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Written by: Lin Oli
2021-02-13 12:30
Last update date: 2021-02-13 12:30
During the Lunar New Year greetings, in addition to making fun of the elders, it is inevitable that relatives will "interrogate" when to date, get married, and have children.
The chance of having a new baby member in the family may be lower than in the past, because according to the statistics of the Census and Statistics Department, the number of new babies in Hong Kong continued to decline from 2014 to 2019. In 2019, there were only 52,000 new babies, that is, only 7 for every 1,000 Hong Kong people Newborn baby.
When do Hong Kong women usually give birth?
It turned out to be 30 to 34 years old.
In 2019, this age group gave birth to a total of 21,000 live babies, but it is worth noting that the number of live babies delivered by women before the age of 35 has continued to decline, but on the other hand, the number of older women has increased, reflecting the late birth of Hong Kong women.
Taking women aged 45 to 49 as an example, 220 live babies were born in 2019, 59 more than in 2014.
If the fertility rate of childbearing women is calculated, the average number of live babies per 1,000 women of childbearing age 15 to 49 in 2019 will be 31.9, which is 4 fewer than in 2014.
The number of live babies born to women between the ages of 25 and 29 dropped the most. In 2019, there were only 48.3 live babies per 1,000 women, 12.6 fewer than in 2014.
In terms of the number of births, in 2019, more than 27,000 live babies were maternal first births, accounting for 52.6% of the total number of live babies that year.
If the total fertility rate is calculated, the average number of live births per 1,000 women in 2019 is 1051, which means that each woman will have only one child in her life.
However, according to the United Nations definition, in order to maintain a stable population turnover, the total fertility rate must reach 2100. The data shows that the problem of declining birthrates in Hong Kong is getting worse.
Women are responsible for reproductive functions, but the crude reproduction rate in Hong Kong, which only counts the number of female babies, continues to decline. In 2019, on average, only 501 female babies were born per 1,000 women in their lifetime, which was 16% less than in 2014.
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