Singapore vs Taiwan: Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling
Singapore
0.952 live births per woman
in 2024
Taiwan
0.863 live births per woman
in 2024
Singapore rank
230th
Taiwan rank
232nd
Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling over time
- Singapore
- Taiwan
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 0.952 live births per woman against 0.863 live births per woman in Taiwan, a difference of 0.089 live births per woman.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.1 times Taiwan's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Taiwan ahead.
Singapore ranks 230th and Taiwan ranks 232nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Singapore averaged higher in 1 and Taiwan in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Singapore | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6.31 live births per woman | 6.46 live births per woman | 0.1556 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 1960s | 4.63 live births per woman | 5.04 live births per woman | 0.4125 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 1970s | 2.38 live births per woman | 3.15 live births per woman | 0.7689 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 1980s | 1.58 live births per woman | 2.04 live births per woman | 0.4554 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 1990s | 1.43 live births per woman | 1.72 live births per woman | 0.2915 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 2000s | 1.11 live births per woman | 1.21 live births per woman | 0.0949 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 2010s | 0.9623 live births per woman | 1.11 live births per woman | 0.1429 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 2020s | 0.9448 live births per woman | 0.9136 live births per woman | 0.0312 live births per woman | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate vs. average years of schooling, Singapore or Taiwan?
- Singapore, at 0.952 live births per woman against 0.863 live births per woman in Taiwan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate vs. average years of schooling between Singapore and Taiwan?
- 0.089 live births per woman, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Singapore and Taiwan?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Singapore and Taiwan rank globally for fertility rate vs. average years of schooling?
- Singapore ranks 230th and Taiwan ranks 232nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.