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In 2026, Hong Kong's total fertility rate is 0.75 children per woman, below the 2.1 replacement level. Over the preceding five years it has held broadly steady. About 38 thousand babies are born a year, a crude birth rate of 5.2 per 1,000. Its net reproduction rate sits at 0.36, far below the 1.0 that marks generational replacement. Women are having children later in life, at a mean age of 32.9 years, up from 28.7 in 1980. By 2100, projections see it reaching 1.20 children per woman.
Fertility rate
0.75 children/woman
Birth rate
5.2 per 1,000 people
Total births
38.1K
Mean age at birth
32.9 years
Hong Kong's fertility rate has fallen dramatically from 5.2 children per woman in 1962 to 0.75 today, below the 2.1 replacement level. Women are also having children later: mean age at childbearing has risen from 28.7 to 32.9 since 1980.