Hong Kong vs Macao: Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population)
Hong Kong
0.841 births per woman
in 2024
Macao
0.582 births per woman
in 2024
Hong Kong rank
216th
Macao rank
218th
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population) over time
- Hong Kong
- Macao
How they compare
Hong Kong currently reports 0.841 births per woman against 0.582 births per woman in Macao, a difference of 0.259 births per woman.
That makes Hong Kong's figure about 1.4 times Macao's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Hong Kong ahead.
Hong Kong ranks 216th and Macao ranks 218th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Hong Kong averaged higher in 5 and Macao in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hong Kong | Macao | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.66 births per woman | 3.71 births per woman | 0.9501 births per woman | Hong Kong |
| 1970s | 2.82 births per woman | 1.7 births per woman | 1.12 births per woman | Hong Kong |
| 1980s | 1.6 births per woman | 2 births per woman | 0.3986 births per woman | Macao |
| 1990s | 1.22 births per woman | 1.38 births per woman | 0.1564 births per woman | Macao |
| 2000s | 0.9817 births per woman | 0.9113 births per woman | 0.0704 births per woman | Hong Kong |
| 2010s | 1.16 births per woman | 1.11 births per woman | 0.0583 births per woman | Hong Kong |
| 2020s | 0.7896 births per woman | 0.689 births per woman | 0.1006 births per woman | Hong Kong |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Hong Kong or Macao?
- Hong Kong, at 0.841 births per woman against 0.582 births per woman in Macao as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Hong Kong and Macao?
- 0.259 births per woman, with Hong Kong 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 fertility rate, total?
- Hong Kong ranks 216th and Macao ranks 218th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.