Fertility & birth rates in Palau and Singapore

Fertility rate in Palau vs Singapore chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Palau was 1.91 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 Palau 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
	Palau	Singapore
1960	7.19	5.76
1961	7.17	5.41
1962	7.15	5.21
1963	7.12	5.16
1964	7.08	4.97
1965	7.01	4.66
1966	6.93	4.46
1967	6.84	3.91
1968	6.71	3.53
1969	6.58	3.22
1970	6.39	3.07
1971	6.16	3.02
1972	5.9	3.04
1973	5.59	2.79
1974	5.26	2.35
1975	4.9	2.07
1976	4.53	2.11
1977	4.09	1.82
1978	3.74	1.79
1979	3.49	1.79
1980	3.35	1.82
1981	3.28	1.78
1982	3.22	1.74
1983	3.14	1.61
1984	3.08	1.62
1985	3.01	1.61
1986	2.98	1.43
1987	2.93	1.62
1988	2.91	1.96
1989	2.92	1.75
1990	2.88	1.83
1991	2.74	1.73
1992	2.71	1.72
1993	2.73	1.74
1994	2.66	1.71
1995	2.55	1.67
1996	2.39	1.66
1997	2.19	1.61
1998	2.01	1.48
1999	1.91	1.47
2000	1.82	1.6
2001	1.87	1.41
2002	1.92	1.37
2003	1.96	1.27
2004	1.99	1.26
2005	2.02	1.26
2006	2	1.28
2007	1.97	1.29
2008	1.95	1.28
2009	1.94	1.22
2010	1.94	1.15
2011	1.97	1.2
2012	2.01	1.29
2013	2.05	1.19
2014	2.03	1.25
2015	2	1.24
2016	2.06	1.2
2017	2.02	1.16
2018	1.97	1.14
2019	1.98	1.14
2020	1.97	1.1
2021	1.95	1.12
2022	1.93	1.04
2023	1.91	0.97
2024	1.88	0.98
2025	1.86	0.99
2026	1.84	1
2027	1.82	1.01
2028	1.81	1.02
2029	1.8	1.03
2030	1.79	1.03
2031	1.78	1.04
2032	1.77	1.05
2033	1.76	1.06
2034	1.76	1.07
2035	1.75	1.07
2036	1.75	1.08
2037	1.75	1.09
2038	1.74	1.1
2039	1.74	1.1
2040	1.74	1.11
2041	1.74	1.12
2042	1.73	1.13
2043	1.73	1.13
2044	1.73	1.14
2045	1.73	1.15
2046	1.73	1.16
2047	1.72	1.17
2048	1.72	1.17
2049	1.72	1.18
2050	1.72	1.19

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Palau	Singapore
1960	47%	44.7%
1961	48.2%	44.8%
1962	49.1%	44.7%
1963	49.8%	44.4%
1964	50.1%	43.8%
1965	50.3%	43.2%
1966	50.2%	42.5%
1967	49.6%	41.7%
1968	48.4%	40.8%
1969	47.2%	39.8%
1970	46.5%	38.7%
1971	46.2%	37.5%
1972	46%	36.2%
1973	45.6%	35%
1974	44.9%	33.7%
1975	44.2%	32.5%
1976	43.4%	31.2%
1977	42.7%	30%
1978	41.9%	28.8%
1979	41.1%	27.6%
1980	40.1%	26.4%
1981	38.9%	25.2%
1982	37.7%	24.2%
1983	36.7%	23.7%
1984	36%	23.3%
1985	35.4%	23.1%
1986	34.5%	22.9%
1987	33.2%	22.4%
1988	32%	22%
1989	31%	21.7%
1990	30.2%	21.4%
1991	29.4%	21.2%
1992	28.8%	21.1%
1993	28.5%	21%
1994	28.2%	20.7%
1995	28%	20.4%
1996	27.5%	20%
1997	26.7%	19.5%
1998	25.8%	19.2%
1999	24.8%	19%
2000	24.1%	18.8%
2001	24%	18.6%
2002	24.1%	18.4%
2003	24.2%	18.2%
2004	24.2%	17.8%
2005	23.9%	17.2%
2006	23.2%	16.6%
2007	22.5%	15.8%
2008	21.9%	15.1%
2009	21.4%	14.6%
2010	21%	14.1%
2011	20.6%	13.7%
2012	20.3%	13.4%
2013	20.2%	13.1%
2014	20.3%	12.9%
2015	20.3%	12.7%
2016	20.1%	12.5%
2017	19.9%	12.4%
2018	19.7%	12.3%
2019	19.5%	12.2%
2020	19.2%	12.2%
2021	19.1%	12.2%
2022	18.8%	12%
2023	18.5%	11.8%
2024	18.2%	11.7%
2025	17.9%	11.7%
2026	17.6%	11.7%
2027	17.3%	11.8%
2028	17%	11.9%
2029	16.7%	12%
2030	16.5%	12%
2031	16.3%	12%
2032	16.1%	12.1%
2033	16%	12.1%
2034	16%	12.1%
2035	15.9%	12.1%
2036	15.9%	12.1%
2037	15.9%	12.1%
2038	15.9%	12%
2039	15.9%	11.8%
2040	16%	11.7%
2041	16%	11.5%
2042	16.1%	11.2%
2043	16.2%	11%
2044	16.2%	10.7%
2045	16.3%	10.4%
2046	16.3%	10.1%
2047	16.3%	9.87%
2048	16.4%	9.6%
2049	16.4%	9.35%
2050	16.3%	9.12%

Children aged 0-14 make up 18.2% of the population in Palau and 11.7% in Singapore in 2024, compared to 30.2% and 21.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Palau and Singapore compared.

Natural population change in Palau vs Singapore by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.15% in Palau 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
	Palau	Singapore
1960	296	51,533
1961	298	49,880
1962	296	48,830
1963	291	49,542
1964	284	47,697
1965	275	45,474
1966	268	44,298
1967	266	40,145
1968	275	36,216
1969	283	34,314
1970	286	35,059
1971	287	35,708
1972	280	38,098
1973	268	36,404
1974	256	31,664
1975	249	28,509
1976	236	31,189
1977	213	26,508
1978	193	27,537
1979	176	28,363
1980	165	30,657
1981	161	32,167
1982	170	33,346
1983	176	30,296
1984	181	31,967
1985	181	32,010
1986	182	27,880
1987	182	33,020
1988	183	42,407
1989	185	36,929
1990	181	41,136
1991	175	39,188
1992	183	39,091
1993	196	40,425
1994	195	39,319
1995	186	38,065
1996	166	38,542
1997	140	37,960
1998	116	33,381
1999	100	32,857
2000	85	37,057
2001	88	31,035
2002	88	29,231
2003	86	24,689
2004	83	24,583
2005	80	24,741
2006	79	25,968
2007	80	26,614
2008	79	28,068
2009	81	27,930
2010	81	24,876
2011	83	25,919
2012	86	29,750
2013	88	25,376
2014	73	27,896
2015	55	27,121
2016	53	25,794
2017	43	21,888
2018	29	21,427
2019	23	21,674
2020	8	18,763
2021	-3	15,270
2022	-7	9,019
2023	-10	7,101

Maternal mortality chart: Palau vs Singapore

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 89 deaths per 100,000 live births in Palau, compared to 6 deaths in Singapore.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Palau	Singapore
1985	95	18
1986	92	18
1987	88	18
1988	96	18
1989	93	18
1990	100	17
1991	106	16
1992	113	16
1993	109	16
1994	116	16
1995	111	17
1996	123	17
1997	125	17
1998	119	17
1999	115	17
2000	119	17
2001	118	16
2002	117	16
2003	108	15
2004	106	14
2005	105	14
2006	105	13
2007	98	12
2008	99	11
2009	94	10
2010	96	10
2011	83	10
2012	84	10
2013	85	9
2014	78	9
2015	79	8
2016	80	8
2017	80	8
2018	82	8
2019	84	7
2020	117	13
2021	109	20
2022	121	34
2023	89	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.23% in Palau 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
	Palau	Singapore
1960	-	4.76%
1961	-	4.37%
1962	-	4.05%
1963	-	3.81%
1964	-	3.64%
1965	9.58%	3.5%
1966	9.27%	3.34%
1967	8.97%	3.18%
1968	8.65%	3.01%
1969	8.34%	2.86%
1970	8%	2.71%
1971	7.62%	2.56%
1972	7.24%	2.39%
1973	6.85%	2.18%
1974	6.46%	1.95%
1975	6.06%	1.75%
1976	5.7%	1.62%
1977	5.37%	1.54%
1978	5.09%	1.51%
1979	4.84%	1.49%
1980	4.63%	1.46%
1981	4.44%	1.4%
1982	4.27%	1.32%
1983	4.13%	1.23%
1984	4.01%	1.16%
1985	3.9%	1.09%
1986	3.81%	1.03%
1987	3.73%	0.97%
1988	3.66%	0.91%
1989	3.6%	0.84%
1990	3.53%	0.77%
1991	3.47%	0.7%
1992	3.4%	0.63%
1993	3.32%	0.58%
1994	3.23%	0.54%
1995	3.14%	0.51%
1996	3.04%	0.48%
1997	2.94%	0.46%
1998	2.84%	0.44%
1999	2.74%	0.41%
2000	2.65%	0.38%
2001	2.55%	0.36%
2002	2.46%	0.34%
2003	2.38%	0.32%
2004	2.29%	0.31%
2005	2.21%	0.3%
2006	2.14%	0.29%
2007	2.07%	0.29%
2008	2.02%	0.28%
2009	1.98%	0.28%
2010	1.97%	0.28%
2011	1.97%	0.28%
2012	1.99%	0.28%
2013	2.03%	0.28%
2014	2.08%	0.27%
2015	2.14%	0.27%
2016	2.21%	0.27%
2017	2.28%	0.26%
2018	2.32%	0.25%
2019	2.34%	0.24%
2020	2.33%	0.23%
2021	2.3%	0.22%
2022	2.27%	0.22%
2023	2.23%	0.21%