The Census and Statistics Department today (11th) released the latest provisional population data for the mid-year period of this year. The latest number of births was about 35,000, which was not only an 8% decrease from the same period last year, but also a new low since 1981.
The latest death toll reached 61,000, an increase of more than 20% compared with the same period last year, also a new high since 1981.
In addition, the number of OWP holders moving into Hong Kong continued to drop from over 44,000 in mid-2019 to over 13,000 in the middle of last year. The latest provisional data for this year has rebounded to over 18,000.
▼On August 11, the Census and Statistics Department released the provisional population data for the mid-term of 2022▼
Births hit record low, deaths hit record high
The Census and Statistics Department (Census and Statistics Department) released the latest provisional data on the mid-year population of this year. The latest number of births is about 35,000. Compared with the number of babies born in Hong Kong's fertility trend of the Census and Statistics Department over the years, the number of births in the middle of this year is a 40-year low.
The latest death toll reached 61,000, which is also a new high in more than 40 years compared with the death trend over the years.
Commenting on the latest data, a government spokesman mentioned that Hong Kong's fertility rate has been one of the lowest among Asian economies, and that the sharp drop in births over the past two years may have been affected by the epidemic.
And with the trend of an aging population, the number of deaths has gradually increased in the past five years.
The number of OWP people moving in rebounds after falling for two years in a row
The latest provisional data also showed that the number of OWP holders moving into Hong Kong in the middle of this year rebounded to 18,300 after two consecutive years of decline.
Looking at the mid-year data of the past five years, the number of OWP holders who moved into Hong Kong in mid-2019 was 44,400, which dropped to 22,100 in mid-2020, and further fell to 13,900 at the end of last year.
Hong Kong’s latest population of 7.29 million decreased by 1.6% compared with the same period last year. Last year, 113,000 Hong Kong residents left, up 30%. According to the statistics, income inequality, cramped housing and aging population Lingnan University’s master’s article points out that Hong Kong owes 170,000 laborers in five years. live non-local graduates