Hong Kong SAR, China - Fertility Rate 2017
1.13
−0.08 from 2016
Hong Kong SAR, China's fertility rate was 1.13 in 2017, decreased +0.08 from 1.21 in 2016. This was the 6th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2017▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | British Virgin Islands | 0.87 | -11.6% |
| 2nd | Macao SAR, China | 1.02 | -10.3% |
| 3rd | Korea | 1.05 | -10.2% |
| 4th | San Marino | 1.05 | -6.5% |
| 5th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.10 | -11.4% |
| 6th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.13 | -6.4% |
| 7th | Andorra | 1.13 | -4.6% |
| 8th | Singapore | 1.16 | -3.3% |
| 9th | Cayman Islands | 1.22 | -0.7% |
| 10th | Malta | 1.26 | -8.0% |
| 11th | Ukraine | 1.30 | -6.5% |
| 12th | Spain | 1.31 | -1.5% |
| 13th | Cyprus | 1.32 | -2.5% |
| 14th | Italy | 1.34 | -1.5% |
| 15th | United Arab Emirates | 1.35 | -1.2% |
| 16th | Greece | 1.35 | -2.2% |
| 17th | Thailand | 1.36 | -2.6% |
| 18th | Portugal | 1.38 | 0.7% |
| 19th | Luxembourg | 1.39 | -1.4% |
| 20th | Channel Islands | 1.41 | -3.4% |
| 21st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.42 | 4.3% |
| 22nd | Bermuda | 1.42 | -2.1% |
| 23rd | Croatia | 1.42 | -0.7% |
| 24th | Bahamas, The | 1.42 | -4.7% |
| 25th | Jamaica | 1.43 | -2.5% |
| 26th | Japan | 1.43 | -0.7% |
| 27th | North Macedonia | 1.43 | -4.7% |
| 28th | Grenada | 1.44 | -11.0% |
| 29th | Liechtenstein | 1.44 | -10.6% |
| 30th | Mauritius | 1.44 | 2.9% |
| 31st | St. Lucia | 1.45 | -0.9% |
| 32nd | Poland | 1.48 | 6.5% |
| 33rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.49 | 1.9% |
| 34th | Albania | 1.49 | -4.4% |
| 35th | Finland | 1.49 | -5.1% |
| 36th | Serbia | 1.49 | 2.1% |
| 37th | Curaçao | 1.50 | -11.8% |
| 38th | Austria | 1.52 | -0.7% |
| 39th | Switzerland | 1.52 | -1.3% |
| 40th | Slovak Republic | 1.52 | 2.7% |
| 41st | Dominica | 1.54 | -2.6% |
| 42nd | Hungary | 1.54 | 0.7% |
| 43rd | Belarus | 1.54 | -11.1% |
| 44th | Canada | 1.55 | -2.5% |
| 45th | Chile | 1.56 | -7.3% |
| 46th | European Union | 1.56 | -0.4% |
| 47th | Germany | 1.57 | -1.9% |
| 48th | Lithuania | 1.57 | -3.7% |
| 49th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.57 | -4.3% |
| 50th | Cuba | 1.59 | -0.9% |
| 51st | Estonia | 1.59 | -0.6% |
| 52nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.59 | -0.4% |
| 53rd | Armenia | 1.60 | 0.0% |
| 54th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 1.61 | -1.4% |
| 55th | Kosovo | 1.62 | -1.4% |
| 56th | Netherlands | 1.62 | -2.4% |
| 57th | Norway | 1.62 | -5.3% |
| 58th | Slovenia | 1.62 | 2.5% |
| 59th | Bhutan | 1.62 | -6.7% |
| 60th | Russian Federation | 1.62 | -8.0% |
| 61st | Belgium | 1.65 | -1.8% |
| 62nd | French Polynesia | 1.67 | -5.3% |
| 63rd | Isle of Man | 1.67 | -2.3% |
| 64th | Czechia | 1.69 | 3.7% |
| 65th | Latvia | 1.69 | -2.9% |
| 66th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1.70 | -0.5% |
| 67th | Bulgaria | 1.71 | 2.4% |
| 68th | Iceland | 1.71 | -1.7% |
| 69th | Costa Rica | 1.71 | -1.8% |
| 70th | Colombia | 1.72 | -0.1% |
| 71st | Barbados | 1.72 | 0.0% |
| 72nd | Brazil | 1.74 | 0.8% |
| 73rd | United Kingdom | 1.74 | -2.8% |
| 74th | Australia | 1.74 | -0.6% |
| 75th | Azerbaijan | 1.75 | -7.9% |
| 76th | Denmark | 1.75 | -2.2% |
| 77th | United States | 1.77 | -3.0% |
| 78th | Ireland | 1.77 | -2.2% |
| 79th | Romania | 1.78 | 5.3% |
| 80th | Sweden | 1.78 | -3.8% |
| 81st | Aruba | 1.79 | -3.4% |
| 82nd | China | 1.80 | 1.3% |
| 83rd | Maldives | 1.80 | -5.5% |
| 84th | Montenegro | 1.80 | 0.0% |
| 85th | Moldova | 1.81 | -4.2% |
| 86th | New Zealand | 1.81 | -3.2% |
| 87th | Uruguay | 1.82 | -7.2% |
| 88th | Qatar | 1.83 | -1.2% |
| 89th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.85 | -0.4% |
| 90th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.88 | -1.8% |
| 91st | France | 1.89 | -1.6% |
| 92nd | Malaysia | 1.89 | -2.5% |
| 93rd | El Salvador | 1.90 | -3.5% |
| 94th | Cabo Verde | 1.93 | -1.8% |
| 95th | Gibraltar | 1.93 | -0.5% |
| 96th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.94 | -5.6% |
| 97th | Bahrain | 1.98 | -2.8% |
| 98th | Viet Nam | 1.99 | -0.7% |
| 99th | Palau | 2.02 | -1.8% |
| 100th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.02 | -1.5% |
| 101st | Mexico | 2.04 | -2.2% |
| 102nd | New Caledonia | 2.04 | -1.7% |
| 103rd | Sri Lanka | 2.04 | -0.9% |
| 104th | Türkiye | 2.08 | -1.4% |
| 105th | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.08 | -0.5% |
| 106th | Greenland | 2.09 | 4.5% |
| 107th | Ecuador | 2.13 | 0.3% |
| 108th | Georgia | 2.14 | -4.1% |
| 109th | Peru | 2.15 | -1.7% |
| 110th | Kuwait | 2.16 | 4.8% |
| 111th | Argentina | 2.17 | -3.3% |
| 112th | Nepal | 2.17 | -2.4% |
| 113th | India | 2.19 | -4.0% |
| 114th | Bangladesh | 2.21 | -1.0% |
| 115th | Tunisia | 2.21 | -3.1% |
| 116th | Myanmar | 2.25 | -0.8% |
| 117th | Indonesia | 2.25 | -2.5% |
| 118th | South Africa | 2.28 | 1.0% |
| 119th | Belize | 2.37 | -1.2% |
| 120th | Lebanon | 2.37 | -0.8% |
| 121st | Morocco | 2.38 | -0.9% |
| 122nd | Nicaragua | 2.38 | -1.2% |
| 123rd | Dominican Republic | 2.40 | -0.5% |
| 124th | Seychelles | 2.41 | 0.8% |
| 125th | Monaco | 2.42 | -6.2% |
| 126th | Suriname | 2.43 | -2.8% |
| 127th | Fiji | 2.46 | -2.3% |
| 128th | Panama | 2.46 | -1.6% |
| 129th | Faroe Islands | 2.49 | -5.6% |
| 130th | Philippines | 2.53 | -5.7% |
| 131st | Uzbekistan | 2.57 | 0.2% |
| 132nd | Paraguay | 2.59 | -1.3% |
| 133rd | Guyana | 2.59 | -1.6% |
| 134th | American Samoa | 2.60 | -3.7% |
| 135th | Libya | 2.63 | -1.8% |
| 136th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.66 | 0.5% |
| 137th | Honduras | 2.66 | -1.5% |
| 138th | Saudi Arabia | 2.67 | 0.8% |
| 139th | Lao PDR | 2.69 | -1.9% |
| 140th | Cambodia | 2.72 | -0.2% |
| 141st | Kazakhstan | 2.75 | -1.8% |
| 142nd | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.76 | -5.5% |
| 143rd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.78 | -1.8% |
| 144th | Mongolia | 2.80 | -6.7% |
| 145th | Guatemala | 2.86 | -3.9% |
| 146th | Djibouti | 2.92 | -1.8% |
| 147th | Oman | 2.92 | -0.9% |
| 148th | Turkmenistan | 2.93 | -1.9% |
| 149th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.96 | -1.5% |
| 150th | Botswana | 2.97 | -0.7% |
| 151st | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.97 | -1.3% |
| 152nd | Haiti | 2.99 | -2.3% |
| 153rd | Jordan | 2.99 | -2.5% |
| 154th | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.00 | -3.2% |
| 155th | Eswatini | 3.02 | -1.6% |
| 156th | Marshall Islands | 3.06 | -0.9% |
| 157th | Guam | 3.09 | -2.6% |
| 158th | Algeria | 3.09 | 0.0% |
| 159th | Lesotho | 3.11 | -2.4% |
| 160th | Israel | 3.11 | 0.0% |
| 161st | Tajikistan | 3.29 | -2.8% |
| 162nd | Tuvalu | 3.30 | 0.1% |
| 163rd | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 3.31 | -1.2% |
| 164th | Kiribati | 3.34 | -1.1% |
| 165th | Tonga | 3.39 | -2.2% |
| 166th | Timor-Leste | 3.40 | -5.1% |
| 167th | Papua New Guinea | 3.43 | -1.8% |
| 168th | Namibia | 3.51 | -1.8% |
| 169th | Kenya | 3.61 | -2.2% |
| 170th | Iraq | 3.64 | -5.3% |
| 171st | Ghana | 3.72 | -4.1% |
| 172nd | Zimbabwe | 3.77 | -1.6% |
| 173rd | West Bank and Gaza | 3.77 | -3.0% |
| 174th | Vanuatu | 3.88 | -1.0% |
| 175th | Nauru | 3.88 | -3.7% |
| 176th | Pakistan | 3.90 | -0.1% |
| 177th | Gabon | 3.91 | -0.2% |
| 178th | Solomon Islands | 4.06 | -3.3% |
| 179th | São Tomé and Principe | 4.07 | -3.2% |
| 180th | Rwanda | 4.08 | -0.5% |
| 181st | Eritrea | 4.11 | -1.2% |
| 182nd | Malawi | 4.11 | -2.4% |
| 183rd | Samoa | 4.20 | -1.5% |
| 184th | Madagascar | 4.26 | -0.6% |
| 185th | Comoros | 4.28 | -1.6% |
| 186th | Guinea-Bissau | 4.35 | -3.8% |
| 187th | Sierra Leone | 4.39 | -1.7% |
| 188th | Liberia | 4.40 | -1.5% |
| 189th | South Sudan | 4.48 | -2.1% |
| 190th | Senegal | 4.49 | -3.4% |
| 191st | Congo, Republic of | 4.50 | -1.1% |
| 192nd | Zambia | 4.57 | -2.2% |
| 193rd | Togo | 4.58 | -1.3% |
| 194th | Equatorial Guinea | 4.60 | -1.9% |
| 195th | Yemen, Republic of | 4.61 | -0.1% |
| 196th | Gambia, The | 4.61 | -4.1% |
| 197th | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.76 | -2.4% |
| 198th | Sudan | 4.76 | -1.4% |
| 199th | Guinea | 4.79 | -2.5% |
| 200th | Cameroon | 4.80 | -0.8% |
| 201st | Uganda | 4.99 | -2.4% |
| 202nd | Tanzania | 4.99 | -0.4% |
| 203rd | Mauritania | 5.11 | -1.0% |
| 204th | Mozambique | 5.13 | -1.2% |
| 205th | Benin | 5.16 | -1.9% |
| 206th | Burkina Faso | 5.17 | -3.0% |
| 207th | Nigeria | 5.18 | -3.0% |
| 208th | Afghanistan | 5.43 | -2.0% |
| 209th | Burundi | 5.48 | -1.9% |
| 210th | Angola | 5.60 | -1.5% |
| 211th | Central African Republic | 6.13 | 0.0% |
| 212th | Mali | 6.25 | -1.1% |
| 213th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 6.35 | -0.7% |
| 214th | Chad | 6.54 | -1.3% |
| 215th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 6.77 | -1.6% |
| 216th | Niger | 6.87 | -2.4% |
FAQ
What was Hong Kong SAR, China's fertility rate in 2017?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China's fertility rate in 2017 was 1.13. This ranked 6th globally.
How did Hong Kong SAR, China's fertility rate change in 2017?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China's fertility rate decreased by 6.4% in 2017 compared to 2016.
Which country had the highest fertility rate in 2017?▾
Niger had the highest fertility rate in 2017 at 6.87.
What is the fertility rate of Hong Kong SAR, China in 2017?▾
The fertility rate of Hong Kong SAR, China in 2017 was 1.13. This ranked 6th globally.
How does 2017 compare to 2016 for Hong Kong SAR, China's fertility rate?▾
Hong Kong SAR, China's fertility rate went from 1.21 in 2016 to 1.13 in 2017, a 6.4% decrease.
HistorySaid - pattern alert
Hong Kong SAR, China matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2017. Historically: 768 occurrences, 546 successful (71%). Outcome 24 months later: -1.7%. View full analysis →
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