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Economy

Resident And Citizen Live-Births By Birth Order, Annual

Data from Jan 1990 to Dec 2025

Last updated: 14 May 2026, 20:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: REGISTRY OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS

Data Last Updated: 06/05/2026

Update Frequency: Annual

Footnotes: Figures may not add up to the total due to birth order not reported. Data are based on date of occurrence. For births registered from 29 May 2022 onwards, birth order statistics are based solely on declared information.

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M810761

Data explorer

ResidentAndCitizenLiveBirthsByBirthOrderAnnual.csv (12 rows, 3.6 KB)

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Resident Live-Births By Birth Order273933080830518322903418334233353303504035444368753786137967356813864136178351293692537277370743627235528351353547438555392814476541327416364535646707469164807548739479074780549787
1st Order129461433814134150361545615989164611617816352170701791517970171761856917180167101726417675170051637216002156581546516514166211893517835179451855818977194041980720041196621908519766
2nd Order94971102710870111871236111810124161239712688133091331413816124841376712959123901294612938131351294812555125991268614058136861612414469142881637816812166501712217276168611709817764
3rd Order329336643719412343454320440144414380453947314482426845684356429947174708487849524936482652605714633868606386668876628041801983108509859687359374
4th Order104911101145124513291370132313621306133013321171121112141211122413911412149014321486143514461608185820461902202921092233215521732235215922352202
5th And Higher Order608669645683692744729662718627569528542523472506607544566568549617617661778800735686649644688663678629652677
Citizen Live-Births By Birth Order260712923728877304293171331816328443241332356331673372533193310173323830946301313184232423323613195631706316943229435337364024161738727392144301444513449924622847002464774662548820
1st Order122481351913342140401411714720152031492814814153371588715546148321576414523141271462815129147001436514242140481396915078153011750316576167411750017956185291891419207189661855319356
2nd Order90151044610184105461150310978115131134411481117691163211911106081167610919104441099111101112541112410915111361138512677125141483813476134321545615989158991644016671163911668217421
3rd Order317635203586395041134072413141664102417243754098388741363908391043094302443945484593450649235362601765016094637873687754778580708259837585509211
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import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_2f8073d5dda91ee3f8f89d6f1fb40cb7"
url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search?resource_id="  + dataset_id 
        
response = requests.get(url)
print(response.json())

Citation

This dataset can be reused and cited in research publications.

Singapore Department of Statistics. (2024). Resident And Citizen Live-Births By Birth Order, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 16, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_2f8073d5dda91ee3f8f89d6f1fb40cb7/view

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Created on

24 Oct 2024

Licence

Free forever for personal or commercial use, under the Open Data Licence.

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)