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Economy

Live-Births By Birth Order, Annual

Data from Jan 1967 to Dec 2025

Last updated: 10 May 2026, 23:00 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/M810081

Sample OpenAPI query

This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the data catalogue of this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the API documentation. Try it out on your browser to see the response schema.

import requests
          
dataset_id = "d_6150f21b0892b3fdde546d2a1af2af82"
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). Live-Births By Birth Order, Annual (2026) [Dataset]. data.gov.sg. Retrieved May 17, 2026 from https://data.gov.sg/datasets/d_6150f21b0892b3fdde546d2a1af2af82/view

About this dataset

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Created on

22 Oct 2024

Licence

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

Agency

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

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Economy

Live-Births By Birth Order, Annual

Data from Jan 1967 to Dec 2025

Last updated: 10 May 2026, 23:00 SGT

SINGSTAT (Singapore Department of Statistics)

Source: REGISTRY OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS

Data Last Updated: 06/05/2026

Update Frequency: Annual

Adapted from: https://tablebuilder.singstat.gov.sg/table/TS/M810081

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Data explorer

LiveBirthsByBirthOrderAnnual.csv (7 rows, 3.5 KB)

Data Series Text	2025 Numeric	2024 Numeric	2023 Numeric	2022 Numeric	2021 Numeric	2020 Numeric	2019 Numeric	2018 Numeric	2017 Numeric	2016 Numeric	2015 Numeric	2014 Numeric	2013 Numeric	2012 Numeric	2011 Numeric	2010 Numeric	2009 Numeric	2008 Numeric	2007 Numeric	2006 Numeric	2005 Numeric	2004 Numeric	2003 Numeric	2002 Numeric	2001 Numeric	2000 Numeric	1999 Numeric	1998 Numeric	1997 Numeric	1996 Numeric	1995 Numeric	1994 Numeric	1993 Numeric	1992 Numeric	1991 Numeric	1990 Numeric	1989 Numeric	1988 Numeric	1987 Numeric	1986 Numeric	1985 Numeric	1984 Numeric	1983 Numeric	1982 Numeric	1981 Numeric	1980 Numeric	1979 Numeric	1978 Numeric	1977 Numeric	1976 Numeric	1975 Numeric	1974 Numeric	1973 Numeric	1972 Numeric	1971 Numeric	1970 Numeric	1969 Numeric	1968 Numeric	1967 Numeric
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Total Live-Births By Birth Order	29864	33703	33541	35605	38672	38590	39279	39039	39615	41251	42185	42232	39720	42663	39654	37967	39570	39826	39490	38317	37492	37174	37485	40760	41451	46997	43336	43664	47333	48577	48635	49554	50225	49402	49114	51142	47669	52957	43616	38379	42484	41556	40585	42654	42250	41217	40779	39441	38364	42783	39948	43268	48269	49678	47088	45934	44562	47241	50560
1st Live-Birth	14181	15769	15552	16739	17895	18414	18553	18211	18570	19392	20248	20327	19292	20755	19035	18130	18590	18957	18214	17266	16887	16624	16408	17524	17595	19930	18778	18860	19416	19804	20158	20438	20677	20307	19623	20325	19465	20522	17586	17336	18638	18071	18255	19105	18599	17968	17253	16424	16138	17200	14674	16946	16449	15421	14066	12911	12042	11882	11692
2nd Live-Birth	10454	12192	12170	12485	14033	13370	13885	13937	14206	14913	14857	15262	13924	15082	14120	13404	13844	13825	13947	13784	13319	13330	13457	14873	14501	16948	15170	15030	17127	17519	17280	17648	17807	17374	17578	18232	16631	19495	16441	13406	15498	15171	14078	14593	14431	13999	13645	12962	12101	13585	12631	11628	12431	12261	11438	10538	9824	9631	9620
3rd Live-Birth	3531	3915	3982	4377	4669	4634	4721	4804	4721	4927	5099	4859	4651	4988	4726	4615	5059	5009	5193	5205	5182	5112	5490	6009	6651	7164	6671	6966	7934	8297	8279	8561	8759	8843	8938	9624	8845	9806	6966	5443	5900	5877	5757	6228	6305	6236	6630	6463	6221	7083	6596	6624	7855	8318	7784	7256	6860	6800	6902
4th Live-Birth	1084	1154	1180	1286	1373	1415	1381	1413	1380	1378	1394	1243	1294	1299	1285	1296	1450	1475	1558	1483	1545	1481	1498	1674	1909	2134	1970	2108	2184	2291	2212	2223	2279	2223	2299	2258	2017	2036	1590	1337	1525	1606	1655	1777	1876	1885	2002	2181	2231	2648	2854	3497	4508	4821	4660	4588	4381	4728	5394
5th Live-Birth	347	387	383	418	420	465	432	417	473	434	388	357	360	352	323	367	410	379	382	384	364	405	417	446	524	557	523	500	482	470	505	496	507	441	470	481	471	459	398	382	443	436	470	506	522	590	601	674	745	984	1299	1733	2407	2923	2757	3010	3093	3697	4287
6th Live-Birth & Over	267	286	269	272	282	290	307	257	265	207	199	184	199	187	164	155	217	180	196	195	194	221	213	230	266	260	221	200	189	195	199	185	192	213	206	218	237	229	235	205	236	276	302	391	438	422	538	659	879	1179	1810	2712	4379	5657	6154	7480	8213	10315	12344

Column legend

Title	Column name	Data type	Unit of measure	Description
Data Series	DataSeries	Text	Number	-
2025	2025	Numeric	Number	-
2024	2024	Numeric	Number	-
2023	2023	Numeric	Number	-
2022	2022	Numeric	Number	-
2021	2021	Numeric	Number	-
2020	2020	Numeric	Number	-
2019	2019	Numeric	Number	-
2018	2018	Numeric	Number	-
2017	2017	Numeric	Number	-

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