How do birth rates differ between citizen and resident populations?

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Birth Rates Show Declines in Both Citizen and Resident Populations

In 2025, Singapore experienced a decrease in live births for both citizen and resident categories. Citizen live births fell to 26,071 from 29,237 in the previous year, while resident live births saw a decline to 27,393 from 30,808 in 2024. The available data focuses on the overall birth numbers for these groups and provides birth rates disaggregated by ethnicity within the resident population, but does not directly compare the birth rates between the citizen and resident populations as distinct entities.
Ethnic Birth Rates Within the Resident Population

Within the resident population in 2025, Malays exhibited the highest birth rate at 11.8 per 1,000 residents. Indians recorded a birth rate of 7.3 per 1,000 residents. The Chinese population had the lowest birth rate among the observed ethnic groups, standing at 5.3 per 1,000 residents.
Overall Decline in Live Births

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) reported an overall 11.4 per cent drop in live births across Singapore in 2025, resulting in a total of 29,864 babies born. This overall figure is a composite of the declines observed in both citizen and resident births.
Demographic Context of Births and Deaths

While focusing on births, the report also noted that Chinese newborns constituted the largest proportion of births in 2025, making up 56.6 per cent of the total. Malays represented 22.5 per cent, Indians 11.5 per cent, and other ethnic groups accounted for 9.4 per cent. Concurrently, Singapore registered 26,499 deaths in 2025, a slight increase from the prior year, with non-residents accounting for approximately 4.5 per cent of these registered deaths.

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