Jakarta –
For the first time, the total fertility rate of Singapore’s population fell below 1.0. Preliminary estimates show that the total fertility rate falls to 0.97 in 2023, declining further from previous records of 1.04 in 2022 and 1.12 in 2021.
“There are various reasons why fertility is low in Singapore. Some are temporary, for example couples whose wedding plans were disrupted due to COVID-19, which in turn may have postponed plans to become parents,” said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Indranee Rajah as quoted from CNA, Thursday (29/2/2024).
Concerns about the financial costs of raising children, the pressure to be a good parent, or difficulty managing work and family commitments, are some of the reasons Singaporeans choose to go childfree.
The minister also emphasized that Singapore’s low fertility rate reflects a global phenomenon in which individual priorities and societal norms have shifted.
The same thing also happened in Japan. The number of babies born in Japan will total 758,631 in 2023, reaching a record low for eight consecutive years.
Japan is still a country where many women choose not to have children. For Japanese women born in 2000, between 31.6 percent and 39.2 percent will remain childless throughout their lives, according to estimates from the Tokyo-based National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (IPSS).
In recent years, the number of Japanese women who are childless due to marital problems has soared, becoming the main reason among women aged 25 to 49.
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