Fertility & birth rates in Luxembourg and Singapore

Fertility rate in Luxembourg vs Singapore chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Luxembourg was 1.25 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 Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Singapore
1960	2.29	5.76
1961	-	5.41
1962	2.37	5.21
1963	-	5.16
1964	2.34	4.97
1965	2.42	4.66
1966	2.34	4.46
1967	2.24	3.91
1968	2.12	3.53
1969	2.02	3.22
1970	1.97	3.07
1971	1.95	3.02
1972	1.75	3.04
1973	1.58	2.79
1974	1.58	2.35
1975	1.55	2.07
1976	1.48	2.11
1977	1.5	1.82
1978	1.48	1.79
1979	1.48	1.79
1980	1.5	1.82
1981	1.55	1.78
1982	1.49	1.74
1983	1.43	1.61
1984	1.42	1.62
1985	1.38	1.61
1986	1.43	1.43
1987	1.4	1.62
1988	1.51	1.96
1989	1.52	1.75
1990	1.6	1.83
1991	1.6	1.73
1992	1.64	1.72
1993	1.7	1.74
1994	1.72	1.71
1995	1.7	1.67
1996	1.77	1.66
1997	1.71	1.61
1998	1.68	1.48
1999	1.74	1.47
2000	1.76	1.6
2001	1.66	1.41
2002	1.63	1.37
2003	1.62	1.27
2004	1.66	1.26
2005	1.63	1.26
2006	1.65	1.28
2007	1.61	1.29
2008	1.61	1.28
2009	1.59	1.22
2010	1.63	1.15
2011	1.52	1.2
2012	1.57	1.29
2013	1.55	1.19
2014	1.5	1.25
2015	1.47	1.24
2016	1.41	1.2
2017	1.39	1.16
2018	1.38	1.14
2019	1.34	1.14
2020	1.36	1.1
2021	1.38	1.12
2022	1.31	1.04
2023	1.25	0.97
2024	1.25	0.98
2025	1.26	0.99
2026	1.26	1
2027	1.27	1.01
2028	1.27	1.02
2029	1.28	1.03
2030	1.28	1.03
2031	1.29	1.04
2032	1.29	1.05
2033	1.29	1.06
2034	1.29	1.07
2035	1.3	1.07
2036	1.3	1.08
2037	1.3	1.09
2038	1.3	1.1
2039	1.3	1.1
2040	1.31	1.11
2041	1.31	1.12
2042	1.31	1.13
2043	1.31	1.13
2044	1.32	1.14
2045	1.32	1.15
2046	1.32	1.16
2047	1.32	1.17
2048	1.32	1.17
2049	1.33	1.18
2050	1.33	1.19

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Luxembourg	Singapore
1960	21.2%	44.7%
1961	21.5%	44.8%
1962	21.7%	44.7%
1963	21.9%	44.4%
1964	22.1%	43.8%
1965	22.3%	43.2%
1966	22.5%	42.5%
1967	22.6%	41.7%
1968	22.5%	40.8%
1969	22.4%	39.8%
1970	22.2%	38.7%
1971	22%	37.5%
1972	21.6%	36.2%
1973	21.2%	35%
1974	20.9%	33.7%
1975	20.5%	32.5%
1976	20.2%	31.2%
1977	19.9%	30%
1978	19.5%	28.8%
1979	19.2%	27.6%
1980	18.8%	26.4%
1981	18.4%	25.2%
1982	18.1%	24.2%
1983	17.8%	23.7%
1984	17.5%	23.3%
1985	17.2%	23.1%
1986	17%	22.9%
1987	16.9%	22.4%
1988	17%	22%
1989	17.2%	21.7%
1990	17.4%	21.4%
1991	17.6%	21.2%
1992	17.8%	21.1%
1993	18%	21%
1994	18.3%	20.7%
1995	18.4%	20.4%
1996	18.6%	20%
1997	18.7%	19.5%
1998	18.8%	19.2%
1999	18.9%	19%
2000	18.9%	18.8%
2001	18.9%	18.6%
2002	18.9%	18.4%
2003	18.8%	18.2%
2004	18.7%	17.8%
2005	18.5%	17.2%
2006	18.4%	16.6%
2007	18.2%	15.8%
2008	18%	15.1%
2009	17.8%	14.6%
2010	17.7%	14.1%
2011	17.4%	13.7%
2012	17.1%	13.4%
2013	16.9%	13.1%
2014	16.7%	12.9%
2015	16.6%	12.7%
2016	16.4%	12.5%
2017	16.2%	12.4%
2018	16.1%	12.3%
2019	16%	12.2%
2020	16%	12.2%
2021	15.9%	12.2%
2022	15.9%	12%
2023	15.8%	11.8%
2024	15.8%	11.7%
2025	15.7%	11.7%
2026	15.7%	11.7%
2027	15.7%	11.8%
2028	15.6%	11.9%
2029	15.5%	12%
2030	15.4%	12%
2031	15.3%	12%
2032	15.2%	12.1%
2033	15.1%	12.1%
2034	15%	12.1%
2035	14.9%	12.1%
2036	14.7%	12.1%
2037	14.6%	12.1%
2038	14.5%	12%
2039	14.3%	11.8%
2040	14.2%	11.7%
2041	14%	11.5%
2042	13.9%	11.2%
2043	13.8%	11%
2044	13.7%	10.7%
2045	13.6%	10.4%
2046	13.5%	10.1%
2047	13.5%	9.87%
2048	13.5%	9.6%
2049	13.5%	9.35%
2050	13.5%	9.12%

Children aged 0-14 make up 15.8% of the population in Luxembourg and 11.7% in Singapore in 2024, compared to 17.4% and 21.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Luxembourg and Singapore compared.

Natural population change in Luxembourg vs Singapore by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.33% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Singapore
1960	1,319	51,533
1961	1,489	49,880
1962	1,091	48,830
1963	1,199	49,542
1964	1,377	47,697
1965	1,260	45,474
1966	1,168	44,298
1967	837	40,145
1968	604	36,216
1969	303	34,314
1970	272	35,059
1971	69	35,708
1972	-35	38,098
1973	-421	36,404
1974	-390	31,664
1975	-395	28,509
1976	-578	31,189
1977	-36	26,508
1978	-145	27,537
1979	72	28,363
1980	37	30,657
1981	329	32,167
1982	183	33,346
1983	37	30,296
1984	146	31,967
1985	74	32,010
1986	331	27,880
1987	222	33,020
1988	747	42,407
1989	679	36,929
1990	1,145	41,136
1991	1,239	39,188
1992	1,098	39,091
1993	1,470	40,425
1994	1,652	39,319
1995	1,634	38,065
1996	1,781	38,542
1997	1,552	37,960
1998	1,486	33,381
1999	1,808	32,857
2000	1,963	37,057
2001	1,766	31,035
2002	1,607	29,231
2003	1,220	24,689
2004	1,878	24,583
2005	1,721	24,741
2006	1,748	25,968
2007	1,584	26,614
2008	2,003	28,068
2009	1,991	27,930
2010	2,129	24,876
2011	1,814	25,919
2012	2,124	29,750
2013	2,336	25,376
2014	2,225	27,896
2015	2,107	27,121
2016	2,095	25,794
2017	1,968	21,888
2018	1,945	21,427
2019	1,922	21,674
2020	1,828	18,763
2021	2,240	15,270
2022	2,024	9,019
2023	1,933	7,101

Maternal mortality chart: Luxembourg vs Singapore

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 11 deaths per 100,000 live births in Luxembourg, compared to 6 deaths in Singapore.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Luxembourg	Singapore
1985	24	18
1986	24	18
1987	23	18
1988	24	18
1989	21	18
1990	24	17
1991	25	16
1992	26	16
1993	20	16
1994	20	16
1995	22	17
1996	23	17
1997	22	17
1998	18	17
1999	21	17
2000	18	17
2001	19	16
2002	17	16
2003	15	15
2004	17	14
2005	17	14
2006	16	13
2007	14	12
2008	13	11
2009	15	10
2010	17	10
2011	13	10
2012	13	10
2013	15	9
2014	13	9
2015	13	8
2016	13	8
2017	15	8
2018	9	8
2019	12	7
2020	6	13
2021	6	20
2022	6	34
2023	11	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.23% in Luxembourg 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
	Luxembourg	Singapore
1960	3.72%	4.76%
1961	3.54%	4.37%
1962	3.36%	4.05%
1963	3.2%	3.81%
1964	3.04%	3.64%
1965	2.89%	3.5%
1966	2.75%	3.34%
1967	2.61%	3.18%
1968	2.48%	3.01%
1969	2.36%	2.86%
1970	2.24%	2.71%
1971	2.11%	2.56%
1972	1.99%	2.39%
1973	1.88%	2.18%
1974	1.77%	1.95%
1975	1.67%	1.75%
1976	1.58%	1.62%
1977	1.51%	1.54%
1978	1.44%	1.51%
1979	1.39%	1.49%
1980	1.34%	1.46%
1981	1.29%	1.4%
1982	1.25%	1.32%
1983	1.21%	1.23%
1984	1.16%	1.16%
1985	1.12%	1.09%
1986	1.07%	1.03%
1987	1.02%	0.97%
1988	0.97%	0.91%
1989	0.93%	0.84%
1990	0.88%	0.77%
1991	0.83%	0.7%
1992	0.78%	0.63%
1993	0.73%	0.58%
1994	0.68%	0.54%
1995	0.64%	0.51%
1996	0.6%	0.48%
1997	0.56%	0.46%
1998	0.53%	0.44%
1999	0.5%	0.41%
2000	0.47%	0.38%
2001	0.44%	0.36%
2002	0.42%	0.34%
2003	0.39%	0.32%
2004	0.37%	0.31%
2005	0.35%	0.3%
2006	0.33%	0.29%
2007	0.31%	0.29%
2008	0.3%	0.28%
2009	0.29%	0.28%
2010	0.28%	0.28%
2011	0.27%	0.28%
2012	0.27%	0.28%
2013	0.26%	0.28%
2014	0.26%	0.27%
2015	0.26%	0.27%
2016	0.25%	0.27%
2017	0.25%	0.26%
2018	0.25%	0.25%
2019	0.25%	0.24%
2020	0.25%	0.23%
2021	0.24%	0.22%
2022	0.24%	0.22%
2023	0.23%	0.21%