Fertility & birth rates in Singapore and Zambia

Fertility rate in Singapore vs Zambia 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 4.1 in Zambia in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Singapore vs Zambia 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	Zambia
1960	5.76	6.95
1961	5.41	6.98
1962	5.21	7.01
1963	5.16	7.06
1964	4.97	7.09
1965	4.66	7.12
1966	4.46	7.14
1967	3.91	7.15
1968	3.53	7.18
1969	3.22	7.18
1970	3.07	7.22
1971	3.02	7.26
1972	3.04	7.3
1973	2.79	7.34
1974	2.35	7.36
1975	2.07	7.42
1976	2.11	7.39
1977	1.82	7.35
1978	1.79	7.29
1979	1.79	7.22
1980	1.82	7.14
1981	1.78	7.07
1982	1.74	7.04
1983	1.61	7.01
1984	1.62	6.97
1985	1.61	6.93
1986	1.43	6.87
1987	1.62	6.8
1988	1.96	6.7
1989	1.75	6.64
1990	1.83	6.57
1991	1.73	6.46
1992	1.72	6.35
1993	1.74	6.3
1994	1.71	6.26
1995	1.67	6.23
1996	1.66	6.18
1997	1.61	6.12
1998	1.48	6.07
1999	1.47	6
2000	1.6	5.92
2001	1.41	5.85
2002	1.37	5.77
2003	1.27	5.71
2004	1.26	5.7
2005	1.26	5.7
2006	1.28	5.68
2007	1.29	5.61
2008	1.28	5.53
2009	1.22	5.45
2010	1.15	5.36
2011	1.2	5.26
2012	1.29	5.14
2013	1.19	5.01
2014	1.25	4.89
2015	1.24	4.78
2016	1.2	4.67
2017	1.16	4.57
2018	1.14	4.49
2019	1.14	4.42
2020	1.1	4.32
2021	1.12	4.25
2022	1.04	4.18
2023	0.97	4.1
2024	0.98	4.04
2025	0.99	3.97
2026	1	3.91
2027	1.01	3.85
2028	1.02	3.77
2029	1.03	3.72
2030	1.03	3.67
2031	1.04	3.61
2032	1.05	3.56
2033	1.06	3.5
2034	1.07	3.45
2035	1.07	3.4
2036	1.08	3.35
2037	1.09	3.3
2038	1.1	3.25
2039	1.1	3.19
2040	1.11	3.15
2041	1.12	3.11
2042	1.13	3.07
2043	1.13	3.03
2044	1.14	3
2045	1.15	2.96
2046	1.16	2.93
2047	1.17	2.9
2048	1.17	2.87
2049	1.18	2.84
2050	1.19	2.81

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Singapore	Zambia
1960	44.7%	46%
1961	44.8%	46.2%
1962	44.7%	46.3%
1963	44.4%	46.5%
1964	43.8%	46.7%
1965	43.2%	46.9%
1966	42.5%	46.9%
1967	41.7%	47%
1968	40.8%	47.1%
1969	39.8%	47.2%
1970	38.7%	47.4%
1971	37.5%	47.7%
1972	36.2%	48%
1973	35%	48.3%
1974	33.7%	48.6%
1975	32.5%	48.8%
1976	31.2%	49.1%
1977	30%	49.2%
1978	28.8%	49.4%
1979	27.6%	49.5%
1980	26.4%	49.5%
1981	25.2%	49.4%
1982	24.2%	49.3%
1983	23.7%	49.1%
1984	23.3%	49%
1985	23.1%	48.9%
1986	22.9%	48.8%
1987	22.4%	48.7%
1988	22%	48.6%
1989	21.7%	48.5%
1990	21.4%	48.4%
1991	21.2%	48.3%
1992	21.1%	48.2%
1993	21%	48.2%
1994	20.7%	48.2%
1995	20.4%	48.2%
1996	20%	48.2%
1997	19.5%	48.2%
1998	19.2%	48.2%
1999	19%	48.1%
2000	18.8%	48%
2001	18.6%	47.8%
2002	18.4%	47.6%
2003	18.2%	47.4%
2004	17.8%	47.3%
2005	17.2%	47.1%
2006	16.6%	47%
2007	15.8%	46.8%
2008	15.1%	46.6%
2009	14.6%	46.4%
2010	14.1%	46.3%
2011	13.7%	46.1%
2012	13.4%	45.9%
2013	13.1%	45.7%
2014	12.9%	45.5%
2015	12.7%	45.2%
2016	12.5%	44.9%
2017	12.4%	44.5%
2018	12.3%	44.1%
2019	12.2%	43.8%
2020	12.2%	43.3%
2021	12.2%	42.9%
2022	12%	42.4%
2023	11.8%	42%
2024	11.7%	41.5%
2025	11.7%	41%
2026	11.7%	40.5%
2027	11.8%	40%
2028	11.9%	39.6%
2029	12%	39.2%
2030	12%	38.8%
2031	12%	38.5%
2032	12.1%	38.1%
2033	12.1%	37.8%
2034	12.1%	37.5%
2035	12.1%	37.1%
2036	12.1%	36.8%
2037	12.1%	36.5%
2038	12%	36.1%
2039	11.8%	35.8%
2040	11.7%	35.4%
2041	11.5%	35.1%
2042	11.2%	34.7%
2043	11%	34.4%
2044	10.7%	34%
2045	10.4%	33.7%
2046	10.1%	33.3%
2047	9.87%	33%
2048	9.6%	32.6%
2049	9.35%	32.3%
2050	9.12%	32%

Children aged 0-14 make up 11.7% of the population in Singapore and 41.5% in Zambia in 2024, compared to 21.4% and 48.4% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Singapore and Zambia compared.

Natural population change in Singapore vs Zambia by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.35% in Singapore and +2.87% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	51,533	102,335
1961	49,880	106,318
1962	48,830	110,173
1963	49,542	114,555
1964	47,697	117,197
1965	45,474	122,814
1966	44,298	127,164
1967	40,145	131,938
1968	36,216	137,315
1969	34,314	142,660
1970	35,059	149,380
1971	35,708	155,249
1972	38,098	161,648
1973	36,404	168,258
1974	31,664	174,484
1975	28,509	182,258
1976	31,189	186,762
1977	26,508	191,557
1978	27,537	194,933
1979	28,363	197,578
1980	30,657	198,817
1981	32,167	202,822
1982	33,346	207,621
1983	30,296	212,712
1984	31,967	216,695
1985	32,010	221,351
1986	27,880	224,768
1987	33,020	227,813
1988	42,407	230,118
1989	36,929	233,429
1990	41,136	235,835
1991	39,188	237,957
1992	39,091	239,953
1993	40,425	245,917
1994	39,319	252,023
1995	38,065	257,897
1996	38,542	262,468
1997	37,960	268,198
1998	33,381	275,568
1999	32,857	283,297
2000	37,057	293,186
2001	31,035	302,682
2002	29,231	316,041
2003	24,689	331,189
2004	24,583	349,352
2005	24,741	368,756
2006	25,968	387,891
2007	26,614	403,729
2008	28,068	419,560
2009	27,930	434,458
2010	24,876	448,337
2011	25,919	459,743
2012	29,750	469,406
2013	25,376	476,846
2014	27,896	483,663
2015	27,121	491,021
2016	25,794	497,521
2017	21,888	504,630
2018	21,427	515,644
2019	21,674	528,089
2020	18,763	536,484
2021	15,270	535,629
2022	9,019	563,456
2023	7,101	577,660

Maternal mortality chart: Singapore vs Zambia

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 85 deaths in Zambia.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Singapore	Zambia
1985	18	596
1986	18	619
1987	18	630
1988	18	635
1989	18	635
1990	17	625
1991	16	611
1992	16	581
1993	16	532
1994	16	507
1995	17	466
1996	17	433
1997	17	403
1998	17	392
1999	17	378
2000	17	340
2001	16	306
2002	16	274
2003	15	250
2004	14	260
2005	14	264
2006	13	262
2007	12	324
2008	11	394
2009	10	406
2010	10	332
2011	10	291
2012	10	256
2013	9	213
2014	9	174
2015	8	154
2016	8	158
2017	8	141
2018	8	117
2019	7	103
2020	13	99
2021	20	140
2022	34	89
2023	6	85

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 0.21% in Singapore and 4.47% in Zambia. 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	Zambia
1960	4.76%	20.5%
1961	4.37%	20.1%
1962	4.05%	19.8%
1963	3.81%	19.5%
1964	3.64%	19.2%
1965	3.5%	19%
1966	3.34%	18.9%
1967	3.18%	18.7%
1968	3.01%	18.5%
1969	2.86%	18.3%
1970	2.71%	17.9%
1971	2.56%	17.4%
1972	2.39%	16.9%
1973	2.18%	16.3%
1974	1.95%	15.9%
1975	1.75%	15.5%
1976	1.62%	15.4%
1977	1.54%	15.3%
1978	1.51%	15.3%
1979	1.49%	15.4%
1980	1.46%	15.5%
1981	1.4%	15.6%
1982	1.32%	15.7%
1983	1.23%	15.9%
1984	1.16%	16.2%
1985	1.09%	16.6%
1986	1.03%	17%
1987	0.97%	17.3%
1988	0.91%	17.7%
1989	0.84%	17.9%
1990	0.77%	18.1%
1991	0.7%	18.1%
1992	0.63%	18.1%
1993	0.58%	17.9%
1994	0.54%	17.7%
1995	0.51%	17.3%
1996	0.48%	17%
1997	0.46%	16.7%
1998	0.44%	16.3%
1999	0.41%	15.9%
2000	0.38%	15.3%
2001	0.36%	14.4%
2002	0.34%	13.4%
2003	0.32%	12.4%
2004	0.31%	11.4%
2005	0.3%	10.5%
2006	0.29%	9.71%
2007	0.29%	9.14%
2008	0.28%	8.62%
2009	0.28%	8%
2010	0.28%	7.57%
2011	0.28%	7.31%
2012	0.28%	7.04%
2013	0.28%	6.72%
2014	0.27%	6.38%
2015	0.27%	6.15%
2016	0.27%	5.9%
2017	0.26%	5.61%
2018	0.25%	5.52%
2019	0.24%	5.41%
2020	0.23%	5.24%
2021	0.22%	4.92%
2022	0.22%	4.67%
2023	0.21%	4.47%