With 8.3% fewer births in Q1 2023 compared to 2022, Singapore is heading for a TFR below 1.0 (0.96 kids per woman to be precise) this year, after 1.04 last year.
TFR forecast by ethnicity (2022 in brackets):
Malays 1.60 (1.83)
Chinese 0.82 (0.87)
Indians 0.93 (1.01)
Interesting suggestion that the Teixeira leaks of plans for an Ukrainian offensive may have been driven by the Pentagon, concerned that the State Department is overreaching & the Ukrainians will be crushed by the Russians when they leave their dugouts https://t.co/C35umGqwgg