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Slight rise in number of babies born last year
Births up by 0.5% from 2018, first increase after four consecutive years of decline
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Ms Christabel Tan with her husband Joel Ong and their daughter Clarissa, who was born last August. The couple were initially ambivalent about having children when they got married in 2016, but Ms Tan says that she is grateful to be a mother now, and that her daughter is a real blessing.
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After four consecutive years of decline, the number of babies born here inched up by 0.5 per cent from 39,039 in 2018 to 39,253 last year.
But while Singapore welcomed more babies last year, more people died too.
