Fertility & birth rates in Guyana and Singapore

Fertility rate in Guyana vs Singapore chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Guyana was 2.41 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 Guyana 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
	Guyana	Singapore
1960	6.33	5.76
1961	6.34	5.41
1962	6.33	5.21
1963	6.31	5.16
1964	6.23	4.97
1965	6.14	4.66
1966	6.02	4.46
1967	5.89	3.91
1968	5.75	3.53
1969	5.58	3.22
1970	5.41	3.07
1971	5.26	3.02
1972	5.08	3.04
1973	4.87	2.79
1974	4.64	2.35
1975	4.45	2.07
1976	4.28	2.11
1977	4.12	1.82
1978	3.97	1.79
1979	3.86	1.79
1980	3.77	1.82
1981	3.72	1.78
1982	3.68	1.74
1983	3.64	1.61
1984	3.54	1.62
1985	3.47	1.61
1986	3.38	1.43
1987	3.31	1.62
1988	3.23	1.96
1989	3.19	1.75
1990	3.18	1.83
1991	3.18	1.73
1992	3.19	1.72
1993	3.2	1.74
1994	3.23	1.71
1995	3.24	1.67
1996	3.23	1.66
1997	3.22	1.61
1998	3.18	1.48
1999	3.13	1.47
2000	3.06	1.6
2001	2.96	1.41
2002	2.84	1.37
2003	2.75	1.27
2004	2.68	1.26
2005	2.65	1.26
2006	2.66	1.28
2007	2.68	1.29
2008	2.7	1.28
2009	2.69	1.22
2010	2.68	1.15
2011	2.69	1.2
2012	2.7	1.29
2013	2.71	1.19
2014	2.7	1.25
2015	2.67	1.24
2016	2.63	1.2
2017	2.59	1.16
2018	2.55	1.14
2019	2.52	1.14
2020	2.49	1.1
2021	2.46	1.12
2022	2.44	1.04
2023	2.41	0.97
2024	2.39	0.98
2025	2.37	0.99
2026	2.35	1
2027	2.32	1.01
2028	2.3	1.02
2029	2.28	1.03
2030	2.26	1.03
2031	2.23	1.04
2032	2.21	1.05
2033	2.2	1.06
2034	2.18	1.07
2035	2.16	1.07
2036	2.15	1.08
2037	2.13	1.09
2038	2.12	1.1
2039	2.11	1.1
2040	2.1	1.11
2041	2.09	1.12
2042	2.07	1.13
2043	2.06	1.13
2044	2.05	1.14
2045	2.03	1.15
2046	2.02	1.16
2047	2.01	1.17
2048	2	1.17
2049	1.98	1.18
2050	1.98	1.19

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Guyana	Singapore
1960	46.8%	44.7%
1961	47%	44.8%
1962	47.4%	44.7%
1963	47.6%	44.4%
1964	47.7%	43.8%
1965	47.8%	43.2%
1966	47.7%	42.5%
1967	47.5%	41.7%
1968	47.3%	40.8%
1969	46.9%	39.8%
1970	46.6%	38.7%
1971	46.3%	37.5%
1972	46%	36.2%
1973	45.7%	35%
1974	45.3%	33.7%
1975	44.9%	32.5%
1976	44.4%	31.2%
1977	43.9%	30%
1978	43.4%	28.8%
1979	42.9%	27.6%
1980	42.5%	26.4%
1981	41.9%	25.2%
1982	41.2%	24.2%
1983	40.5%	23.7%
1984	39.9%	23.3%
1985	39.2%	23.1%
1986	38.6%	22.9%
1987	38%	22.4%
1988	37.5%	22%
1989	37.2%	21.7%
1990	36.9%	21.4%
1991	36.7%	21.2%
1992	36.5%	21.1%
1993	36.4%	21%
1994	36.4%	20.7%
1995	36.4%	20.4%
1996	36.4%	20%
1997	36.5%	19.5%
1998	36.6%	19.2%
1999	36.6%	19%
2000	36.6%	18.8%
2001	36.5%	18.6%
2002	36.4%	18.4%
2003	36.1%	18.2%
2004	35.8%	17.8%
2005	35.3%	17.2%
2006	34.7%	16.6%
2007	34.1%	15.8%
2008	33.5%	15.1%
2009	32.9%	14.6%
2010	32.2%	14.1%
2011	31.6%	13.7%
2012	31.1%	13.4%
2013	30.8%	13.1%
2014	30.5%	12.9%
2015	30.3%	12.7%
2016	30.1%	12.5%
2017	30%	12.4%
2018	29.5%	12.3%
2019	29.3%	12.2%
2020	29.5%	12.2%
2021	29.4%	12.2%
2022	29.4%	12%
2023	29.3%	11.8%
2024	29.2%	11.7%
2025	28.9%	11.7%
2026	28.7%	11.7%
2027	28.4%	11.8%
2028	28.1%	11.9%
2029	27.8%	12%
2030	27.4%	12%
2031	27%	12%
2032	26.7%	12.1%
2033	26.3%	12.1%
2034	26%	12.1%
2035	25.6%	12.1%
2036	25.2%	12.1%
2037	24.9%	12.1%
2038	24.6%	12%
2039	24.3%	11.8%
2040	24.1%	11.7%
2041	23.9%	11.5%
2042	23.6%	11.2%
2043	23.4%	11%
2044	23.3%	10.7%
2045	23.1%	10.4%
2046	22.9%	10.1%
2047	22.7%	9.87%
2048	22.6%	9.6%
2049	22.4%	9.35%
2050	22.2%	9.12%

Children aged 0-14 make up 29.2% of the population in Guyana and 11.7% in Singapore in 2024, compared to 36.9% and 21.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Guyana and Singapore compared.

Natural population change in Guyana vs Singapore by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.36% in Guyana 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
	Guyana	Singapore
1960	17,867	51,533
1961	18,092	49,880
1962	18,344	48,830
1963	18,606	49,542
1964	18,729	47,697
1965	18,791	45,474
1966	18,862	44,298
1967	18,933	40,145
1968	19,035	36,216
1969	19,133	34,314
1970	19,233	35,059
1971	19,273	35,708
1972	19,219	38,098
1973	18,991	36,404
1974	18,589	31,664
1975	18,317	28,509
1976	18,083	31,189
1977	17,805	26,508
1978	17,539	27,537
1979	17,402	28,363
1980	17,298	30,657
1981	17,471	32,167
1982	17,644	33,346
1983	17,753	30,296
1984	17,466	31,967
1985	17,292	32,010
1986	16,940	27,880
1987	16,600	33,020
1988	16,189	42,407
1989	15,947	36,929
1990	15,917	41,136
1991	15,896	39,188
1992	15,990	39,091
1993	16,099	40,425
1994	16,185	39,319
1995	15,991	38,065
1996	15,768	38,542
1997	15,568	37,960
1998	15,292	33,381
1999	14,763	32,857
2000	14,128	37,057
2001	13,307	31,035
2002	12,218	29,231
2003	11,344	24,689
2004	10,767	24,583
2005	10,455	24,741
2006	10,525	25,968
2007	10,741	26,614
2008	10,792	28,068
2009	10,758	27,930
2010	10,652	24,876
2011	10,713	25,919
2012	10,633	29,750
2013	10,887	25,376
2014	11,143	27,896
2015	11,199	27,121
2016	11,168	25,794
2017	11,108	21,888
2018	10,946	21,427
2019	11,665	21,674
2020	10,307	18,763
2021	8,125	15,270
2022	11,042	9,019
2023	10,716	7,101

Maternal mortality chart: Guyana vs Singapore

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 75 deaths per 100,000 live births in Guyana, compared to 6 deaths in Singapore.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Guyana	Singapore
1985	241	18
1986	238	18
1987	234	18
1988	230	18
1989	227	18
1990	224	17
1991	219	16
1992	208	16
1993	205	16
1994	204	16
1995	207	17
1996	202	17
1997	195	17
1998	184	17
1999	178	17
2000	171	17
2001	163	16
2002	164	16
2003	164	15
2004	162	14
2005	166	14
2006	167	13
2007	158	12
2008	153	11
2009	146	10
2010	141	10
2011	135	10
2012	133	10
2013	128	9
2014	121	9
2015	117	8
2016	114	8
2017	110	8
2018	105	8
2019	107	7
2020	109	13
2021	189	20
2022	83	34
2023	75	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.57% in Guyana 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
	Guyana	Singapore
1960	9.19%	4.76%
1961	8.81%	4.37%
1962	8.49%	4.05%
1963	8.21%	3.81%
1964	7.99%	3.64%
1965	7.8%	3.5%
1966	7.66%	3.34%
1967	7.56%	3.18%
1968	7.48%	3.01%
1969	7.43%	2.86%
1970	7.39%	2.71%
1971	7.37%	2.56%
1972	7.35%	2.39%
1973	7.33%	2.18%
1974	7.31%	1.95%
1975	7.27%	1.75%
1976	7.24%	1.62%
1977	7.19%	1.54%
1978	7.14%	1.51%
1979	7.08%	1.49%
1980	7.02%	1.46%
1981	6.96%	1.4%
1982	6.89%	1.32%
1983	6.82%	1.23%
1984	6.74%	1.16%
1985	6.66%	1.09%
1986	6.57%	1.03%
1987	6.47%	0.97%
1988	6.35%	0.91%
1989	6.22%	0.84%
1990	6.08%	0.77%
1991	5.92%	0.7%
1992	5.77%	0.63%
1993	5.6%	0.58%
1994	5.45%	0.54%
1995	5.3%	0.51%
1996	5.16%	0.48%
1997	5.02%	0.46%
1998	4.89%	0.44%
1999	4.77%	0.41%
2000	4.65%	0.38%
2001	4.53%	0.36%
2002	4.42%	0.34%
2003	4.32%	0.32%
2004	4.23%	0.31%
2005	4.14%	0.3%
2006	4.05%	0.29%
2007	3.97%	0.29%
2008	3.89%	0.28%
2009	3.81%	0.28%
2010	3.73%	0.28%
2011	3.65%	0.28%
2012	3.58%	0.28%
2013	3.49%	0.28%
2014	3.4%	0.27%
2015	3.31%	0.27%
2016	3.21%	0.27%
2017	3.11%	0.26%
2018	3.02%	0.25%
2019	2.93%	0.24%
2020	2.84%	0.23%
2021	2.75%	0.22%
2022	2.66%	0.22%
2023	2.57%	0.21%