Hong Kong’s Plunging Births to Worsen Demographic Pressure
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Hong Kong is struggling to stem the decline in the number of births at a time when the city’s population is rapidly aging.
A total of 31,714 births were registered in the Asian financial hub last year, a drop of 14% from 2024, the office of Deputy Chief Secretary Warner Cheuk said in response to a Bloomberg enquiry. The figure is 3% below the previous pandemic low in 2022.