7%	19%
2000	17.6%	18.8%
2001	17.5%	18.6%
2002	17.5%	18.4%
2003	17.3%	18.2%
2004	17.2%	17.8%
2005	17.1%	17.2%
2006	17%	16.6%
2007	16.9%	15.8%
2008	16.9%	15.1%
2009	16.9%	14.6%
2010	16.9%	14.1%
2011	17%	13.7%
2012	17%	13.4%
2013	17%	13.1%
2014	17%	12.9%
2015	17%	12.7%
2016	17%	12.5%
2017	17%	12.4%
2018	16.9%	12.3%
2019	16.9%	12.2%
2020	16.8%	12.2%
2021	16.7%	12.2%
2022	16.5%	12%
2023	16.3%	11.8%
2024	16%	11.7%
2025	15.7%	11.7%
2026	15.4%	11.7%
2027	15.1%	11.8%
2028	14.9%	11.9%
2029	14.6%	12%
2030	14.4%	12%
2031	14.2%	12%
2032	14%	12.1%
2033	13.8%	12.1%
2034	13.6%	12.1%
2035	13.5%	12.1%
2036	13.4%	12.1%
2037	13.3%	12.1%
2038	13.3%	12%
2039	13.3%	11.8%
2040	13.4%	11.7%
2041	13.4%	11.5%
2042	13.5%	11.2%
2043	13.5%	11%
2044	13.6%	10.7%
2045	13.7%	10.4%
2046	13.8%	10.1%
2047	13.8%	9.87%
2048	13.9%	9.6%
2049	13.9%	9.35%
2050	13.9%	9.12%

Children aged 0-14 make up 16% of the population in Belgium and 11.7% in Singapore in 2024, compared to 18.1% and 21.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Belgium and Singapore compared.

Natural population change in Belgium vs Singapore by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.06% in Belgium and +0.35% in Singapore. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Belgium	Singapore
1960	40,275	51,533
1961	52,349	49,880
1962	42,414	48,830
1963	41,804	49,542
1964	51,580	47,697
1965	39,748	45,474
1966	36,206	44,298
1967	31,618	40,145
1968	20,199	36,216
1969	21,221	34,314
1970	23,173	35,059
1971	21,281	35,708
1972	18,451	38,098
1973	11,690	36,404
1974	7,818	31,664
1975	0	28,509
1976	1,964	31,189
1977	8,847	26,508
1978	7,872	27,537
1979	11,818	28,363
1980	10,845	30,657
1981	11,831	32,167
1982	7,885	33,346
1983	2,956	30,296
1984	4,927	31,967
1985	2,958	32,010
1986	5,917	27,880
1987	11,844	33,020
1988	14,853	42,407
1989	13,912	36,929
1990	19,935	41,136
1991	22,010	39,188
1992	20,090	39,091
1993	14,118	40,425
1994	12,139	39,319
1995	11,150	38,065
1996	12,188	38,542
1997	12,218	37,960
1998	9,183	33,381
1999	9,203	32,857
2000	12,302	37,057
2001	11,315	31,035
2002	7,233	29,231
2003	7,263	24,689
2004	16,673	24,583
2005	15,718	24,741
2006	21,096	25,968
2007	23,376	26,614
2008	22,491	28,068
2009	23,752	27,930
2010	23,970	24,876
2011	25,388	25,919
2012	18,882	29,750
2013	16,739	25,376
2014	21,297	27,896
2015	11,274	27,121
2016	14,731	25,794
2017	10,238	21,888
2018	7,999	21,427
2019	8,042	21,674
2020	-12,692	18,763
2021	5,793	15,270
2022	-2,336	9,019
2023	0	7,101

Maternal mortality chart: Belgium vs Singapore

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 4 deaths per 100,000 live births in Belgium, compared to 6 deaths in Singapore.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Belgium	Singapore
1985	9	18
1986	9	18
1987	9	18
1988	9	18
1989	9	18
1990	9	17
1991	9	16
1992	9	16
1993	9	16
1994	9	16
1995	9	17
1996	9	17
1997	8	17
1998	8	17
1999	8	17
2000	8	17
2001	8	16
2002	7	16
2003	7	15
2004	7	14
2005	7	14
2006	6	13
2007	7	12
2008	6	11
2009	6	10
2010	6	10
2011	6	10
2012	5	10
2013	6	9
2014	5	9
2015	5	8
2016	5	8
2017	5	8
2018	5	8
2019	4	7
2020	4	13
2021	7	20
2022	11	34
2023	4	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.36% in Belgium and 0.21% in Singapore. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Belgium	Singapore
1960	3.39%	4.76%
1961	3.25%	4.37%
1962	3.12%	4.05%
1963	3%	3.81%
1964	2.89%	3.64%
1965	2.79%	3.5%
1966	2.7%	3.34%
1967	2.62%	3.18%
1968	2.55%	3.01%
1969	2.48%	2.86%
1970	2.39%	2.71%
1971	2.3%	2.56%
1972	2.19%	2.39%
1973	2.08%	2.18%
1974	1.97%	1.95%
1975	1.86%	1.75%
1976	1.76%	1.62%
1977	1.67%	1.54%
1978	1.59%	1.51%
1979	1.52%	1.49%
1980	1.45%	1.46%
1981	1.39%	1.4%
1982	1.33%	1.32%
1983	1.27%	1.23%
1984	1.22%	1.16%
1985	1.18%	1.09%
1986	1.14%	1.03%
1987	1.1%	0.97%
1988	1.07%	0.91%
1989	1.03%	0.84%
1990	1%	0.77%
1991	0.96%	0.7%
1992	0.92%	0.63%
1993	0.87%	0.58%
1994	0.82%	0.54%
1995	0.77%	0.51%
1996	0.72%	0.48%
1997	0.67%	0.46%
1998	0.64%	0.44%
1999	0.61%	0.41%
2000	0.59%	0.38%
2001	0.57%	0.36%
2002	0.55%	0.34%
2003	0.53%	0.32%
2004	0.52%	0.31%
2005	0.5%	0.3%
2006	0.49%	0.29%
2007	0.48%	0.29%
2008	0.47%	0.28%
2009	0.46%	0.28%
2010	0.45%	0.28%
2011	0.44%	0.28%
2012	0.43%	0.28%
2013	0.42%	0.28%
2014	0.42%	0.27%
2015	0.41%	0.27%
2016	0.41%	0.27%
2017	0.4%	0.26%
2018	0.4%	0.25%
2019	0.39%	0.24%
2020	0.39%	0.23%
2021	0.38%	0.22%
2022	0.37%	0.22%
2023	0.36%	0.21%