Which has higher number of births, Hong Kong, China or Jamaica?

Hong Kong, China, at 41,294 births against 33,007 births in Jamaica as of 2023.

What is the difference in number of births between Hong Kong, China and Jamaica?

8,287 births, with Hong Kong, China ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong, China and Jamaica?

74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Hong Kong, China vs Jamaica: Number of births

Hong Kong, China

41,294 births

in 2023

Jamaica

33,007 births

in 2023

Hong Kong, China rank

139th

Jamaica rank

142nd

Number of births over time

Hong Kong, China
Jamaica

How they compare

Hong Kong, China currently reports 41,294 births against 33,007 births in Jamaica, a difference of 8,287 births.

That makes Hong Kong, China's figure about 1.3 times Jamaica's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Hong Kong, China ahead.

Hong Kong, China ranks 139th and Jamaica ranks 142nd of 236 countries.

Hong Kong, China has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Hong Kong, China	Jamaica	Difference	Ahead
1950s	94,223 births	55,604 births	38,619 births	Hong Kong, China
1960s	100,769 births	66,412 births	34,357 births	Hong Kong, China
1970s	79,124 births	61,953 births	17,171 births	Hong Kong, China
1980s	80,796 births	62,404 births	18,392 births	Hong Kong, China
1990s	72,531 births	61,160 births	11,370 births	Hong Kong, China
2000s	59,880 births	49,099 births	10,781 births	Hong Kong, China
2010s	74,716 births	37,909 births	36,807 births	Hong Kong, China
2020s	46,752 births	33,650 births	13,102 births	Hong Kong, China

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of births, Hong Kong, China or Jamaica?: Hong Kong, China, at 41,294 births against 33,007 births in Jamaica as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Hong Kong, China and Jamaica?: 8,287 births, with Hong Kong, China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong, China and Jamaica?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Hong Kong, China and Jamaica rank globally for number of births?: Hong Kong, China ranks 139th and Jamaica ranks 142nd of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of births. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of births
Unit: births
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of live births in a calendar year.