Fertility & birth rates in Singapore and Tuvalu

Fertility rate in Singapore vs Tuvalu 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 3.21 in Tuvalu in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Singapore vs Tuvalu 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	Tuvalu
1960	5.76	5.15
1961	5.41	5.09
1962	5.21	5
1963	5.16	4.91
1964	4.97	4.83
1965	4.66	4.73
1966	4.46	4.64
1967	3.91	4.49
1968	3.53	4.36
1969	3.22	4.23
1970	3.07	4.08
1971	3.02	3.94
1972	3.04	3.81
1973	2.79	3.71
1974	2.35	3.63
1975	2.07	3.58
1976	2.11	3.55
1977	1.82	3.56
1978	1.79	3.59
1979	1.79	3.65
1980	1.82	3.73
1981	1.78	3.8
1982	1.74	3.88
1983	1.61	3.91
1984	1.62	3.95
1985	1.61	3.97
1986	1.43	3.97
1987	1.62	3.94
1988	1.96	3.88
1989	1.75	3.8
1990	1.83	3.75
1991	1.73	3.79
1992	1.72	3.86
1993	1.74	3.92
1994	1.71	3.92
1995	1.67	3.96
1996	1.66	3.95
1997	1.61	3.95
1998	1.48	3.95
1999	1.47	3.92
2000	1.6	3.84
2001	1.41	3.75
2002	1.37	3.64
2003	1.27	3.58
2004	1.26	3.55
2005	1.26	3.55
2006	1.28	3.53
2007	1.29	3.45
2008	1.28	3.42
2009	1.22	3.43
2010	1.15	3.44
2011	1.2	3.46
2012	1.29	3.47
2013	1.19	3.39
2014	1.25	3.33
2015	1.24	3.31
2016	1.2	3.3
2017	1.16	3.3
2018	1.14	3.33
2019	1.14	3.33
2020	1.1	3.31
2021	1.12	3.28
2022	1.04	3.24
2023	0.97	3.21
2024	0.98	3.17
2025	0.99	3.14
2026	1	3.1
2027	1.01	3.06
2028	1.02	3.03
2029	1.03	3
2030	1.03	2.97
2031	1.04	2.94
2032	1.05	2.91
2033	1.06	2.88
2034	1.07	2.84
2035	1.07	2.82
2036	1.08	2.79
2037	1.09	2.77
2038	1.1	2.74
2039	1.1	2.72
2040	1.11	2.69
2041	1.12	2.67
2042	1.13	2.65
2043	1.13	2.63
2044	1.14	2.61
2045	1.15	2.58
2046	1.16	2.57
2047	1.17	2.54
2048	1.17	2.52
2049	1.18	2.5
2050	1.19	2.48

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Singapore	Tuvalu
1960	44.7%	41%
1961	44.8%	42.1%
1962	44.7%	43.1%
1963	44.4%	43.9%
1964	43.8%	44.1%
1965	43.2%	43.9%
1966	42.5%	43.9%
1967	41.7%	44.1%
1968	40.8%	44.3%
1969	39.8%	43.9%
1970	38.7%	43.2%
1971	37.5%	42.3%
1972	36.2%	41.3%
1973	35%	40.2%
1974	33.7%	39.4%
1975	32.5%	38.9%
1976	31.2%	38.1%
1977	30%	37%
1978	28.8%	35.5%
1979	27.6%	34.5%
1980	26.4%	34%
1981	25.2%	33.4%
1982	24.2%	32.8%
1983	23.7%	32.1%
1984	23.3%	31.6%
1985	23.1%	31.7%
1986	22.9%	32.3%
1987	22.4%	32.9%
1988	22%	33.5%
1989	21.7%	34.1%
1990	21.4%	34.5%
1991	21.2%	35%
1992	21.1%	35.4%
1993	21%	35.9%
1994	20.7%	36.1%
1995	20.4%	36.2%
1996	20%	36.3%
1997	19.5%	36.3%
1998	19.2%	36.3%
1999	19%	36.2%
2000	18.8%	36.3%
2001	18.6%	36.3%
2002	18.4%	36.3%
2003	18.2%	36%
2004	17.8%	35.5%
2005	17.2%	35%
2006	16.6%	34.5%
2007	15.8%	34%
2008	15.1%	33.5%
2009	14.6%	33.1%
2010	14.1%	32.8%
2011	13.7%	32.6%
2012	13.4%	32.5%
2013	13.1%	32.4%
2014	12.9%	32.1%
2015	12.7%	31.9%
2016	12.5%	31.8%
2017	12.4%	31.6%
2018	12.3%	31.6%
2019	12.2%	31.7%
2020	12.2%	31.7%
2021	12.2%	31.6%
2022	12%	32%
2023	11.8%	32.6%
2024	11.7%	32.9%
2025	11.7%	33%
2026	11.7%	32.9%
2027	11.8%	32.7%
2028	11.9%	32.3%
2029	12%	31.8%
2030	12%	31.2%
2031	12%	30.6%
2032	12.1%	29.9%
2033	12.1%	29.3%
2034	12.1%	28.7%
2035	12.1%	28.2%
2036	12.1%	27.8%
2037	12.1%	27.5%
2038	12%	27.1%
2039	11.8%	26.9%
2040	11.7%	26.9%
2041	11.5%	26.9%
2042	11.2%	26.9%
2043	11%	27%
2044	10.7%	27.1%
2045	10.4%	27.3%
2046	10.1%	27.4%
2047	9.87%	27.6%
2048	9.6%	27.7%
2049	9.35%	27.8%
2050	9.12%	27.8%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.7% of the population in Singapore and 32.9% in Tuvalu in 2024, compared to 21.4% and 34.5% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Singapore and Tuvalu compared.

Natural population change in Singapore vs Tuvalu by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.35% in Singapore and +1.48% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	51,533	126
1961	49,880	120
1962	48,830	113
1963	49,542	106
1964	47,697	98
1965	45,474	93
1966	44,298	91
1967	40,145	92
1968	36,216	97
1969	34,314	102
1970	35,059	102
1971	35,708	101
1972	38,098	94
1973	36,404	101
1974	31,664	102
1975	28,509	108
1976	31,189	117
1977	26,508	128
1978	27,537	141
1979	28,363	158
1980	30,657	173
1981	32,167	186
1982	33,346	198
1983	30,296	206
1984	31,967	212
1985	32,010	215
1986	27,880	219
1987	33,020	219
1988	42,407	215
1989	36,929	208
1990	41,136	204
1991	39,188	203
1992	39,091	196
1993	40,425	202
1994	39,319	195
1995	38,065	191
1996	38,542	182
1997	37,960	177
1998	33,381	172
1999	32,857	166
2000	37,057	159
2001	31,035	151
2002	29,231	141
2003	24,689	136
2004	24,583	132
2005	24,741	131
2006	25,968	129
2007	26,614	125
2008	28,068	125
2009	27,930	130
2010	24,876	136
2011	25,919	142
2012	29,750	148
2013	25,376	148
2014	27,896	149
2015	27,121	153
2016	25,794	157
2017	21,888	163
2018	21,427	169
2019	21,674	166
2020	18,763	161
2021	15,270	151
2022	9,019	150
2023	7,101	137

Maternal mortality chart: Singapore vs Tuvalu

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 170 deaths in Tuvalu.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Singapore	Tuvalu
1985	18	230
1986	18	226
1987	18	252
1988	18	300
1989	18	296
1990	17	291
1991	16	289
1992	16	312
1993	16	286
1994	16	284
1995	17	281
1996	17	277
1997	17	249
1998	17	245
1999	17	242
2000	17	237
2001	16	235
2002	16	234
2003	15	210
2004	14	209
2005	14	230
2006	13	226
2007	12	222
2008	11	219
2009	10	215
2010	10	213
2011	10	169
2012	10	168
2013	9	168
2014	9	168
2015	8	169
2016	8	170
2017	8	171
2018	8	153
2019	7	155
2020	13	206
2021	20	157
2022	34	220
2023	6	170

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.21% in Singapore and 1.99% in Tuvalu. 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	Tuvalu
1960	4.76%	17.7%
1961	4.37%	17%
1962	4.05%	16.3%
1963	3.81%	15.6%
1964	3.64%	14.9%
1965	3.5%	14.2%
1966	3.34%	13.6%
1967	3.18%	12.9%
1968	3.01%	12.3%
1969	2.86%	11.7%
1970	2.71%	11.1%
1971	2.56%	10.5%
1972	2.39%	9.93%
1973	2.18%	9.37%
1974	1.95%	8.81%
1975	1.75%	8.31%
1976	1.62%	7.84%
1977	1.54%	7.43%
1978	1.51%	7.08%
1979	1.49%	6.76%
1980	1.46%	6.49%
1981	1.4%	6.26%
1982	1.32%	6.06%
1983	1.23%	5.9%
1984	1.16%	5.76%
1985	1.09%	5.66%
1986	1.03%	5.59%
1987	0.97%	5.53%
1988	0.91%	5.47%
1989	0.84%	5.42%
1990	0.77%	5.37%
1991	0.7%	5.31%
1992	0.63%	5.24%
1993	0.58%	5.15%
1994	0.54%	5.05%
1995	0.51%	4.94%
1996	0.48%	4.81%
1997	0.46%	4.67%
1998	0.44%	4.52%
1999	0.41%	4.39%
2000	0.38%	4.26%
2001	0.36%	4.16%
2002	0.34%	4.07%
2003	0.32%	3.98%
2004	0.31%	3.89%
2005	0.3%	3.8%
2006	0.29%	3.68%
2007	0.29%	3.56%
2008	0.28%	3.42%
2009	0.28%	3.28%
2010	0.28%	3.14%
2011	0.28%	3.02%
2012	0.28%	2.91%
2013	0.28%	2.8%
2014	0.27%	2.71%
2015	0.27%	2.61%
2016	0.27%	2.52%
2017	0.26%	2.43%
2018	0.25%	2.35%
2019	0.24%	2.27%
2020	0.23%	2.19%
2021	0.22%	2.12%
2022	0.22%	2.05%
2023	0.21%	1.99%