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

Hong Kong, China, at 41,294 births against 33,443 births in Uruguay as of 2023.

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

7,851 births, with Hong Kong, China ahead.

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

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 Uruguay: Number of births

Hong Kong, China

41,294 births

in 2023

Uruguay

33,443 births

in 2023

Hong Kong, China rank

139th

Uruguay rank

141st

Number of births over time

Hong Kong, China
Uruguay

How they compare

Hong Kong, China currently reports 41,294 births against 33,443 births in Uruguay, a difference of 7,851 births.

That makes Hong Kong, China's figure about 1.2 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Hong Kong, China ahead.

Hong Kong, China ranks 139th and Uruguay ranks 141st 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	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1950s	94,223 births	50,800 births	43,423 births	Hong Kong, China
1960s	100,769 births	56,256 births	44,512 births	Hong Kong, China
1970s	79,124 births	58,621 births	20,503 births	Hong Kong, China
1980s	80,796 births	54,241 births	26,555 births	Hong Kong, China
1990s	72,531 births	55,200 births	17,331 births	Hong Kong, China
2000s	59,880 births	49,609 births	10,271 births	Hong Kong, China
2010s	74,716 births	45,144 births	29,571 births	Hong Kong, China
2020s	46,752 births	34,200 births	12,551 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 Uruguay?: Hong Kong, China, at 41,294 births against 33,443 births in Uruguay as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of births between Hong Kong, China and Uruguay?: 7,851 births, with Hong Kong, China ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong, China and Uruguay?: 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Hong Kong, China and Uruguay rank globally for number of births?: Hong Kong, China ranks 139th and Uruguay ranks 141st 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.