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Parliamentary Reply by Minister Indranee on Annual Births By Age of Mother

1 March 2024

In 2021 and 2022, around 33% of live births were from women aged 30 and below, 44% from women aged 31 to 35, and around 23% from women aged 36 and above.

FOURTEENTH PARLIAMENT OF SINGAPORE

ORAL REPLY

FRIDAY, 1 MARCH 2024

Ms Ng Ling Ling:

To ask the Prime Minister in each of the past three years, what is the proportion of annual births from women who are (i) 30 years old and below (ii) between 31 and 35 years old and (iii) 36 years old and above, respectively.

Ms Indranee Rajah (for the Prime Minister):

In 2021 and 2022, around 33% of total live births were from women aged 30 years old and below. Around 44% were from women between 31 and 35 years old, and around 23% were from those 36 years old and above. Figures for 2023 are still being finalised.

The information is published annually in the Immigration & Checkpoint Authority's (ICA) Report on the Registration on Births and Deaths, which contains key demographic statistics, including total live births by age of mother. The Report is available on ICA’s website.