The natural increase in Singapore’s population has fallen sharply in the past decade as the country grapples with low birth rates and a growing number of deaths in an ageing population.
Analysts say this marks a demographic transition in which, without immigration, Singapore’s population would begin to decline.
The latest data comes after DPM Gan Kim Yong said in February that births have fallen at an “unprecedented rate”, with the TFR hitting a record low of 0.87 in 2025.
Gan had said that while the Government’s top priority is to continue supporting Singaporeans in forming families, a “carefully managed immigration flow” is needed to augment the country's low birth rate.
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