Managing Population Growth. The History of Singapores Child Policy

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The History of Singapore's Child Policy

Singapore is one of the most developed countries in Asia. Like the highest developed countries Singapore has the problem of a low birthrate. In 2011 the Birthrate was 8.5 babies per 1000 people a year. In a ranked order is this value the sixth worst in the world. Only Germany (8.3, rank 218), Hong Kong (7.49, rank 219) and Japan (7.31, rank 220) are countries with a similar economic power, that are worse in this statistic. But other than these countries is this low birthrate more or less Singapore's own mistake. In the following I will give an historical background to the population changes and especially to the birth rate. Furthermore I will analyze how successful the "stop at two" child policy and the "have three or more if you can" policy was or are.

After the Second World War, the birth rate of Singapore increased, like in nearly other country. In the Second World War, Singapore was till 1942 British colony and the major military base of the United Kingdom in South East Asia. In 1942 the Japanese occupied Singapore in just seven days. England's Prime Minister Winston Churchill called