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How many babies are born in Hong Kong?

38.1 thousand babies born in Hong Kong in 2026. That is 0.03% of all births worldwide, and the 139th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Hong Kong: history and projections

1K10K100K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Hong Kong’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~10K ~260K 39.8 Modelled estimate
1000 ~8K ~180K 44.7 Modelled estimate
1500 ~510 ~13K 39.8 Modelled estimate
1800 ~769 ~20K 38.4 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~11.9K ~311K 38.4 Historical reconstruction
1950 78.8K 1.98M 39.8 UN estimate
2000 63.2K 6.7M 9.4 UN estimate
2023 41.3K 7.44M 5.6 UN estimate
2026 38.1K 7.38M 5.2 UN projection
2050 20.8K 6.09M 3.4 UN projection
2075 9.9K 3.88M 2.6 UN projection
2100 5.66K 2.08M 2.7 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Hong Kong among estimates through 2023 were in 1965, at about 153K. That is roughly 15 times the estimated ~10.2K births a year in 1 CE.

At 0.75 children per woman, fertility in Hong Kong is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Hong Kong each year?

An estimated 38.1 thousand babies are born in Hong Kong in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 104 a day and 0.03% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Hong Kong?

Hong Kong has an estimated 5.2 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 0.75 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.