Hong Kong vs Macao: Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people)
Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people) over time
- Hong Kong
- Macao
How they compare
Macao currently reports 5.3 per 1,000 people against 4.9 per 1,000 people in Hong Kong, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 people.
That makes Macao's figure about 1.1 times Hong Kong's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Hong Kong ahead.
Hong Kong ranks 216th and Macao ranks 215th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Hong Kong averaged higher in 3 and Macao in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hong Kong | Macao | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28.96 per 1,000 people | 20.24 per 1,000 people | 8.71 per 1,000 people | Hong Kong |
| 1970s | 18.46 per 1,000 people | 8.28 per 1,000 people | 10.18 per 1,000 people | Hong Kong |
| 1980s | 14.55 per 1,000 people | 21.97 per 1,000 people | 7.42 per 1,000 people | Macao |
| 1990s | 10.63 per 1,000 people | 14.95 per 1,000 people | 4.32 per 1,000 people | Macao |
| 2000s | 8.78 per 1,000 people | 8.03 per 1,000 people | 0.75 per 1,000 people | Hong Kong |
| 2010s | 9.38 per 1,000 people | 10.59 per 1,000 people | 1.21 per 1,000 people | Macao |
| 2020s | 4.9 per 1,000 people | 6.54 per 1,000 people | 1.64 per 1,000 people | Macao |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher birth rate, crude, Hong Kong or Macao?
- Macao, at 5.3 per 1,000 people against 4.9 per 1,000 people in Hong Kong as of 2024.
- What is the difference in birth rate, crude between Hong Kong and Macao?
- 0.4 per 1,000 people, with Macao ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Macao?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Hong Kong and Macao rank globally for birth rate, crude?
- Hong Kong ranks 216th and Macao ranks 215th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Birth rate, crude (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crude birth rate indicates the number of live births occurring during the year, per 1,000 population estimated at midyear. Subtracting the crude death rate from the crude birth rate provides the rate of natural increase, which is equal to the rate of population change in the absence of migration.