Hong Kong, China vs Chinese Taipei: Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age
Hong Kong, China
0.7136 children per women
in 2023
Chinese Taipei
0.8617 children per women
in 2023
Hong Kong, China rank
235th
Chinese Taipei rank
232nd
Fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age over time
- Hong Kong, China
- Chinese Taipei
How they compare
Chinese Taipei currently reports 0.8617 children per women against 0.7136 children per women in Hong Kong, China, a difference of 0.1481 children per women.
That makes Chinese Taipei's figure about 1.2 times Hong Kong, China's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Chinese Taipei ahead.
Hong Kong, China ranks 235th and Chinese Taipei ranks 232nd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Hong Kong, China averaged higher in 1 and Chinese Taipei in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hong Kong, China | Chinese Taipei | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.12 children per women | 5.79 children per women | 1.67 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
| 1960s | 4.43 children per women | 4.76 children per women | 0.3306 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
| 1970s | 2.7 children per women | 3.05 children per women | 0.3436 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
| 1980s | 1.59 children per women | 2 children per women | 0.4048 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
| 1990s | 1.22 children per women | 1.69 children per women | 0.471 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
| 2000s | 0.9728 children per women | 1.19 children per women | 0.2161 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
| 2010s | 1.16 children per women | 1.09 children per women | 0.0637 children per women | Hong Kong, China |
| 2020s | 0.77 children per women | 0.9172 children per women | 0.1473 children per women | Chinese Taipei |
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 Chinese Taipei?
- Chinese Taipei, at 0.8617 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 Chinese Taipei?
- 0.1481 children per women, with Chinese Taipei ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong, China and Chinese Taipei?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Hong Kong, China and Chinese Taipei rank globally for fertility rate accounting for survival until childbearing age?
- Hong Kong, China ranks 235th and Chinese Taipei ranks 232nd 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).