Singapore vs Vatican: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Singapore
0.9384 children per women
in 2023
Vatican
0.9895 children per women
in 2023
Singapore rank
230th
Vatican rank
227th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Singapore
- Vatican
How they compare
Vatican currently reports 0.9895 children per women against 0.9384 children per women in Singapore, a difference of 0.0511 children per women.
That makes Vatican's figure about 1.1 times Singapore's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Singapore ahead.
Singapore ranks 230th and Vatican ranks 227th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Singapore averaged higher in 6 and Vatican in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Singapore | Vatican | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.74 children per women | 0.9419 children per women | 4.8 children per women | Singapore |
| 1960s | 4.42 children per women | 0.9619 children per women | 3.46 children per women | Singapore |
| 1970s | 2.32 children per women | 0.9727 children per women | 1.34 children per women | Singapore |
| 1980s | 1.56 children per women | 0.9794 children per women | 0.5786 children per women | Singapore |
| 1990s | 1.41 children per women | 0.9833 children per women | 0.4298 children per women | Singapore |
| 2000s | 1.1 children per women | 0.9863 children per women | 0.1165 children per women | Singapore |
| 2010s | 0.9568 children per women | 0.9885 children per women | 0.0318 children per women | Vatican |
| 2020s | 0.9382 children per women | 0.9894 children per women | 0.0512 children per women | Vatican |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Singapore or Vatican?
- Vatican, at 0.9895 children per women against 0.9384 children per women in Singapore as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Singapore and Vatican?
- 0.0511 children per women, with Vatican ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and Vatican?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Singapore and Vatican rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Singapore ranks 230th and Vatican ranks 227th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).