Hong Kongs wedding fertility rate last year wrote a 30 -year low in 30 years

The overall population of Hong Kong has increased in the past 30 years, but last year, the marriage rate and fertility rate were written in a 30 -year low.

Comprehensive Hong Kong Zhongtong News Agency and Sing Tao Daily reported that the Hong Kong Population Trends released by the Hong Kong Government Statistics Office on Thursday (December 29) showed that the overall population of Hong Kong was 5.75 million in 1991, andIt increased to 7.41 million last year; but the number of babies born and registered marriage numbers last year was the lowest in the past 30 years.

The population trend of Hong Kong 1991–2021 describes the growth of Hong Kong population, age gender structure, and marriage trends in the past 30 years.

According to the report, the overall population of Hong Kong increased from 5.75 million in 1991 to 7.41 million last year, with an average annual growth rate of 0.8%.However, the phenomenon of aging population continued, and the median population increased from 31.6 in 1991 to 46.3 last year.

In terms of marriage trends, late marriage is very common in Hong Kong.At the beginning of last year, the mid -range of the wedding grooms and the first married bride were 32.2 and 30.6 years old; in 1991, the corresponding age medium numbers were 29.1 years and 26.2 years, respectively.As for the number of marriages registered last year, the number of marriages was only 26,899, and the number was the lowest in the past 30 years, a decrease of nearly half from the 50,000 8 in 2016.

Hong Kong's fertility rate has also declined in the past 30 years.The total fertility rate fell from 1,000 women in 1991 to 772 live -producing babies to 772 last year. Last year, only 36,953 babies were born, the lowest in the past 30 years.

Hong Kong's overall population last year was 7.41 million, a decrease of nearly 67,900 people from 2020, and 94,800 less than 7.5 million in mid -2019. It also had a negative population growth for two consecutive years.

Last year, Hong Kong recorded a net transfer of 55,300 people, which was doubled from 27,000 last year. It was the most people out in 30 years.According to the Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Government, the population may be affected by the impact of the crown disease.