Fertility & birth rates in Chile and Singapore

Fertility rate in Chile vs Singapore chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Chile was 1.17 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 Chile 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
	Chile	Singapore
1960	4.7	5.76
1961	4.66	5.41
1962	4.6	5.21
1963	4.54	5.16
1964	4.46	4.97
1965	4.36	4.66
1966	4.26	4.46
1967	4.14	3.91
1968	4.03	3.53
1969	3.9	3.22
1970	3.78	3.07
1971	3.65	3.02
1972	3.53	3.04
1973	3.41	2.79
1974	3.29	2.35
1975	3.18	2.07
1976	3.08	2.11
1977	2.98	1.82
1978	2.89	1.79
1979	2.81	1.79
1980	2.74	1.82
1981	2.69	1.78
1982	2.65	1.74
1983	2.62	1.61
1984	2.6	1.62
1985	2.59	1.61
1986	2.59	1.43
1987	2.59	1.62
1988	2.59	1.96
1989	2.59	1.75
1990	2.58	1.83
1991	2.56	1.73
1992	2.48	1.72
1993	2.43	1.74
1994	2.38	1.71
1995	2.35	1.67
1996	2.28	1.66
1997	2.2	1.61
1998	2.15	1.48
1999	2.07	1.47
2000	2.05	1.6
2001	2.01	1.41
2002	1.93	1.37
2003	1.89	1.27
2004	1.84	1.26
2005	1.83	1.26
2006	1.8	1.28
2007	1.83	1.29
2008	1.85	1.28
2009	1.86	1.22
2010	1.84	1.15
2011	1.82	1.2
2012	1.8	1.29
2013	1.79	1.19
2014	1.77	1.25
2015	1.74	1.24
2016	1.69	1.2
2017	1.56	1.16
2018	1.54	1.14
2019	1.43	1.14
2020	1.31	1.1
2021	1.18	1.12
2022	1.25	1.04
2023	1.17	0.97
2024	1.14	0.98
2025	1.13	0.99
2026	1.12	1
2027	1.12	1.01
2028	1.12	1.02
2029	1.12	1.03
2030	1.13	1.03
2031	1.13	1.04
2032	1.14	1.05
2033	1.15	1.06
2034	1.15	1.07
2035	1.16	1.07
2036	1.17	1.08
2037	1.17	1.09
2038	1.18	1.1
2039	1.19	1.1
2040	1.19	1.11
2041	1.2	1.12
2042	1.2	1.13
2043	1.21	1.13
2044	1.21	1.14
2045	1.22	1.15
2046	1.22	1.16
2047	1.22	1.17
2048	1.23	1.17
2049	1.24	1.18
2050	1.24	1.19

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Chile	Singapore
1960	39.7%	44.7%
1961	39.7%	44.8%
1962	39.7%	44.7%
1963	39.6%	44.4%
1964	39.4%	43.8%
1965	39.2%	43.2%
1966	39%	42.5%
1967	38.8%	41.7%
1968	38.5%	40.8%
1969	38.3%	39.8%
1970	38%	38.7%
1971	37.6%	37.5%
1972	37.2%	36.2%
1973	36.8%	35%
1974	36.3%	33.7%
1975	35.8%	32.5%
1976	35.3%	31.2%
1977	34.8%	30%
1978	34.3%	28.8%
1979	33.8%	27.6%
1980	33.3%	26.4%
1981	32.9%	25.2%
1982	32.4%	24.2%
1983	32%	23.7%
1984	31.5%	23.3%
1985	31.2%	23.1%
1986	30.8%	22.9%
1987	30.5%	22.4%
1988	30.2%	22%
1989	30%	21.7%
1990	29.8%	21.4%
1991	29.6%	21.2%
1992	29.3%	21.1%
1993	29.1%	21%
1994	28.9%	20.7%
1995	28.6%	20.4%
1996	28.3%	20%
1997	28%	19.5%
1998	27.7%	19.2%
1999	27.3%	19%
2000	26.8%	18.8%
2001	26.3%	18.6%
2002	25.8%	18.4%
2003	25.3%	18.2%
2004	24.7%	17.8%
2005	24.1%	17.2%
2006	23.5%	16.6%
2007	22.9%	15.8%
2008	22.4%	15.1%
2009	22%	14.6%
2010	21.5%	14.1%
2011	21.1%	13.7%
2012	20.8%	13.4%
2013	20.5%	13.1%
2014	20.2%	12.9%
2015	19.9%	12.7%
2016	19.7%	12.5%
2017	19.3%	12.4%
2018	19%	12.3%
2019	18.7%	12.2%
2020	18.4%	12.2%
2021	18.1%	12.2%
2022	17.8%	12%
2023	17.4%	11.8%
2024	17%	11.7%
2025	16.5%	11.7%
2026	16.1%	11.7%
2027	15.7%	11.8%
2028	15.3%	11.9%
2029	14.9%	12%
2030	14.4%	12%
2031	14%	12%
2032	13.7%	12.1%
2033	13.4%	12.1%
2034	13.1%	12.1%
2035	12.8%	12.1%
2036	12.7%	12.1%
2037	12.5%	12.1%
2038	12.4%	12%
2039	12.3%	11.8%
2040	12.2%	11.7%
2041	12.1%	11.5%
2042	12%	11.2%
2043	12%	11%
2044	11.9%	10.7%
2045	11.8%	10.4%
2046	11.7%	10.1%
2047	11.7%	9.87%
2048	11.6%	9.6%
2049	11.5%	9.35%
2050	11.5%	9.12%

Children aged 0-14 make up 17% of the population in Chile and 11.7% in Singapore in 2024, compared to 29.8% and 21.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Chile and Singapore compared.

Natural population change in Chile vs Singapore by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.45% in Chile 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
	Chile	Singapore
1960	198,461	51,533
1961	198,788	49,880
1962	200,905	48,830
1963	202,370	49,542
1964	202,741	47,697
1965	203,341	45,474
1966	204,661	44,298
1967	204,377	40,145
1968	203,577	36,216
1969	202,764	34,314
1970	200,402	35,059
1971	198,523	35,708
1972	198,162	38,098
1973	197,666	36,404
1974	196,322	31,664
1975	196,890	28,509
1976	196,986	31,189
1977	197,163	26,508
1978	196,483	27,537
1979	197,198	28,363
1980	198,281	30,657
1981	198,211	32,167
1982	199,522	33,346
1983	202,352	30,296
1984	205,407	31,967
1985	208,910	32,010
1986	213,571	27,880
1987	218,034	33,020
1988	221,602	42,407
1989	224,854	36,929
1990	226,941	41,136
1991	227,180	39,188
1992	219,224	39,091
1993	215,003	40,425
1994	209,834	39,319
1995	208,017	38,065
1996	199,897	38,542
1997	190,433	37,960
1998	185,815	33,381
1999	177,995	32,857
2000	175,362	37,057
2001	171,659	31,035
2002	162,322	29,231
2003	154,287	24,689
2004	150,138	24,583
2005	147,009	24,741
2006	142,277	25,968
2007	145,043	26,614
2008	147,105	28,068
2009	147,576	27,930
2010	145,527	24,876
2011	141,053	25,919
2012	134,617	29,750
2013	133,785	25,376
2014	131,373	27,896
2015	127,074	27,121
2016	120,545	25,794
2017	106,268	21,888
2018	103,950	21,427
2019	86,006	21,674
2020	52,378	18,763
2021	27,530	15,270
2022	41,041	9,019
2023	48,518	7,101

Maternal mortality chart: Chile vs Singapore

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 10 deaths per 100,000 live births in Chile, compared to 6 deaths in Singapore.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Chile	Singapore
1985	73	18
1986	70	18
1987	67	18
1988	64	18
1989	62	18
1990	56	17
1991	54	16
1992	52	16
1993	49	16
1994	47	16
1995	44	17
1996	41	17
1997	39	17
1998	36	17
1999	35	17
2000	33	17
2001	32	16
2002	30	16
2003	29	15
2004	28	14
2005	27	14
2006	27	13
2007	26	12
2008	24	11
2009	24	10
2010	22	10
2011	20	10
2012	18	10
2013	17	9
2014	16	9
2015	14	8
2016	13	8
2017	12	8
2018	11	8
2019	11	7
2020	12	13
2021	14	20
2022	12	34
2023	10	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.72% in Chile 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
	Chile	Singapore
1960	15.3%	4.76%
1961	14.9%	4.37%
1962	14.3%	4.05%
1963	13.6%	3.81%
1964	12.7%	3.64%
1965	11.6%	3.5%
1966	10.4%	3.34%
1967	9.36%	3.18%
1968	8.69%	3.01%
1969	8.26%	2.86%
1970	8.01%	2.71%
1971	7.86%	2.56%
1972	7.73%	2.39%
1973	7.54%	2.18%
1974	7.14%	1.95%
1975	6.46%	1.75%
1976	5.63%	1.62%
1977	4.85%	1.54%
1978	4.2%	1.51%
1979	3.69%	1.49%
1980	3.29%	1.46%
1981	2.98%	1.4%
1982	2.71%	1.32%
1983	2.47%	1.23%
1984	2.3%	1.16%
1985	2.23%	1.09%
1986	2.22%	1.03%
1987	2.2%	0.97%
1988	2.14%	0.91%
1989	2.03%	0.84%
1990	1.91%	0.77%
1991	1.76%	0.7%
1992	1.63%	0.63%
1993	1.5%	0.58%
1994	1.39%	0.54%
1995	1.31%	0.51%
1996	1.26%	0.48%
1997	1.22%	0.46%
1998	1.19%	0.44%
1999	1.15%	0.41%
2000	1.09%	0.38%
2001	1.03%	0.36%
2002	0.98%	0.34%
2003	0.95%	0.32%
2004	0.93%	0.31%
2005	0.91%	0.3%
2006	0.9%	0.29%
2007	0.89%	0.29%
2008	0.89%	0.28%
2009	0.88%	0.28%
2010	0.87%	0.28%
2011	0.86%	0.28%
2012	0.84%	0.28%
2013	0.82%	0.28%
2014	0.81%	0.27%
2015	0.79%	0.27%
2016	0.77%	0.27%
2017	0.75%	0.26%
2018	0.72%	0.25%
2019	0.7%	0.24%
2020	0.68%	0.23%
2021	0.67%	0.22%
2022	0.68%	0.22%
2023	0.72%	0.21%