Fertility in China, Hong Kong SAR, 2001

China, Hong Kong SAR
2001
Total fertility rate: 0.94
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-5 -1   2001  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China, Hong Kong SAR was 0.94 children per woman in 2001 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (62 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.1 years old. In total, 58,283 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
0.94
Births
58,283
Births per 1,000 people
8.6
Mean age of mothers
30.1
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.6%
Net reproduction rate
0.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
108.4
Population
6,774,239
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%12
15-194.22.2%946
20-2429.515.6%7,437
25-2959.131.3%17,068
30-3462.132.9%20,491
35-3928.715.2%10,630
40-444.82.5%1,633
45-490.20.1%63
50-540.00.0%1