Fertility & birth rates in Panama and Singapore

Fertility rate in Panama vs Singapore chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Panama was 2.12 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.

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The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Panama	Singapore
1960	5.83	5.76
1961	5.87	5.41
1962	5.87	5.21
1963	5.87	5.16
1964	5.81	4.97
1965	5.73	4.66
1966	5.65	4.46
1967	5.53	3.91
1968	5.41	3.53
1969	5.29	3.22
1970	5.18	3.07
1971	5.05	3.02
1972	4.91	3.04
1973	4.74	2.79
1974	4.58	2.35
1975	4.41	2.07
1976	4.26	2.11
1977	4.12	1.82
1978	3.98	1.79
1979	3.88	1.79
1980	3.8	1.82
1981	3.72	1.78
1982	3.66	1.74
1983	3.6	1.61
1984	3.52	1.62
1985	3.43	1.61
1986	3.34	1.43
1987	3.25	1.62
1988	3.17	1.96
1989	3.12	1.75
1990	3.07	1.83
1991	3	1.73
1992	2.95	1.72
1993	2.91	1.74
1994	2.88	1.71
1995	2.85	1.67
1996	2.83	1.66
1997	2.81	1.61
1998	2.79	1.48
1999	2.77	1.47
2000	2.74	1.6
2001	2.72	1.41
2002	2.7	1.37
2003	2.68	1.27
2004	2.68	1.26
2005	2.64	1.26
2006	2.62	1.28
2007	2.61	1.29
2008	2.61	1.28
2009	2.59	1.22
2010	2.59	1.15
2011	2.6	1.2
2012	2.59	1.29
2013	2.57	1.19
2014	2.55	1.25
2015	2.53	1.24
2016	2.5	1.2
2017	2.46	1.16
2018	2.4	1.14
2019	2.29	1.14
2020	2.18	1.1
2021	2.15	1.12
2022	2.14	1.04
2023	2.12	0.97
2024	2.11	0.98
2025	2.09	0.99
2026	2.07	1
2027	2.06	1.01
2028	2.04	1.02
2029	2.02	1.03
2030	2.01	1.03
2031	2	1.04
2032	1.99	1.05
2033	1.97	1.06
2034	1.96	1.07
2035	1.95	1.07
2036	1.95	1.08
2037	1.94	1.09
2038	1.93	1.1
2039	1.92	1.1
2040	1.91	1.11
2041	1.91	1.12
2042	1.9	1.13
2043	1.89	1.13
2044	1.89	1.14
2045	1.88	1.15
2046	1.88	1.16
2047	1.87	1.17
2048	1.87	1.17
2049	1.86	1.18
2050	1.86	1.19

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Panama	Singapore
1960	44.2%	44.7%
1961	44.3%	44.8%
1962	44.5%	44.7%
1963	44.6%	44.4%
1964	44.7%	43.8%
1965	44.8%	43.2%
1966	44.8%	42.5%
1967	44.8%	41.7%
1968	44.7%	40.8%
1969	44.6%	39.8%
1970	44.5%	38.7%
1971	44.3%	37.5%
1972	44.1%	36.2%
1973	43.9%	35%
1974	43.6%	33.7%
1975	43.3%	32.5%
1976	42.9%	31.2%
1977	42.4%	30%
1978	41.9%	28.8%
1979	41.4%	27.6%
1980	40.8%	26.4%
1981	40.3%	25.2%
1982	39.8%	24.2%
1983	39.3%	23.7%
1984	38.8%	23.3%
1985	38.3%	23.1%
1986	37.8%	22.9%
1987	37.4%	22.4%
1988	36.9%	22%
1989	36.5%	21.7%
1990	36.1%	21.4%
1991	35.7%	21.2%
1992	35.3%	21.1%
1993	34.9%	21%
1994	34.6%	20.7%
1995	34.2%	20.4%
1996	33.9%	20%
1997	33.5%	19.5%
1998	33.1%	19.2%
1999	32.8%	19%
2000	32.4%	18.8%
2001	32%	18.6%
2002	31.6%	18.4%
2003	31.3%	18.2%
2004	31%	17.8%
2005	30.6%	17.2%
2006	30.3%	16.6%
2007	30%	15.8%
2008	29.7%	15.1%
2009	29.5%	14.6%
2010	29.2%	14.1%
2011	28.9%	13.7%
2012	28.7%	13.4%
2013	28.4%	13.1%
2014	28.2%	12.9%
2015	27.9%	12.7%
2016	27.6%	12.5%
2017	27.4%	12.4%
2018	27.1%	12.3%
2019	26.7%	12.2%
2020	26.4%	12.2%
2021	26%	12.2%
2022	25.7%	12%
2023	25.3%	11.8%
2024	24.9%	11.7%
2025	24.5%	11.7%
2026	24.1%	11.7%
2027	23.8%	11.8%
2028	23.4%	11.9%
2029	23%	12%
2030	22.6%	12%
2031	22.2%	12%
2032	21.9%	12.1%
2033	21.6%	12.1%
2034	21.3%	12.1%
2035	21%	12.1%
2036	20.9%	12.1%
2037	20.7%	12.1%
2038	20.5%	12%
2039	20.3%	11.8%
2040	20.1%	11.7%
2041	20%	11.5%
2042	19.8%	11.2%
2043	19.6%	11%
2044	19.4%	10.7%
2045	19.3%	10.4%
2046	19.1%	10.1%
2047	18.9%	9.87%
2048	18.8%	9.6%
2049	18.6%	9.35%
2050	18.4%	9.12%

Children aged 0-14 make up 24.9% of the population in Panama and 11.7% in Singapore in 2024, compared to 36.1% and 21.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Panama and Singapore compared.

Natural population change in Panama vs Singapore by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +1.31% in Panama 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
	Panama	Singapore
1960	35,431	51,533
1961	37,100	49,880
1962	38,537	48,830
1963	39,872	49,542
1964	40,806	47,697
1965	41,604	45,474
1966	42,457	44,298
1967	43,054	40,145
1968	43,641	36,216
1969	44,278	34,314
1970	45,075	35,059
1971	45,867	35,708
1972	46,311	38,098
1973	46,540	36,404
1974	46,932	31,664
1975	47,149	28,509
1976	47,307	31,189
1977	47,438	26,508
1978	47,694	27,537
1979	48,362	28,363
1980	49,077	30,657
1981	50,018	32,167
1982	50,858	33,346
1983	51,880	30,296
1984	52,436	31,967
1985	52,573	32,010
1986	52,681	27,880
1987	52,690	33,020
1988	52,767	42,407
1989	52,295	36,929
1990	53,451	41,136
1991	53,079	39,188
1992	53,186	39,091
1993	53,591	40,425
1994	53,845	39,319
1995	54,069	38,065
1996	54,512	38,542
1997	55,060	37,960
1998	55,482	33,381
1999	55,911	32,857
2000	56,236	37,057
2001	56,654	31,035
2002	57,011	29,231
2003	57,458	24,689
2004	58,281	24,583
2005	58,014	24,741
2006	58,067	25,968
2007	58,454	26,614
2008	58,961	28,068
2009	59,168	27,930
2010	59,418	24,876
2011	60,411	25,919
2012	60,471	29,750
2013	60,295	25,376
2014	60,227	27,896
2015	59,896	27,121
2016	59,454	25,794
2017	58,607	21,888
2018	57,508	21,427
2019	54,420	21,674
2020	46,599	18,763
2021	46,747	15,270
2022	50,556	9,019
2023	50,197	7,101

Maternal mortality chart: Panama vs Singapore

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 37 deaths per 100,000 live births in Panama, compared to 6 deaths in Singapore.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Panama	Singapore
1985	95	18
1986	94	18
1987	93	18
1988	93	18
1989	96	18
1990	89	17
1991	87	16
1992	85	16
1993	81	16
1994	78	16
1995	77	17
1996	73	17
1997	70	17
1998	68	17
1999	65	17
2000	64	17
2001	62	16
2002	59	16
2003	58	15
2004	57	14
2005	57	14
2006	56	13
2007	55	12
2008	55	11
2009	55	10
2010	56	10
2011	55	10
2012	53	10
2013	52	9
2014	49	9
2015	48	8
2016	47	8
2017	47	8
2018	43	8
2019	41	7
2020	74	13
2021	59	20
2022	40	34
2023	37	6

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.33% in Panama 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
	Panama	Singapore
1960	9.31%	4.76%
1961	9.04%	4.37%
1962	8.78%	4.05%
1963	8.52%	3.81%
1964	8.28%	3.64%
1965	8.05%	3.5%
1966	7.83%	3.34%
1967	7.62%	3.18%
1968	7.38%	3.01%
1969	7.1%	2.86%
1970	6.78%	2.71%
1971	6.43%	2.56%
1972	6.07%	2.39%
1973	5.72%	2.18%
1974	5.41%	1.95%
1975	5.15%	1.75%
1976	4.93%	1.62%
1977	4.76%	1.54%
1978	4.61%	1.51%
1979	4.47%	1.49%
1980	4.34%	1.46%
1981	4.19%	1.4%
1982	4.05%	1.32%
1983	3.9%	1.23%
1984	3.75%	1.16%
1985	3.61%	1.09%
1986	3.47%	1.03%
1987	3.35%	0.97%
1988	3.24%	0.91%
1989	3.14%	0.84%
1990	3.05%	0.77%
1991	2.97%	0.7%
1992	2.91%	0.63%
1993	2.87%	0.58%
1994	2.83%	0.54%
1995	2.8%	0.51%
1996	2.77%	0.48%
1997	2.73%	0.46%
1998	2.68%	0.44%
1999	2.63%	0.41%
2000	2.56%	0.38%
2001	2.49%	0.36%
2002	2.41%	0.34%
2003	2.33%	0.32%
2004	2.25%	0.31%
2005	2.17%	0.3%
2006	2.1%	0.29%
2007	2.03%	0.29%
2008	1.97%	0.28%
2009	1.91%	0.28%
2010	1.86%	0.28%
2011	1.81%	0.28%
2012	1.77%	0.28%
2013	1.75%	0.28%
2014	1.73%	0.27%
2015	1.72%	0.27%
2016	1.7%	0.27%
2017	1.68%	0.26%
2018	1.65%	0.25%
2019	1.59%	0.24%
2020	1.52%	0.23%
2021	1.45%	0.22%
2022	1.39%	0.22%
2023	1.33%	0.21%