2023 recorded the lowest number of babies born in Singapore in at least 50 years, with a 5.8% decrease from 2022.
2023 saw the lowest number of babies born in Singapore in at least 50 years, with a 5.8% decrease from 2022's 35,605 births, and 13.3% lower than the 2021 figure of 38,672 births. The 2023 birth numbers are the lowest since at least 1971, with 47,088 babies born that year. In February, it was announced that Singapore's resident total fertility rate (TFR) fell below 1 for the first time in the country's history, which is one of the lowest in the world.
July 14, 2024
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