Hong Kong, China vs Korea: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Hong Kong, China
0.7136 children per women
in 2023
Korea
0.7167 children per women
in 2023
Hong Kong, China rank
235th
Korea rank
234th
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Hong Kong, China
- Korea
How they compare
Korea currently reports 0.7167 children per women against 0.7136 children per women in Hong Kong, China, a difference of 0.0031 children per women.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Korea ahead.
Hong Kong, China ranks 235th and Korea ranks 234th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Hong Kong, China averaged higher in 1 and Korea in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hong Kong, China | Korea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.12 children per women | 4.74 children per women | 0.6181 children per women | Korea |
| 1960s | 4.43 children per women | 4.54 children per women | 0.1121 children per women | Korea |
| 1970s | 2.7 children per women | 3.28 children per women | 0.5735 children per women | Korea |
| 1980s | 1.59 children per women | 1.91 children per women | 0.3226 children per women | Korea |
| 1990s | 1.22 children per women | 1.59 children per women | 0.3727 children per women | Korea |
| 2000s | 0.9728 children per women | 1.21 children per women | 0.2407 children per women | Korea |
| 2010s | 1.16 children per women | 1.13 children per women | 0.0266 children per women | Hong Kong, China |
| 2020s | 0.77 children per women | 0.77 children per women | 0 children per women | Korea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age, Hong Kong, China or Korea?
- Korea, at 0.7167 children per women against 0.7136 children per women in Hong Kong, China as of 2023.
- What is the difference in fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age between Hong Kong, China and Korea?
- 0.0031 children per women, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong, China and Korea?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Hong Kong, China and Korea rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Hong Kong, China ranks 235th and Korea ranks 234th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Malani and Jacob (2024); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Human Mortality Database (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of children who live long enough to reproduce, per woman. This number is dependent on the survival of daughters to childbearing age (between 15 and 49 years old).