Hong Kong vs Singapore: Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population)
Hong Kong
0.841 births per woman
in 2024
Singapore
0.97 births per woman
in 2024
Hong Kong rank
216th
Singapore rank
214th
Fertility rate, total (births per woman) (Fertility World Population) over time
- Hong Kong
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 0.97 births per woman against 0.841 births per woman in Hong Kong, a difference of 0.129 births per woman.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.2 times Hong Kong's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Singapore ahead.
Hong Kong ranks 216th and Singapore ranks 214th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Hong Kong averaged higher in 2 and Singapore in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hong Kong | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.66 births per woman | 4.63 births per woman | 0.027 births per woman | Hong Kong |
| 1970s | 2.82 births per woman | 2.39 births per woman | 0.4368 births per woman | Hong Kong |
| 1980s | 1.6 births per woman | 1.69 births per woman | 0.0954 births per woman | Singapore |
| 1990s | 1.22 births per woman | 1.66 births per woman | 0.4413 births per woman | Singapore |
| 2000s | 0.9817 births per woman | 1.32 births per woman | 0.3423 births per woman | Singapore |
| 2010s | 1.16 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman | 0.0311 births per woman | Singapore |
| 2020s | 0.7896 births per woman | 1.04 births per woman | 0.2504 births per woman | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate, total, Hong Kong or Singapore?
- Singapore, at 0.97 births per woman against 0.841 births per woman in Hong Kong as of 2024.
- What is the difference in fertility rate, total between Hong Kong and Singapore?
- 0.129 births per woman, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Singapore?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Hong Kong and Singapore rank globally for fertility rate, total?
- Hong Kong ranks 216th and Singapore ranks 214th 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.