Fertility & birth rates in Singapore and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate in Singapore vs Sri Lanka chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Singapore was 0.97 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.97 in Sri Lanka in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Singapore vs Sri Lanka population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Singapore	Sri Lanka
1960	5.76	5.35
1961	5.41	5.24
1962	5.21	5.18
1963	5.16	5.12
1964	4.97	5.06
1965	4.66	4.93
1966	4.46	4.83
1967	3.91	4.79
1968	3.53	4.66
1969	3.22	4.5
1970	3.07	4.39
1971	3.02	4.27
1972	3.04	4.16
1973	2.79	4
1974	2.35	3.86
1975	2.07	3.82
1976	2.11	3.78
1977	1.82	3.74
1978	1.79	3.81
1979	1.79	3.82
1980	1.82	3.73
1981	1.78	3.65
1982	1.74	3.32
1983	1.61	3.11
1984	1.62	3.01
1985	1.61	2.9
1986	1.43	2.74
1987	1.62	2.64
1988	1.96	2.57
1989	1.75	2.58
1990	1.83	2.54
1991	1.73	2.51
1992	1.72	2.49
1993	1.74	2.44
1994	1.71	2.4
1995	1.67	2.35
1996	1.66	2.29
1997	1.61	2.22
1998	1.48	2.14
1999	1.47	2.14
2000	1.6	2.21
2001	1.41	2.28
2002	1.37	2.31
2003	1.27	2.3
2004	1.26	2.27
2005	1.26	2.26
2006	1.28	2.29
2007	1.29	2.3
2008	1.28	2.23
2009	1.22	2.18
2010	1.15	2.13
2011	1.2	2.14
2012	1.29	2.17
2013	1.19	2.18
2014	1.25	2.13
2015	1.24	2.09
2016	1.2	2.06
2017	1.16	2.04
2018	1.14	2.03
2019	1.14	2.02
2020	1.1	2.01
2021	1.12	2
2022	1.04	1.98
2023	0.97	1.97
2024	0.98	1.95
2025	0.99	1.94
2026	1	1.93
2027	1.01	1.91
2028	1.02	1.9
2029	1.03	1.89
2030	1.03	1.88
2031	1.04	1.87
2032	1.05	1.86
2033	1.06	1.85
2034	1.07	1.85
2035	1.07	1.84
2036	1.08	1.83
2037	1.09	1.83
2038	1.1	1.82
2039	1.1	1.81
2040	1.11	1.81
2041	1.12	1.8
2042	1.13	1.8
2043	1.13	1.8
2044	1.14	1.79
2045	1.15	1.79
2046	1.16	1.79
2047	1.17	1.78
2048	1.17	1.78
2049	1.18	1.77
2050	1.19	1.77

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Singapore	Sri Lanka
1960	44.7%	41%
1961	44.8%	40.9%
1962	44.7%	40.8%
1963	44.4%	40.7%
1964	43.8%	40.6%
1965	43.2%	40.5%
1966	42.5%	40.4%
1967	41.7%	40.3%
1968	40.8%	40.1%
1969	39.8%	39.9%
1970	38.7%	39.7%
1971	37.5%	39.5%
1972	36.2%	39.2%
1973	35%	38.8%
1974	33.7%	38.4%
1975	32.5%	38%
1976	31.2%	37.6%
1977	30%	37.2%
1978	28.8%	36.9%
1979	27.6%	36.7%
1980	26.4%	36.4%
1981	25.2%	36.2%
1982	24.2%	36%
1983	23.7%	35.8%
1984	23.3%	35.5%
1985	23.1%	35.2%
1986	22.9%	34.6%
1987	22.4%	34%
1988	22%	33.5%
1989	21.7%	33%
1990	21.4%	32.5%
1991	21.2%	32.1%
1992	21.1%	31.4%
1993	21%	30.6%
1994	20.7%	29.9%
1995	20.4%	29.2%
1996	20%	28.6%
1997	19.5%	28.2%
1998	19.2%	27.8%
1999	19%	27.4%
2000	18.8%	27%
2001	18.6%	26.6%
2002	18.4%	26.3%
2003	18.2%	26.1%
2004	17.8%	26%
2005	17.2%	25.8%
2006	16.6%	25.7%
2007	15.8%	25.7%
2008	15.1%	25.6%
2009	14.6%	25.5%
2010	14.1%	25.4%
2011	13.7%	25.3%
2012	13.4%	25.2%
2013	13.1%	25%
2014	12.9%	24.9%
2015	12.7%	24.7%
2016	12.5%	24.5%
2017	12.4%	24.2%
2018	12.3%	24%
2019	12.2%	23.7%
2020	12.2%	23.3%
2021	12.2%	23%
2022	12%	22.7%
2023	11.8%	22.4%
2024	11.7%	22%
2025	11.7%	21.7%
2026	11.7%	21.4%
2027	11.8%	21.1%
2028	11.9%	20.8%
2029	12%	20.5%
2030	12%	20.2%
2031	12%	20%
2032	12.1%	19.8%
2033	12.1%	19.6%
2034	12.1%	19.4%
2035	12.1%	19.2%
2036	12.1%	19.1%
2037	12.1%	18.9%
2038	12%	18.8%
2039	11.8%	18.7%
2040	11.7%	18.6%
2041	11.5%	18.4%
2042	11.2%	18.3%
2043	11%	18.2%
2044	10.7%	18.1%
2045	10.4%	18%
2046	10.1%	17.9%
2047	9.87%	17.7%
2048	9.6%	17.6%
2049	9.35%	17.5%
2050	9.12%	17.3%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.7% of the population in Singapore and 22% in Sri Lanka in 2024, compared to 21.4% and 32.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Singapore and Sri Lanka compared.

Natural population change in Singapore vs Sri Lanka by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.35% in Singapore and +0.75% in Sri Lanka. 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
	Singapore	Sri Lanka
1960	51,533	247,631
1961	49,880	251,087
1962	48,830	256,719
1963	49,542	262,880
1964	47,697	269,584
1965	45,474	272,422
1966	44,298	275,549
1967	40,145	284,738
1968	36,216	286,642
1969	34,314	286,218
1970	35,059	286,719
1971	35,708	281,200
1972	38,098	282,494
1973	36,404	278,577
1974	31,664	275,521
1975	28,509	282,496
1976	31,189	291,816
1977	26,508	300,038
1978	27,537	317,055
1979	28,363	329,791
1980	30,657	328,155
1981	32,167	328,096
1982	33,346	300,030
1983	30,296	277,768
1984	31,967	263,175
1985	32,010	247,836
1986	27,880	233,782
1987	33,020	226,414
1988	42,407	219,184
1989	36,929	212,401
1990	41,136	224,454
1991	39,188	218,117
1992	39,091	222,230
1993	40,425	226,257
1994	39,319	228,904
1995	38,065	221,957
1996	38,542	215,290
1997	37,960	208,193
1998	33,381	201,059
1999	32,857	206,876
2000	37,057	227,060
2001	31,035	244,377
2002	29,231	252,840
2003	24,689	252,008
2004	24,583	212,527
2005	24,741	248,683
2006	25,968	248,706
2007	26,614	248,287
2008	28,068	232,225
2009	27,930	200,175
2010	24,876	224,325
2011	25,919	224,461
2012	29,750	229,138
2013	25,376	221,021
2014	27,896	211,541
2015	27,121	201,815
2016	25,794	194,232
2017	21,888	187,993
2018	21,427	183,610
2019	21,674	172,243
2020	18,763	170,968
2021	15,270	121,858
2022	9,019	95,378
2023	7,101	66,111

Maternal mortality chart: Singapore vs Sri Lanka

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 Singapore, compared to 18 deaths in Sri Lanka.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Singapore	Sri Lanka
1985	18	68
1986	18	66
1987	18	64
1988	18	62
1989	18	61
1990	17	59
1991	16	57
1992	16	54
1993	16	51
1994	16	49
1995	17	48
1996	17	47
1997	17	45
1998	17	43
1999	17	41
2000	17	39
2001	16	37
2002	16	36
2003	15	35
2004	14	37
2005	14	32
2006	13	32
2007	12	31
2008	11	30
2009	10	28
2010	10	26
2011	10	25
2012	10	24
2013	9	23
2014	9	23
2015	8	22
2016	8	22
2017	8	21
2018	8	21
2019	7	20
2020	13	23
2021	20	34
2022	34	22
2023	6	18

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.21% in Singapore and 0.61% in Sri Lanka. 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
	Singapore	Sri Lanka
1960	4.76%	9.41%
1961	4.37%	8.95%
1962	4.05%	8.66%
1963	3.81%	8.48%
1964	3.64%	8.3%
1965	3.5%	8.07%
1966	3.34%	7.81%
1967	3.18%	7.55%
1968	3.01%	7.32%
1969	2.86%	7.14%
1970	2.71%	7.02%
1971	2.56%	6.94%
1972	2.39%	6.86%
1973	2.18%	6.77%
1974	1.95%	6.62%
1975	1.75%	6.41%
1976	1.62%	6.12%
1977	1.54%	5.77%
1978	1.51%	5.38%
1979	1.49%	4.99%
1980	1.46%	4.63%
1981	1.4%	4.29%
1982	1.32%	3.98%
1983	1.23%	3.67%
1984	1.16%	3.35%
1985	1.09%	3.02%
1986	1.03%	2.74%
1987	0.97%	2.54%
1988	0.91%	2.41%
1989	0.84%	2.74%
1990	0.77%	2.33%
1991	0.7%	2.32%
1992	0.63%	2.29%
1993	0.58%	2.22%
1994	0.54%	2.14%
1995	0.51%	2.05%
1996	0.48%	1.95%
1997	0.46%	1.86%
1998	0.44%	1.76%
1999	0.41%	1.69%
2000	0.38%	1.63%
2001	0.36%	1.58%
2002	0.34%	1.55%
2003	0.32%	1.52%
2004	0.31%	2.88%
2005	0.3%	1.4%
2006	0.29%	1.33%
2007	0.29%	1.26%
2008	0.28%	1.2%
2009	0.28%	2.08%
2010	0.28%	1.12%
2011	0.28%	1.08%
2012	0.28%	1.03%
2013	0.28%	0.98%
2014	0.27%	0.92%
2015	0.27%	0.87%
2016	0.27%	0.83%
2017	0.26%	0.79%
2018	0.25%	0.76%
2019	0.24%	0.72%
2020	0.23%	0.69%
2021	0.22%	0.66%
2022	0.22%	0.64%
2023	0.21%	0.61%