Fertility & birth rates in Montenegro and Singapore

Fertility rate in Montenegro vs Singapore chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Montenegro was 1.74 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 Montenegro 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
	Montenegro	Singapore
1960	3.53	5.76
1961	3.49	5.41
1962	3.44	5.21
1963	3.38	5.16
1964	3.28	4.97
1965	3.19	4.66
1966	3.09	4.46
1967	2.91	3.91
1968	2.8	3.53
1969	2.79	3.22
1970	2.69	3.07
1971	2.67	3.02
1972	2.61	3.04
1973	2.51	2.79
1974	2.43	2.35
1975	2.38	2.07
1976	2.35	2.11
1977	2.31	1.82
1978	2.25	1.79
1979	2.2	1.79
1980	2.22	1.82
1981	2.19	1.78
1982	2.19	1.74
1983	2.17	1.61
1984	2.14	1.62
1985	2.13	1.61
1986	2.09	1.43
1987	2.07	1.62
1988	2.01	1.96
1989	1.94	1.75
1990	1.95	1.83
1991	2.02	1.73
1992	2.01	1.72
1993	1.96	1.74
1994	1.94	1.71
1995	1.96	1.67
1996	1.92	1.66
1997	1.89	1.61
1998	1.89	1.48
1999	1.88	1.47
2000	1.9	1.6
2001	1.86	1.41
2002	1.81	1.37
2003	1.8	1.27
2004	1.73	1.26
2005	1.69	1.26
2006	1.73	1.28
2007	1.8	1.29
2008	1.89	1.28
2009	1.98	1.22
2010	1.7	1.15
2011	1.65	1.2
2012	1.72	1.29
2013	1.73	1.19
2014	1.75	1.25
2015	1.7	1.24
2016	1.8	1.2
2017	1.8	1.16
2018	1.8	1.14
2019	1.8	1.14
2020	1.75	1.1
2021	1.75	1.12
2022	1.8	1.04
2023	1.74	0.97
2024	1.74	0.98
2025	1.73	0.99
2026	1.73	1
2027	1.73	1.01
2028	1.73	1.02
2029	1.72	1.03
2030	1.72	1.03
2031	1.72	1.04
2032	1.71	1.05
2033	1.71	1.06
2034	1.71	1.07
2035	1.7	1.07
2036	1.7	1.08
2037	1.7	1.09
2038	1.69	1.1
2039	1.69	1.1
2040	1.69	1.11
2041	1.69	1.12
2042	1.68	1.13
2043	1.68	1.13
2044	1.68	1.14
2045	1.68	1.15
2046	1.68	1.16
2047	1.67	1.17
2048	1.67	1.17
2049	1.67	1.18
2050	1.67	1.19

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Montenegro	Singapore
1960	36.1%	44.7%
1961	36.3%	44.8%
1962	36.4%	44.7%
1963	36.2%	44.4%
1964	35.9%	43.8%
1965	35.5%	43.2%
1966	35.1%	42.5%
1967	34.5%	41.7%
1968	33.9%	40.8%
1969	33.3%	39.8%
1970	32.6%	38.7%
1971	32%	37.5%
1972	31.4%	36.2%
1973	30.9%	35%
1974	30.4%	33.7%
1975	29.9%	32.5%
1976	29.5%	31.2%
1977	29%	30%
1978	28.5%	28.8%
1979	28.1%	27.6%
1980	27.8%	26.4%
1981	27.5%	25.2%
1982	27.1%	24.2%
1983	26.9%	23.7%
1984	26.6%	23.3%
1985	26.4%	23.1%
1986	26.2%	22.9%
1987	26%	22.4%
1988	25.9%	22%
1989	25.7%	21.7%
1990	25.6%	21.4%
1991	25.4%	21.2%
1992	25.1%	21.1%
1993	24.7%	21%
1994	24.4%	20.7%
1995	24%	20.4%
1996	23.6%	20%
1997	23.2%	19.5%
1998	22.8%	19.2%
1999	22.4%	19%
2000	21.9%	18.8%
2001	21.5%	18.6%
2002	21.2%	18.4%
2003	20.9%	18.2%
2004	20.6%	17.8%
2005	20.4%	17.2%
2006	20.1%	16.6%
2007	19.9%	15.8%
2008	19.6%	15.1%
2009	19.4%	14.6%
2010	19.2%	14.1%
2011	19%	13.7%
2012	18.8%	13.4%
2013	18.7%	13.1%
2014	18.6%	12.9%
2015	18.6%	12.7%
2016	18.6%	12.5%
2017	18.5%	12.4%
2018	18.4%	12.3%
2019	18.4%	12.2%
2020	18.4%	12.2%
2021	18.5%	12.2%
2022	18.5%	12%
2023	18.3%	11.8%
2024	18.1%	11.7%
2025	17.9%	11.7%
2026	17.7%	11.7%
2027	17.5%	11.8%
2028	17.2%	11.9%
2029	17%	12%
2030	16.8%	12%
2031	16.6%	12%
2032	16.3%	12.1%
2033	16.2%	12.1%
2034	16%	12.1%
2035	15.8%	12.1%
2036	15.7%	12.1%
2037	15.5%	12.1%
2038	15.4%	12%
2039	15.3%	11.8%
2040	15.2%	11.7%
2041	15.1%	11.5%
2042	15.1%	11.2%
2043	15%	11%
2044	15%	10.7%
2045	15%	10.4%
2046	14.9%	10.1%
2047	14.9%	9.87%
2048	14.9%	9.6%
2049	14.9%	9.35%
2050	14.8%	9.12%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.1% of the population in Montenegro and 11.7% in Singapore in 2024, compared to 25.6% and 21.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Montenegro and Singapore compared.

Natural population change in Montenegro vs Singapore by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.07% in Montenegro 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
	Montenegro	Singapore
1960	9,144	51,533
1961	9,278	49,880
1962	9,402	48,830
1963	9,449	49,542
1964	9,227	47,697
1965	9,010	45,474
1966	8,661	44,298
1967	7,961	40,145
1968	7,497	36,216
1969	7,449	34,314
1970	7,069	35,059
1971	7,168	35,708
1972	7,252	38,098
1973	7,096	36,404
1974	6,919	31,664
1975	6,878	28,509
1976	6,845	31,189
1977	6,650	26,508
1978	6,408	27,537
1979	6,139	28,363
1980	6,383	30,657
1981	6,275	32,167
1982	6,419	33,346
1983	6,482	30,296
1984	6,337	31,967
1985	6,283	32,010
1986	6,097	27,880
1987	5,958	33,020
1988	5,529	42,407
1989	5,129	36,929
1990	5,010	41,136
1991	5,191	39,188
1992	5,015	39,091
1993	4,638	40,425
1994	4,381	39,319
1995	4,527	38,065
1996	4,155	38,542
1997	3,597	37,960
1998	3,889	33,381
1999	3,454	32,857
2000	3,751	37,057
2001	3,462	31,035
2002	2,988	29,231
2003	2,632	24,689
2004	2,146	24,583
2005	1,536	24,741
2006	1,599	25,968
2007	1,848	26,614
2008	2,530	28,068
2009	2,783	27,930
2010	1,797	24,876
2011	1,365	25,919
2012	1,554	29,750
2013	1,557	25,376
2014	1,560	27,896
2015	1,062	27,121
2016	1,125	25,794
2017	939	21,888
2018	752	21,427
2019	627	21,674
2020	-188	18,763
2021	-2,062	15,270
2022	0	9,019
2023	686	7,101

Maternal mortality chart: Montenegro vs Singapore

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

Table

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

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.26% in Montenegro 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
	Montenegro	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	-	1.51%
1979	-	1.49%
1980	-	1.46%
1981	-	1.4%
1982	-	1.32%
1983	-	1.23%
1984	2.72%	1.16%
1985	2.48%	1.09%
1986	2.25%	1.03%
1987	2.05%	0.97%
1988	1.89%	0.91%
1989	1.75%	0.84%
1990	1.65%	0.77%
1991	1.58%	0.7%
1992	1.54%	0.63%
1993	1.52%	0.58%
1994	1.51%	0.54%
1995	1.51%	0.51%
1996	1.51%	0.48%
1997	1.51%	0.46%
1998	1.49%	0.44%
1999	1.46%	0.41%
2000	1.42%	0.38%
2001	1.37%	0.36%
2002	1.3%	0.34%
2003	1.22%	0.32%
2004	1.14%	0.31%
2005	1.06%	0.3%
2006	0.97%	0.29%
2007	0.89%	0.29%
2008	0.8%	0.28%
2009	0.73%	0.28%
2010	0.66%	0.28%
2011	0.59%	0.28%
2012	0.54%	0.28%
2013	0.49%	0.28%
2014	0.45%	0.27%
2015	0.41%	0.27%
2016	0.38%	0.27%
2017	0.36%	0.26%
2018	0.33%	0.25%
2019	0.32%	0.24%
2020	0.3%	0.23%
2021	0.28%	0.22%
2022	0.27%	0.22%
2023	0.26%	0.21%