Demographics of Singapore
Population growth
The growth of population in Singapore was for a long period fueled by immigration, starting soon after Stamford Raffles landed in Singapore in 1819, when the population of the island was estimated to be around 1,000.

Demographics of Singapore

Section Title: Population growth
Table Section Text: The growth of population in Singapore was for a long period fueled by immigration, starting soon after Stamford Raffles landed in Singapore in 1819, when the population of the island was estimated to be around 1,000.

Year	1950	1955	1960	1965	1970	1975	1980	1985	1990	1995	2000	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015

Total Live-Births	45,934	41,217	51,142	46,997	39,826	39,570	37,967	39,654	42,663	39,720	42,232	42,185

Resident Live-Births	N.A.	40,100	49,787	44,765	35,129	36,178

Crude Birth Rate (Per 1,000 residents)	45.4	44.3	37.5	29.5	22.1	17.7	17.6	16.6	18.2	15.6	13.7	10.2	10.3	10.3	10.2	9.9	9.3	9.5	10.1	9.3	9.8

Total Fertility Rate (Per female)	N.A.	N.A.	5.76	4.66	3.07	2.07	1.82	1.61	1.83	1.67	1.60	1.26	1.28	1.29	1.28	1.22	1.15	1.20	1.29	1.19	1.25	1.24

Gross Reproduction Rate (Per female)	N.A.	N.A.	2.78	2.27	1.49	1.00	0.88	0.78	0.88	0.80	0.76	0.61	0.62	0.62	0.62	0.59	0.56	0.58	0.62	0.57	0.61

Net Reproduction Rate (Per female)	N.A.	N.A.	2.54	2.08	1.42	0.97	0.86	0.76	0.87	0.80	0.77	0.61	0.61	0.62	0.62	0.59	0.55	0.58	0.60	0.57	0.60

Total Deaths	10,717	12,505	13,891	15,693	17,222	17,101	17,610	18,027	18,481	18,938	19,393	19,862

Crude Death Rate (Per 1,000 residents)	12.0	8.1	6.2	5.4	5.2	5.1	4.9	4.9	4.7	4.8	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.7

Infant Mortality Rate (Per 1,000 resident live-births)	82.2	49.5	34.9	26.3	20.5	13.9	8.0	7.6	6.6	3.8	2.5	2.1	2.6	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.0	2.0	1.8	2.0	1.8

Life Expectancy at Birth (Years)	65.8	72.1	75.3	78.0	81.7	82.0	82.1	82.4	82.8

Life Expectancy at Birth for Males (Years)	64.1	69.8	73.1	76.0	79.2	79.5	79.8	80.1	80.5

Life Expectancy at Birth for Females (Years)	67.8	74.7	77.6	80.0	84.0	84.1	84.3	84.5	84.9

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In 1965, the birth rate was 29.5 per thousand individuals.

final_sentence: In 1965, the birth rate was 29.5 per thousand individuals.