Question:
Assoc Prof Jamus Jerome Lim: To ask the Minister for Home Affairs how many Singaporean babies were born between 1 January 2020 and 30 September 2020, with a breakdown by numbers per month.
Answer:
1. 24,239 Singaporean babies were born between 1 January 2020 and 30 September 2020. The breakdown by months is in Table 1. These figures are subject to change, as they do not include babies born overseas to Singaporeans who have yet to apply for and been granted Singapore citizenship.
Table 1: Number of Singaporean babies born between 1 January 2020 and 30 September 2020
|
Month
|
No. of Singaporean babies born
|
|
January
|
2,841
|
|
February
|
2,614
|
|
March
|
2,622
|
|
April
|
2,421
|
|
May
|
2,761
|
|
June
|
2,848
|
|
July
|
2,637
|
|
August
|
2,735
|
|
September
|
2,760
|
