Fertility & birth rates in Singapore and Suriname

Fertility rate in Singapore vs Suriname 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 2.25 in Suriname in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Singapore vs Suriname 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	Suriname
1960	5.76	6.59
1961	5.41	6.58
1962	5.21	6.57
1963	5.16	6.51
1964	4.97	6.43
1965	4.66	6.32
1966	4.46	6.2
1967	3.91	6.04
1968	3.53	5.86
1969	3.22	5.7
1970	3.07	5.53
1971	3.02	5.36
1972	3.04	5.18
1973	2.79	5.01
1974	2.35	4.81
1975	2.07	4.63
1976	2.11	4.45
1977	1.82	4.26
1978	1.79	4.08
1979	1.79	3.93
1980	1.82	3.79
1981	1.78	3.75
1982	1.74	3.82
1983	1.61	3.87
1984	1.62	3.8
1985	1.61	3.71
1986	1.43	3.61
1987	1.62	3.53
1988	1.96	3.46
1989	1.75	3.39
1990	1.83	3.23
1991	1.73	3.09
1992	1.72	3.01
1993	1.74	2.94
1994	1.71	2.9
1995	1.67	2.9
1996	1.66	2.92
1997	1.61	2.95
1998	1.48	2.99
1999	1.47	3.02
2000	1.6	3.05
2001	1.41	3.06
2002	1.37	2.96
2003	1.27	2.84
2004	1.26	2.74
2005	1.26	2.71
2006	1.28	2.73
2007	1.29	2.74
2008	1.28	2.73
2009	1.22	2.71
2010	1.15	2.69
2011	1.2	2.67
2012	1.29	2.67
2013	1.19	2.65
2014	1.25	2.62
2015	1.24	2.57
2016	1.2	2.5
2017	1.16	2.43
2018	1.14	2.38
2019	1.14	2.35
2020	1.1	2.31
2021	1.12	2.3
2022	1.04	2.27
2023	0.97	2.25
2024	0.98	2.23
2025	0.99	2.21
2026	1	2.19
2027	1.01	2.16
2028	1.02	2.14
2029	1.03	2.13
2030	1.03	2.11
2031	1.04	2.09
2032	1.05	2.08
2033	1.06	2.06
2034	1.07	2.05
2035	1.07	2.04
2036	1.08	2.02
2037	1.09	2.01
2038	1.1	2
2039	1.1	1.99
2040	1.11	1.98
2041	1.12	1.97
2042	1.13	1.96
2043	1.13	1.95
2044	1.14	1.94
2045	1.15	1.93
2046	1.16	1.92
2047	1.17	1.91
2048	1.17	1.9
2049	1.18	1.9
2050	1.19	1.89

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Singapore	Suriname
1960	44.7%	44.5%
1961	44.8%	44.6%
1962	44.7%	45.1%
1963	44.4%	46.1%
1964	43.8%	46.8%
1965	43.2%	47.4%
1966	42.5%	48%
1967	41.7%	48.5%
1968	40.8%	48.8%
1969	39.8%	48.9%
1970	38.7%	48.8%
1971	37.5%	48.5%
1972	36.2%	47.8%
1973	35%	46.8%
1974	33.7%	46%
1975	32.5%	45.1%
1976	31.2%	44.3%
1977	30%	43.4%
1978	28.8%	42.6%
1979	27.6%	41.8%
1980	26.4%	41%
1981	25.2%	40.1%
1982	24.2%	39.5%
1983	23.7%	39%
1984	23.3%	38.6%
1985	23.1%	38.3%
1986	22.9%	38%
1987	22.4%	37.8%
1988	22%	37.7%
1989	21.7%	37.5%
1990	21.4%	37.4%
1991	21.2%	37.3%
1992	21.1%	37.2%
1993	21%	37.1%
1994	20.7%	37%
1995	20.4%	36.7%
1996	20%	36.1%
1997	19.5%	35.3%
1998	19.2%	34.5%
1999	19%	33.7%
2000	18.8%	33%
2001	18.6%	32.3%
2002	18.4%	31.8%
2003	18.2%	31.3%
2004	17.8%	31%
2005	17.2%	30.9%
2006	16.6%	30.8%
2007	15.8%	30.7%
2008	15.1%	30.6%
2009	14.6%	30.5%
2010	14.1%	30.3%
2011	13.7%	30%
2012	13.4%	29.8%
2013	13.1%	29.4%
2014	12.9%	29.1%
2015	12.7%	28.7%
2016	12.5%	28.3%
2017	12.4%	27.9%
2018	12.3%	27.5%
2019	12.2%	27.2%
2020	12.2%	26.8%
2021	12.2%	26.5%
2022	12%	26.3%
2023	11.8%	25.9%
2024	11.7%	25.6%
2025	11.7%	25.3%
2026	11.7%	25%
2027	11.8%	24.8%
2028	11.9%	24.5%
2029	12%	24.2%
2030	12%	23.9%
2031	12%	23.6%
2032	12.1%	23.4%
2033	12.1%	23.2%
2034	12.1%	23%
2035	12.1%	22.8%
2036	12.1%	22.6%
2037	12.1%	22.4%
2038	12%	22.2%
2039	11.8%	22%
2040	11.7%	21.8%
2041	11.5%	21.6%
2042	11.2%	21.4%
2043	11%	21.3%
2044	10.7%	21.1%
2045	10.4%	20.9%
2046	10.1%	20.7%
2047	9.87%	20.5%
2048	9.6%	20.3%
2049	9.35%	20.1%
2050	9.12%	19.9%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.7% of the population in Singapore and 25.6% in Suriname in 2024, compared to 21.4% and 37.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Singapore and Suriname compared.

Natural population change in Singapore vs Suriname by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.35% in Singapore and +1.11% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
1960	51,533	8,170
1961	49,880	8,361
1962	48,830	8,529
1963	49,542	8,838
1964	47,697	9,174
1965	45,474	9,270
1966	44,298	9,243
1967	40,145	9,104
1968	36,216	8,980
1969	34,314	8,880
1970	35,059	8,823
1971	35,708	8,814
1972	38,098	8,893
1973	36,404	8,877
1974	31,664	8,751
1975	28,509	8,587
1976	31,189	8,327
1977	26,508	7,998
1978	27,537	7,650
1979	28,363	7,312
1980	30,657	7,002
1981	32,167	7,541
1982	33,346	8,197
1983	30,296	8,797
1984	31,967	9,031
1985	32,010	9,177
1986	27,880	9,222
1987	33,020	9,319
1988	42,407	9,347
1989	36,929	9,441
1990	41,136	9,047
1991	39,188	8,637
1992	39,091	8,355
1993	40,425	8,127
1994	39,319	7,929
1995	38,065	7,968
1996	38,542	8,031
1997	37,960	8,106
1998	33,381	8,173
1999	32,857	8,236
2000	37,057	8,323
2001	31,035	8,349
2002	29,231	7,916
2003	24,689	7,396
2004	24,583	6,948
2005	24,741	7,037
2006	25,968	7,278
2007	26,614	7,468
2008	28,068	7,552
2009	27,930	7,559
2010	24,876	7,489
2011	25,919	7,401
2012	29,750	7,405
2013	25,376	7,350
2014	27,896	7,284
2015	27,121	7,150
2016	25,794	6,979
2017	21,888	6,772
2018	21,427	6,613
2019	21,674	6,564
2020	18,763	6,640
2021	15,270	5,291
2022	9,019	6,719
2023	7,101	6,697

Maternal mortality chart: Singapore vs Suriname

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 84 deaths in Suriname.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Singapore	Suriname
1985	18	386
1986	18	377
1987	18	372
1988	18	364
1989	18	360
1990	17	350
1991	16	347
1992	16	346
1993	16	343
1994	16	334
1995	17	331
1996	17	323
1997	17	312
1998	17	302
1999	17	291
2000	17	282
2001	16	270
2002	16	253
2003	15	238
2004	14	219
2005	14	202
2006	13	187
2007	12	173
2008	11	161
2009	10	147
2010	10	134
2011	10	126
2012	10	122
2013	9	121
2014	9	120
2015	8	115
2016	8	109
2017	8	105
2018	8	101
2019	7	97
2020	13	94
2021	20	144
2022	34	88
2023	6	84

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.21% in Singapore and 1.62% in Suriname. 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	Suriname
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%	5.67%
1984	1.16%	5.49%
1985	1.09%	5.31%
1986	1.03%	5.13%
1987	0.97%	4.97%
1988	0.91%	4.81%
1989	0.84%	4.65%
1990	0.77%	4.49%
1991	0.7%	4.34%
1992	0.63%	4.19%
1993	0.58%	4.03%
1994	0.54%	3.88%
1995	0.51%	3.74%
1996	0.48%	3.6%
1997	0.46%	3.47%
1998	0.44%	3.34%
1999	0.41%	3.22%
2000	0.38%	3.11%
2001	0.36%	3%
2002	0.34%	2.9%
2003	0.32%	2.81%
2004	0.31%	2.72%
2005	0.3%	2.64%
2006	0.29%	2.57%
2007	0.29%	2.5%
2008	0.28%	2.44%
2009	0.28%	2.38%
2010	0.28%	2.32%
2011	0.28%	2.26%
2012	0.28%	2.21%
2013	0.28%	2.16%
2014	0.27%	2.11%
2015	0.27%	2.05%
2016	0.27%	2%
2017	0.26%	1.95%
2018	0.25%	1.9%
2019	0.24%	1.84%
2020	0.23%	1.78%
2021	0.22%	1.73%
2022	0.22%	1.68%
2023	0.21%	1.62%