The numbers got here out this week. Singapore’s complete fertility price dropped to 0.87 in 2025 — a document low that makes us one of many least reproductive nations on the planet.
For each 100 Singaporeans right this moment, we could have 44 youngsters. And 19 grandchildren. That’s not a typo. Our leaders gloomily informed us that our citizen inhabitants will begin shrinking by the early 2040s if nothing adjustments.
Solely 27,500 infants have been born final yr. The bottom in our recorded historical past. One in 5 Singaporeans is now aged 65 or older. Up from one in eight only a decade in the past. By 2030, one in 4 Singaporeans might be aged.
As an funding nerd, the query in my head is: how can we place our portfolios in a rustic that’s getting older, quicker, with fewer younger individuals to help them?
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