Japan vs Singapore: Share of births by age of mother
Japan
0.6%
in 2023
Singapore
0.8%
in 2023
Japan rank
221st
Singapore rank
219th
Share of births by age of mother over time
- Japan
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 0.8% against 0.6% in Japan, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Singapore ahead.
Japan ranks 221st and Singapore ranks 219th of 236 countries.
Singapore has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.6% | 8.3% | 6.7% | Singapore |
| 1960s | 1.2% | 6.3% | 5.1% | Singapore |
| 1970s | 0.9% | 5.8% | 4.9% | Singapore |
| 1980s | 1.2% | 2.8% | 1.6% | Singapore |
| 1990s | 1.5% | 1.7% | 0.2% | Singapore |
| 2000s | 1.6% | 2.1% | 0.5% | Singapore |
| 2010s | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.1% | Singapore |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of births by age of mother, Japan or Singapore?
- Singapore, at 0.8% against 0.6% in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in share of births by age of mother between Japan and Singapore?
- 0.2%, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Singapore?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Singapore rank globally for share of births by age of mother?
- Japan ranks 221st and Singapore ranks 219th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of births by age of mother. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of live births in a calendar year.