Singapore: national data show 29% fewer births in 2023 than the UN, yet 3% more children per woman
National figures: 33.5k births and 0.97 children per woman; the UN: 47.5k and 0.94. Singapore counts children per woman for citizens and permanent residents only; the birth count and the UN estimates cover different people.
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The UN estimate and the national publication are shown separately. Even the direction of the difference changes between the number of births and children per woman.
The bars are national values relative to the UN estimate for the same year, in percent. Zero is agreement with the UN, not zero births.
- Births thousand births per year
47.47 (2023) → 33.541 (2023)
UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024 → Singapore Department of Statistics / ICA, SingStat Table M810091 'Births And Fertility Rates, Annual' (last updated 03/06/2026)
- Total fertility rate children per woman
0.943 (2023) → 0.97 (2023)
UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024 → Singapore Department of Statistics / ICA, SingStat Table M810091 'Births And Fertility Rates, Annual' (last updated 03/06/2026)
Latest common year of births and children per woman in both publications within 2018–2023. Only cases where the two gaps point in opposite directions; the two versions are not averaged.
National data: births a year — final; children per woman — final.
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Which people does each publication count?