Fertility in China, Hong Kong SAR, 2009

China, Hong Kong SAR
2009
Total fertility rate: 1.05
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2009 1979, 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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The total fertility rate of China, Hong Kong SAR was 1.05 children per woman in 2009 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (78 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 31.2 years old. In total, 64,744 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
1.05
Births
64,744
Births per 1,000 people
9.2
Mean age of mothers
31.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
1.1%
Net reproduction rate
0.48
Boys per 100 girls at birth
114.9
Population
7,064,467
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%8
15-193.21.5%687
20-2424.011.4%5,976
25-2955.126.2%16,848
30-3477.937.0%24,359
35-3943.020.5%14,418
40-446.93.3%2,344
45-490.30.1%104
50-540.00.0%0