Fertility & birth rates in Mongolia and Singapore

Fertility rate in Mongolia vs Singapore chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Mongolia was 2.7 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 Mongolia 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
	Mongolia	Singapore
1960	6.82	5.76
1961	6.96	5.41
1962	7.1	5.21
1963	7.24	5.16
1964	7.33	4.97
1965	7.38	4.66
1966	7.41	4.46
1967	7.39	3.91
1968	7.37	3.53
1969	7.34	3.22
1970	7.31	3.07
1971	7.3	3.02
1972	7.28	3.04
1973	7.24	2.79
1974	7.17	2.35
1975	7.07	2.07
1976	6.93	2.11
1977	6.79	1.82
1978	6.62	1.79
1979	6.42	1.79
1980	6.21	1.82
1981	5.98	1.78
1982	5.8	1.74
1983	5.63	1.61
1984	5.45	1.62
1985	5.26	1.61
1986	5.03	1.43
1987	4.83	1.62
1988	4.65	1.96
1989	4.42	1.75
1990	4.5	1.83
1991	4	1.73
1992	3.5	1.72
1993	2.5	1.74
1994	2.7	1.71
1995	2.77	1.67
1996	2.5	1.66
1997	2.4	1.61
1998	2.3	1.48
1999	2.3	1.47
2000	2.2	1.6
2001	2.2	1.41
2002	2.1	1.37
2003	2	1.27
2004	2	1.26
2005	2	1.26
2006	2.1	1.28
2007	2.3	1.29
2008	2.6	1.28
2009	2.8	1.22
2010	2.4	1.15
2011	2.6	1.2
2012	2.7	1.29
2013	3	1.19
2014	3.1	1.25
2015	3	1.24
2016	3	1.2
2017	2.8	1.16
2018	2.9	1.14
2019	3	1.14
2020	2.9	1.1
2021	2.8	1.12
2022	2.7	1.04
2023	2.7	0.97
2024	2.65	0.98
2025	2.6	0.99
2026	2.55	1
2027	2.51	1.01
2028	2.47	1.02
2029	2.44	1.03
2030	2.4	1.03
2031	2.37	1.04
2032	2.34	1.05
2033	2.31	1.06
2034	2.29	1.07
2035	2.26	1.07
2036	2.23	1.08
2037	2.21	1.09
2038	2.19	1.1
2039	2.17	1.1
2040	2.15	1.11
2041	2.13	1.12
2042	2.11	1.13
2043	2.09	1.13
2044	2.08	1.14
2045	2.06	1.15
2046	2.05	1.16
2047	2.04	1.17
2048	2.02	1.17
2049	2.01	1.18
2050	2	1.19

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Mongolia	Singapore
1960	38.1%	44.7%
1961	38.8%	44.8%
1962	39.6%	44.7%
1963	40.4%	44.4%
1964	41.4%	43.8%
1965	42.4%	43.2%
1966	43.3%	42.5%
1967	44.2%	41.7%
1968	44.9%	40.8%
1969	45.4%	39.8%
1970	45.6%	38.7%
1971	45.8%	37.5%
1972	45.8%	36.2%
1973	45.8%	35%
1974	45.6%	33.7%
1975	45.4%	32.5%
1976	45.2%	31.2%
1977	44.8%	30%
1978	44.5%	28.8%
1979	44.1%	27.6%
1980	43.7%	26.4%
1981	43.3%	25.2%
1982	43%	24.2%
1983	42.7%	23.7%
1984	42.5%	23.3%
1985	42.3%	23.1%
1986	42.1%	22.9%
1987	42%	22.4%
1988	41.8%	22%
1989	41.7%	21.7%
1990	41.4%	21.4%
1991	41%	21.2%
1992	40.5%	21.1%
1993	40%	21%
1994	39.5%	20.7%
1995	39%	20.4%
1996	38.4%	20%
1997	37.8%	19.5%
1998	37%	19.2%
1999	36.2%	19%
2000	35.2%	18.8%
2001	34.1%	18.6%
2002	32.9%	18.4%
2003	31.8%	18.2%
2004	30.8%	17.8%
2005	29.9%	17.2%
2006	29.1%	16.6%
2007	28.5%	15.8%
2008	28.1%	15.1%
2009	27.9%	14.6%
2010	27.9%	14.1%
2011	28%	13.7%
2012	28.1%	13.4%
2013	28.5%	13.1%
2014	28.9%	12.9%
2015	29.5%	12.7%
2016	30.2%	12.5%
2017	30.9%	12.4%
2018	31.6%	12.3%
2019	32.3%	12.2%
2020	32.8%	12.2%
2021	32.9%	12.2%
2022	32.9%	12%
2023	32.6%	11.8%
2024	32.2%	11.7%
2025	31.6%	11.7%
2026	30.9%	11.7%
2027	30.1%	11.8%
2028	29.2%	11.9%
2029	28.2%	12%
2030	27.3%	12%
2031	26.3%	12%
2032	25.6%	12.1%
2033	24.9%	12.1%
2034	24.3%	12.1%
2035	23.8%	12.1%
2036	23.4%	12.1%
2037	23.1%	12.1%
2038	23%	12%
2039	22.9%	11.8%
2040	22.8%	11.7%
2041	22.9%	11.5%
2042	22.9%	11.2%
2043	23%	11%
2044	23.1%	10.7%
2045	23.2%	10.4%
2046	23.3%	10.1%
2047	23.4%	9.87%
2048	23.4%	9.6%
2049	23.4%	9.35%
2050	23.3%	9.12%

Children aged 0-14 make up 32.2% of the population in Mongolia and 11.7% in Singapore in 2024, compared to 41.4% and 21.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Mongolia and Singapore compared.

Natural population change in Mongolia vs Singapore by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.81% in Mongolia 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
	Mongolia	Singapore
1960	20,726	51,533
1961	21,873	49,880
1962	22,960	48,830
1963	24,142	49,542
1964	25,317	47,697
1965	26,364	45,474
1966	27,338	44,298
1967	28,178	40,145
1968	29,017	36,216
1969	29,781	34,314
1970	30,558	35,059
1971	31,536	35,708
1972	32,727	38,098
1973	33,993	36,404
1974	35,297	31,664
1975	36,490	28,509
1976	37,670	31,189
1977	38,995	26,508
1978	40,276	27,537
1979	41,568	28,363
1980	42,343	30,657
1981	43,588	32,167
1982	45,179	33,346
1983	46,919	30,296
1984	48,562	31,967
1985	49,944	32,010
1986	50,329	27,880
1987	51,140	33,020
1988	51,588	42,407
1989	51,420	36,929
1990	49,443	41,136
1991	47,884	39,188
1992	42,437	39,091
1993	36,924	40,425
1994	34,711	39,319
1995	34,473	38,065
1996	33,741	38,542
1997	32,403	37,960
1998	31,757	33,381
1999	32,283	32,857
2000	32,753	37,057
2001	32,052	31,035
2002	30,439	29,231
2003	28,827	24,689
2004	28,418	24,583
2005	29,290	24,741
2006	33,609	25,968
2007	39,636	26,614
2008	45,843	28,068
2009	48,876	27,930
2010	44,914	24,876
2011	50,711	25,919
2012	55,942	29,750
2013	62,618	25,376
2014	66,078	27,896
2015	64,473	27,121
2016	62,086	25,794
2017	57,940	21,888
2018	60,635	21,427
2019	61,433	21,674
2020	60,888	18,763
2021	52,109	15,270
2022	47,730	9,019
2023	46,995	7,101

Maternal mortality chart: Mongolia vs Singapore

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 41 deaths per 100,000 live births in Mongolia, compared to 6 deaths in Singapore.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Mongolia	Singapore
1985	352	18
1986	346	18
1987	341	18
1988	335	18
1989	311	18
1990	276	17
1991	227	16
1992	199	16
1993	181	16
1994	178	16
1995	176	17
1996	178	17
1997	180	17
1998	174	17
1999	162	17
2000	144	17
2001	130	16
2002	120	16
2003	114	15
2004	108	14
2005	99	14
2006	90	13
2007	81	12
2008	77	11
2009	75	10
2010	71	10
2011	67	10
2012	63	10
2013	59	9
2014	56	9
2015	52	8
2016	48	8
2017	45	8
2018	45	8
2019	45	7
2020	47	13
2021	63	20
2022	41	34
2023	41	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.36% in Mongolia 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
	Mongolia	Singapore
1960	-	4.76%
1961	-	4.37%
1962	-	4.05%
1963	-	3.81%
1964	-	3.64%
1965	-	3.5%
1966	-	3.34%
1967	-	3.18%
1968	-	3.01%
1969	-	2.86%
1970	-	2.71%
1971	-	2.56%
1972	-	2.39%
1973	-	2.18%
1974	-	1.95%
1975	-	1.75%
1976	-	1.62%
1977	-	1.54%
1978	17.3%	1.51%
1979	16.7%	1.49%
1980	16.1%	1.46%
1981	15.5%	1.4%
1982	15%	1.32%
1983	14.4%	1.23%
1984	13.9%	1.16%
1985	13.4%	1.09%
1986	12.8%	1.03%
1987	12.2%	0.97%
1988	11.7%	0.91%
1989	11.1%	0.84%
1990	10.7%	0.77%
1991	10.2%	0.7%
1992	9.78%	0.63%
1993	9.39%	0.58%
1994	9%	0.54%
1995	8.6%	0.51%
1996	8.19%	0.48%
1997	7.74%	0.46%
1998	7.27%	0.44%
1999	6.78%	0.41%
2000	6.29%	0.38%
2001	5.8%	0.36%
2002	5.32%	0.34%
2003	4.87%	0.32%
2004	4.45%	0.31%
2005	4.07%	0.3%
2006	3.71%	0.29%
2007	3.39%	0.29%
2008	3.11%	0.28%
2009	2.85%	0.28%
2010	2.63%	0.28%
2011	2.44%	0.28%
2012	2.28%	0.28%
2013	2.15%	0.28%
2014	2.04%	0.27%
2015	1.94%	0.27%
2016	1.84%	0.27%
2017	1.74%	0.26%
2018	1.64%	0.25%
2019	1.56%	0.24%
2020	1.48%	0.23%
2021	1.43%	0.22%
2022	1.39%	0.22%
2023	1.36%	0.21%