Fertility in China, Hong Kong SAR, 2021

China, Hong Kong SAR
2021
Total fertility rate: 0.78
Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother
2021 1991, 30 years earlier
Hover a column for the exact rate. Adding up all the rates (× 5 years ÷ 1,000) gives the total fertility rate.
Total fertility rate, 1950–2100 · click to pick a year

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The total fertility rate of China, Hong Kong SAR was 0.78 children per woman in 2021 — below the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 30-34 (64 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 32.8 years old. In total, 47,908 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
0.78
Births
47,908
Births per 1,000 people
6.4
Mean age of mothers
32.8
Births to mothers aged 15–19
0.4%
Net reproduction rate
0.37
Boys per 100 girls at birth
107.7
Population
7,484,602
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%1
15-191.30.8%179
20-249.05.7%1,549
25-2930.619.6%7,803
30-3464.040.9%19,871
35-3941.926.8%15,060
40-449.05.8%3,207
45-490.70.4%240
50-540.00.0%0