More singles, fewer babies, Singapore sees slowest population growth since 1965

Women, especially if they were more educated, had fewer children.ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Amid Singapore's slowest population growth since independence, not only are more Singaporeans staying single, even those who marry are having fewer babies.

The nation's sixth census since independence in 1965 also found other key trends set in motion decades ago to have solidified further.