Fertility in China, Hong Kong SAR, 1990

China, Hong Kong SAR
1990
Total fertility rate: 1.28
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
1990 1960, 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   1990  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China, Hong Kong SAR was 1.28 children per woman in 1990 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (99 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.4 years old. In total, 72,435 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.28
Births
72,435
Births per 1,000 people
13.0
Mean age of mothers
29.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.7%
Net reproduction rate
0.61
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.1
Population
5,560,597
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%14
15-196.12.3%1,241
20-2440.215.4%9,309
25-2998.838.0%30,167
30-3481.331.2%24,040
35-3929.111.2%6,825
40-444.61.8%816
45-490.20.1%23
50-540.00.0%3