{"id":522381,"date":"2026-08-24T11:53:55","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/?p=522381"},"modified":"2026-08-24T11:54:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T15:54:00","slug":"singapore-offers-more-than-55000-per-child-in-bid-to-tackle-population-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/singapore-offers-more-than-55000-per-child-in-bid-to-tackle-population-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"Singapore offers more than $55,000 per child in bid to tackle population decline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singapore is rolling out a major package to encourage families to have more children, offering <strong>nearly 70,000 Singapore dollars, or more than $55,000, in financial support per child through age 17<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prime Minister <strong>Lawrence Wong<\/strong> announced the measures on Sunday as the city-state faces a deepening demographic crisis. The package also includes <strong>parental leave and housing support<\/strong> for families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative comes as Singapore\u2019s fertility rate has fallen to a record low of <strong>0.87 births per woman<\/strong>, according to the information provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Singapore is also expected to become a <strong>\u201csuper-aged\u201d society this year<\/strong>, with people aged 65 and older accounting for more than <strong>21% of the population<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The government\u2019s strategy seeks to reduce the financial burden associated with raising children while encouraging more couples to start or expand their families.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singapore is rolling out a major package to encourage families to have more children, offering nearly 70,000 Singapore dollars, or more than $55,000, in financial support per child through age 17. Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced the measures on Sunday as the city-state faces a deepening demographic crisis. The package also includes parental leave and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":522382,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[611,42081],"class_list":["post-522381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-international","tag-deultimominuto","tag-singapore"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-2bTv","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/ninos-chinos2-644x362-1.webp","dum_api":{"author_name":"Edith B\u00e1ez","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-08-11-at-11.09.56-AM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["International"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/ninos-chinos2-644x362-1.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=522381"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/522381\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/522382"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=522381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=522381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=522381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}