Singapore's fertility rate drops to historic low of 0.87 as country faces 'existential challenge': DPM Gan
CNA
If no new measures are taken, Singapore’s citizen population will start to shrink by the early 2040s, says Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong.
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s total fertility rate dropped significantly to a new low of 0.87 in 2025, Deputy Prime Minister Gan Kim Yong said in parliament on Thursday (Feb 26).
The country's fertility rate fell below 1.0 for the first time in 2023 to 0.97, and the figure remained the same in 2024.
Singapore’s citizen population grew 0.7 per cent in 2025, said Mr Gan.
Even with immigration, the growth of the country’s citizen population has slowed over the past 10 years – falling from an average of 0.9 per cent per year between 2015 and 2020, to 0.8 per cent per year over 2020 to 2025.
“If no new measures are taken, our citizen population will start to shrink by the early part of the 2040s,” said Mr Gan.
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