Written Replies to Parliamentary Questions
Written Reply to Parliamentary Question on Number of Babies Born to Mothers Below 20 Years Old in the Past Five Years
3 April 2024
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Question:
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs for each year in the past five years, how many babies are born to mothers who are (i) below 14 years old (ii) above 14 years old but below 16 years old and (iii) above 16 years old but below 20 years old.
Answer:
Mr K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law:
1. The data requested by the Member for 2018 to 2022 is in Table 1. Figures for 2023 are not available yet.
Table 1: Number of Live Births by Mother's Age
Table caption
Mother’s Age | Number of Live Births Each Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
Below 14 years old | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
14 years old to below 16 years old | 13 | 16 | 23 | 8 | 12 |
16 years old to below 20 years old | 275 | 263 | 232 | 215 | 205 |
Note: Refers to mother's age as at child's birth