IPS REPORT ON “SCENARIOS OF FUTURE POPULATION GROWTH AND CHANGE IN SINGAPORE”

Synopsis
The IPS Family and Demography cluster, led by IPS Senior Research fellow Dr Yap Mui Teng embarked on a project in 2007 to study scenarios of future population growth and change for Singapore. The project generated 48 population projections of which four were presented in a recently released report. On 7th September, IPS convened a roundtable to discuss the project’s findings and methodology in greater detail. The report as well as media coverage of the roundtable session are available here.


Downloads

• IPS Report on “Scenarios of Future Population Growth and Change in Singapore”
• IPS Report on “Scenarios of Future Population Growth and Change in Singapore (Part II)”
  

• News clip on findings of IPS Report

Media Reports

• The Straits Times. 2011. PR numbers down for first time in 20 years, 29 September
• The Straits Times. 2011. Shrinking population, growing problems, 24 September
• The Business Times. 2011. Migration, TFR and the S’pore population problem, 8 September
• The Straits Times. 2011. Population will shrink without immigrants, 8 September
• Today. 2011. Without migration of some magnitude, Singapore’s population will decline, says IPS, 8 September
• My Paper. 2011. Population will suffer with no immigration, 8 September
• 联合早报. 2011. 研究显示：若生育率维持在1.24 也不引进新移民, 9月8日
• 联合早报. 2011. 如不提高生育率 不引入新移民 2050年1.7人要养1老人, 9月8日
• Berita Harian. 2011. Penduduk S’pura merosot tanpa pendatang, 8 September
• Channel News Asia. 2011. Low fertility rate, no immigration will lead to S’pore’s population decline, 7 September