Hong Kong vs Taiwan: Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility)
Hong Kong
0.717 live births per woman
in 2023
Taiwan
0.87 live births per woman
in 2023
Hong Kong rank
235th
Taiwan rank
232nd
Fertility rate: births per woman (Human Fertility) over time
- Hong Kong
- Taiwan
How they compare
Taiwan currently reports 0.87 live births per woman against 0.717 live births per woman in Hong Kong, a difference of 0.153 live births per woman.
That makes Taiwan's figure about 1.2 times Hong Kong's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Taiwan ahead.
Hong Kong ranks 235th and Taiwan ranks 232nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Hong Kong averaged higher in 1 and Taiwan in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hong Kong | Taiwan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.57 live births per woman | 6.46 live births per woman | 1.89 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 1960s | 4.66 live births per woman | 5.04 live births per woman | 0.3877 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 1970s | 2.78 live births per woman | 3.15 live births per woman | 0.3706 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 1980s | 1.62 live births per woman | 2.04 live births per woman | 0.4231 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 1990s | 1.23 live births per woman | 1.72 live births per woman | 0.4869 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 2000s | 0.9803 live births per woman | 1.21 live births per woman | 0.2253 live births per woman | Taiwan |
| 2010s | 1.16 live births per woman | 1.11 live births per woman | 0.0586 live births per woman | Hong Kong |
| 2020s | 0.7737 live births per woman | 0.9263 live births per woman | 0.1525 live births per woman | Taiwan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate: births per woman, Hong Kong or Taiwan?
- Taiwan, at 0.87 live births per woman against 0.717 live births per woman in Hong Kong as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate: births per woman between Hong Kong and Taiwan?
- 0.153 live births per woman, with Taiwan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Taiwan?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Hong Kong and Taiwan rank globally for fertility rate: births per woman?
- Hong Kong ranks 235th and Taiwan ranks 232nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Fertility Database (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate: 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
Average number of live births a hypothetical cohort of women would have at the end of their reproductive period if they were subject during their whole lives to the fertility rates of a given period and if they were not subject to mortality.