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How many babies are born in Singapore?

50.6 thousand babies born in Singapore in 2026. That is 0.04% of all births worldwide, and the 133rd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Singapore: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Singapore’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~0 ~1 47.4 Modelled estimate
1000 ~4 ~78 44.3 Modelled estimate
1500 ~26 ~600 44.3 Modelled estimate
1800 ~1.15K ~30K 38.4 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~4.29K ~212K 20.2 Historical reconstruction
1950 44.9K 1.01M 44.3 UN estimate
2000 51.2K 4.04M 12.7 UN estimate
2023 47.5K 5.79M 8.2 UN estimate
2026 50.6K 5.91M 8.6 UN projection
2050 32.1K 6.08M 5.3 UN projection
2075 29.6K 5.45M 5.4 UN projection
2100 27.5K 4.16M 6.6 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Singapore among estimates through 2023 were in 1958, at about 61.8K. That is roughly 1,302,573 times the estimated ~0 births a year in 1 CE.

At 0.97 children per woman, fertility in Singapore is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Singapore each year?

An estimated 50.6 thousand babies are born in Singapore in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 138 a day and 0.04% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Singapore?

Singapore has an estimated 8.6 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 0.97 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.