Singapore vs Taiwan: Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility)
Singapore
0.943 live births per woman
in 2023
Taiwan
0.87 live births per woman
in 2023
Singapore rank
230th
Taiwan rank
232nd
Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility) over time
- Singapore
- Taiwan
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 0.943 live births per woman against 0.87 live births per woman in Taiwan, a difference of 0.073 live births per woman.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.1 times Taiwan's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Taiwan ahead.
Singapore ranks 230th and Taiwan ranks 232nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Singapore averaged higher in 1 and Taiwan in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Singapore | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.31 live births per woman | 6.46 live births per woman | 0.1556 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 1960s | 4.63 live births per woman | 5.04 live births per woman | 0.4125 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 1970s | 2.38 live births per woman | 3.15 live births per woman | 0.7689 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 1980s | 1.58 live births per woman | 2.04 live births per woman | 0.4554 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 1990s | 1.43 live births per woman | 1.72 live births per woman | 0.2915 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 2000s | 1.11 live births per woman | 1.21 live births per woman | 0.0949 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 2010s | 0.9623 live births per woman | 1.11 live births per woman | 0.1429 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 2020s | 0.943 live births per woman | 0.9263 live births per woman | 0.0167 live births per woman | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Singapore or Taiwan?
- Singapore, at 0.943 live births per woman against 0.87 live births per woman in Taiwan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Singapore and Taiwan?
- 0.073 live births per woman, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and Taiwan?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Singapore and Taiwan rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Singapore ranks 230th and Taiwan ranks 232nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: births per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.