Fertility in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1980

China, Hong Kong SAR
1980
Total fertility rate: 2.06
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1980 1950, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
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-5 -1   1980  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China, Hong Kong SAR was 2.06 children per woman in 1980 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (160 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 28.7 years old. In total, 86,309 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
2.06
Births
86,309
Births per 1,000 people
17.4
Mean age of mothers
28.7
Births to mothers aged 15–19
4.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.98
Boys per 100 girls at birth
106.7
Population
4,962,484
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-140.10.0%17
15-1912.53.0%3,527
20-2487.621.1%24,242
25-29160.338.6%35,789
30-34106.525.7%17,836
35-3938.69.3%3,828
40-448.42.0%922
45-491.10.3%130
50-540.10.0%17