THE LEVEL GROUND
Consider housing policy tweaks to boost Singapore’s birth rate
Jumbo HDB flats for local couples with three kids or more?
Add BT as a preferred source
THE total fertility rate (TFR) per female among Singapore residents hit a record low of 0.97 in 2023, down sharply from over 1.7 in the early 1990s.
The number of resident life-births in 2023 of 30,510 compares with over 46,000 in the mid-1990s.
With 2024 being the auspicious Chinese year of the dragon, the TFR could jump significantly.
TRENDING NOW
Singapore at 61: How we can ensure opportunity, security and ownership for the next generation
With tech for fact-checking to cancer care, Singapore startups aim beyond home
Vietnam seeks US$76 billion a year from capital markets to ease reliance on banks
How BYD disrupted Singapore’s car market – and why the strategy is turning on itself
