[logicchains]

How many families have the Singapore government's authoritarian policies prevented from even existing, given it's got the third lowest fertility rate in the world; hardly evidence of a place where people feel comfortable to raise families.

[vishalontheline]

Hans Rossling's talk, "The best stats you've ever seen" had something to say about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVimVzgtD6w

Urbanization and education are the two most effective ways of getting a population to have fewer children. Singapore is a highly educated and urbanized country.

[ta_9390]

I am pretty sure cost of living is #1 reason and certainly not education.

[petre]

I just hope their population will be replaced by the Indians and Indonesians working to sustain their economy. Same goes for Dubai.

[squokko]

If that happens, it will come to resemble an Indian or Indonesian city.

[ifwinterco]

This is a bit of a weird comment about Singapore because a significant part of their population is and always has been ethnically Indian (Tamil)

[noobermin]

The authoritarianism isn't why sg has a low fertility rate anymore than it being the reason the birth rate is below replacement in the west which isn't considered authoritarian.