Fertility & birth rates in Palestine and Singapore

Fertility rate in Palestine vs Singapore chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Palestine was 3.31 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 Palestine 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
	Palestine	Singapore
1960	-	5.76
1961	-	5.41
1962	-	5.21
1963	-	5.16
1964	-	4.97
1965	-	4.66
1966	-	4.46
1967	-	3.91
1968	-	3.53
1969	-	3.22
1970	-	3.07
1971	-	3.02
1972	-	3.04
1973	-	2.79
1974	-	2.35
1975	-	2.07
1976	-	2.11
1977	-	1.82
1978	-	1.79
1979	-	1.79
1980	-	1.82
1981	-	1.78
1982	-	1.74
1983	-	1.61
1984	-	1.62
1985	-	1.61
1986	-	1.43
1987	-	1.62
1988	-	1.96
1989	-	1.75
1990	6.81	1.83
1991	6.75	1.73
1992	6.65	1.72
1993	6.5	1.74
1994	6.33	1.71
1995	6.16	1.67
1996	5.99	1.66
1997	5.82	1.61
1998	5.69	1.48
1999	5.58	1.47
2000	5.46	1.6
2001	5.34	1.41
2002	5.22	1.37
2003	5.06	1.27
2004	4.97	1.26
2005	4.87	1.26
2006	4.74	1.28
2007	4.63	1.29
2008	4.51	1.28
2009	4.44	1.22
2010	4.43	1.15
2011	4.31	1.2
2012	4.15	1.29
2013	4.05	1.19
2014	4	1.25
2015	3.98	1.24
2016	3.89	1.2
2017	3.77	1.16
2018	3.67	1.14
2019	3.59	1.14
2020	3.51	1.1
2021	3.44	1.12
2022	3.38	1.04
2023	3.31	0.97
2024	3.25	0.98
2025	3.19	0.99
2026	3.13	1
2027	3.07	1.01
2028	3.02	1.02
2029	2.97	1.03
2030	2.93	1.03
2031	2.89	1.04
2032	2.85	1.05
2033	2.81	1.06
2034	2.78	1.07
2035	2.75	1.07
2036	2.71	1.08
2037	2.68	1.09
2038	2.65	1.1
2039	2.62	1.1
2040	2.59	1.11
2041	2.56	1.12
2042	2.53	1.13
2043	2.51	1.13
2044	2.48	1.14
2045	2.45	1.15
2046	2.43	1.16
2047	2.41	1.17
2048	2.38	1.17
2049	2.36	1.18
2050	2.34	1.19

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Palestine	Singapore
1960	-	44.7%
1961	-	44.8%
1962	-	44.7%
1963	-	44.4%
1964	-	43.8%
1965	-	43.2%
1966	-	42.5%
1967	-	41.7%
1968	-	40.8%
1969	-	39.8%
1970	-	38.7%
1971	-	37.5%
1972	-	36.2%
1973	-	35%
1974	-	33.7%
1975	-	32.5%
1976	-	31.2%
1977	-	30%
1978	-	28.8%
1979	-	27.6%
1980	-	26.4%
1981	-	25.2%
1982	-	24.2%
1983	-	23.7%
1984	-	23.3%
1985	-	23.1%
1986	-	22.9%
1987	-	22.4%
1988	-	22%
1989	-	21.7%
1990	49.1%	21.4%
1991	49.1%	21.2%
1992	49%	21.1%
1993	49%	21%
1994	48.9%	20.7%
1995	48.8%	20.4%
1996	48.6%	20%
1997	48.4%	19.5%
1998	48.1%	19.2%
1999	47.8%	19%
2000	47.4%	18.8%
2001	47.1%	18.6%
2002	46.6%	18.4%
2003	46.1%	18.2%
2004	45.6%	17.8%
2005	45%	17.2%
2006	44.3%	16.6%
2007	43.7%	15.8%
2008	43%	15.1%
2009	42.4%	14.6%
2010	41.9%	14.1%
2011	41.5%	13.7%
2012	41.1%	13.4%
2013	40.7%	13.1%
2014	40.4%	12.9%
2015	40.1%	12.7%
2016	39.9%	12.5%
2017	39.7%	12.4%
2018	39.6%	12.3%
2019	39.5%	12.2%
2020	39.3%	12.2%
2021	39%	12.2%
2022	38.7%	12%
2023	38.4%	11.8%
2024	38%	11.7%
2025	37.6%	11.7%
2026	37%	11.7%
2027	36.5%	11.8%
2028	35.9%	11.9%
2029	35.3%	12%
2030	34.7%	12%
2031	34%	12%
2032	33.4%	12.1%
2033	32.8%	12.1%
2034	32.3%	12.1%
2035	31.8%	12.1%
2036	31.4%	12.1%
2037	31%	12.1%
2038	30.6%	12%
2039	30.3%	11.8%
2040	30%	11.7%
2041	29.7%	11.5%
2042	29.4%	11.2%
2043	29.2%	11%
2044	28.9%	10.7%
2045	28.6%	10.4%
2046	28.4%	10.1%
2047	28.1%	9.87%
2048	27.8%	9.6%
2049	27.5%	9.35%
2050	27.2%	9.12%

Children aged 0-14 make up 38% of the population in Palestine and 11.7% in Singapore in 2024, compared to 49.1% and 21.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Palestine and Singapore compared.

Natural population change in Palestine vs Singapore by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +2.64% in Palestine 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
	Palestine	Singapore
1960	-	51,533
1961	-	49,880
1962	-	48,830
1963	-	49,542
1964	-	47,697
1965	-	45,474
1966	-	44,298
1967	-	40,145
1968	-	36,216
1969	-	34,314
1970	-	35,059
1971	-	35,708
1972	-	38,098
1973	-	36,404
1974	-	31,664
1975	-	28,509
1976	-	31,189
1977	-	26,508
1978	-	27,537
1979	-	28,363
1980	-	30,657
1981	-	32,167
1982	-	33,346
1983	-	30,296
1984	-	31,967
1985	-	32,010
1986	-	27,880
1987	-	33,020
1988	-	42,407
1989	-	36,929
1990	76,163	41,136
1991	79,444	39,188
1992	82,865	39,091
1993	86,434	40,425
1994	90,156	39,319
1995	94,037	38,065
1996	98,085	38,542
1997	102,307	37,960
1998	103,566	33,381
1999	104,823	32,857
2000	106,367	37,057
2001	107,320	31,035
2002	108,560	29,231
2003	109,162	24,689
2004	110,045	24,583
2005	110,569	24,741
2006	111,728	25,968
2007	112,453	26,614
2008	108,395	28,068
2009	111,724	27,930
2010	117,674	24,876
2011	119,021	25,919
2012	119,185	29,750
2013	120,503	25,376
2014	120,724	27,896
2015	126,189	27,121
2016	126,698	25,794
2017	125,688	21,888
2018	124,791	21,427
2019	124,508	21,674
2020	122,416	18,763
2021	120,396	15,270
2022	123,987	9,019
2023	102,613	7,101

Maternal mortality chart: Palestine vs Singapore

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 16 deaths per 100,000 live births in Palestine, compared to 6 deaths in Singapore.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Palestine	Singapore
1985	102	18
1986	96	18
1987	87	18
1988	85	18
1989	82	18
1990	78	17
1991	75	16
1992	73	16
1993	69	16
1994	66	16
1995	64	17
1996	61	17
1997	60	17
1998	59	17
1999	58	17
2000	59	17
2001	60	16
2002	58	16
2003	56	15
2004	55	14
2005	52	14
2006	51	13
2007	49	12
2008	49	11
2009	48	10
2010	42	10
2011	39	10
2012	36	10
2013	32	9
2014	29	9
2015	26	8
2016	23	8
2017	21	8
2018	19	8
2019	18	7
2020	20	13
2021	29	20
2022	17	34
2023	16	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 2.63% in Palestine 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
	Palestine	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	10.8%	1.75%
1976	10.2%	1.62%
1977	9.55%	1.54%
1978	8.98%	1.51%
1979	8.45%	1.49%
1980	7.95%	1.46%
1981	7.48%	1.4%
1982	7.04%	1.32%
1983	6.63%	1.23%
1984	6.25%	1.16%
1985	5.89%	1.09%
1986	5.56%	1.03%
1987	5.25%	0.97%
1988	4.97%	0.91%
1989	4.72%	0.84%
1990	4.49%	0.77%
1991	4.28%	0.7%
1992	4.09%	0.63%
1993	3.92%	0.58%
1994	3.77%	0.54%
1995	3.62%	0.51%
1996	3.49%	0.48%
1997	3.36%	0.46%
1998	3.24%	0.44%
1999	3.13%	0.41%
2000	3.03%	0.38%
2001	2.94%	0.36%
2002	2.85%	0.34%
2003	2.77%	0.32%
2004	2.68%	0.31%
2005	2.6%	0.3%
2006	2.52%	0.29%
2007	2.43%	0.29%
2008	2.35%	0.28%
2009	2.28%	0.28%
2010	2.2%	0.28%
2011	2.12%	0.28%
2012	2.04%	0.28%
2013	1.97%	0.28%
2014	2.2%	0.27%
2015	1.83%	0.27%
2016	1.76%	0.27%
2017	1.69%	0.26%
2018	1.63%	0.25%
2019	1.57%	0.24%
2020	1.52%	0.23%
2021	1.47%	0.22%
2022	1.42%	0.22%
2023	2.63%	0.21%