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Table 1 Demographic indices of Singapore residents

From: Child and adolescent psychiatry services in Singapore

 

2006

2010

2013

Total population (million)

4.4

5.1

5.4

Singapore residents (million)

3.5

3.8

3.8

Total

   

Age:

% below 15 years

19.5

17.4

16.0

 

% 15–64 years

72.2

73.6

73.5

 

% 65 years & above

8.3

9.0

10.5

Total fertility rate (per female)

1.28

1.15

1.19

Crude birth rate (per 1,000 population)

10.3

9.3

9.3

Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live-births)

2.6

2.0

2.0

Life expectancy at birth (years)

80.3

81.7

82.5

Male

77.8

79.2

80.2

Female

82.6

84.0

84.6