Fertility in China, Hong Kong SAR, 2005

China, Hong Kong SAR
2005
Total fertility rate: 0.96
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-5 -1   2005  +1 +5

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The total fertility rate of China, Hong Kong SAR was 0.96 children per woman in 2005 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (67 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 30.4 years old. In total, 57,847 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
0.96
Births
57,847
Births per 1,000 people
8.4
Mean age of mothers
30.4
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.3%
Net reproduction rate
0.45
Boys per 100 girls at birth
109.8
Population
6,908,486
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
10-140.00.0%9
15-193.41.8%757
20-2427.414.3%7,051
25-2958.230.3%16,394
30-3466.934.8%21,390
35-3930.916.1%10,385
40-444.82.5%1,785
45-490.20.1%75
50-540.00.0%1