Puerto Rico vs Singapore: Fertility rate, total
Puerto Rico
0.92 births per woman
in 2024
Singapore
0.97 births per woman
in 2024
Puerto Rico rank
215th
Singapore rank
214th
Fertility rate, total over time
- Puerto Rico
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 0.97 births per woman against 0.92 births per woman in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.05 births per woman.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Singapore ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 215th and Singapore ranks 214th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 5 and Singapore in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.04 births per woman | 4.63 births per woman | 0.5866 births per woman | Singapore |
| 1970s | 2.97 births per woman | 2.39 births per woman | 0.5858 births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | 2.47 births per woman | 1.69 births per woman | 0.7735 births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 2.15 births per woman | 1.66 births per woman | 0.4923 births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 1.78 births per woman | 1.32 births per woman | 0.4557 births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 1.34 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman | 0.1401 births per woman | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 0.9166 births per woman | 1.04 births per woman | 0.1234 births per woman | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Puerto Rico or Singapore?
- Singapore, at 0.97 births per woman against 0.92 births per woman in Puerto Rico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Puerto Rico and Singapore?
- 0.05 births per woman, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Singapore?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Puerto Rico and Singapore rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Puerto Rico ranks 215th and Singapore ranks 214th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (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
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.