Fewer citizen marriages in 2018 as Singapore population grows to 5.7M

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SINGAPORE — There were fewer citizen marriages and more citizen births in 2018 as Singapore’s population grew to 5.7 million, according to the annual Population in Brief report released on Wednesday (25 September).

SINGAPORE — There were fewer citizen marriages and more citizen births in 2018 as Singapore’s population grew to 5.7 million, according to a Department of Statistics report released on Wednesday .

As of June 2019, there were some 3.5 million Singapore citizens. Together with 0.53 million permanent residents, there were 4.03 million residents. According to the DOS, the dip in the resident TFR is due partly to a larger cohort of young Singaporeans who are entering the peak childbearing ages, but have not yet had children.

 

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