Population growth in Hong Kong in 2025 — -0.34%. Ranked 192 in the world out of 217. Since 1961, the indicator has fallen by 2.68 pp.
1961–2025 · % per year
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Hong Kong
| Year | % | Change, pp |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.34 | −0.18 pp |
| 2024 | -0.16 | −2.71 pp |
| 2023 | 2.55 | +3.46 pp |
| 2022 | -0.91 | +0 pp |
| 2021 | -0.91 | −0.55 pp |
| 2020 | -0.36 | −1.1 pp |
| 2019 | 0.74 | −0.06 pp |
| 2018 | 0.8 | +0.03 pp |
| 2017 | 0.77 | +0.15 pp |
| 2016 | 0.62 | −0.23 pp |
| 2015 | 0.85 | +0.15 pp |
| 2014 | 0.7 | +0.3 pp |
| 2013 | 0.4 | −0.7 pp |
| 2012 | 1.1 | +0.43 pp |
| 2011 | 0.67 | −0.06 pp |
| 2010 | 0.73 | +0.52 pp |
| 2009 | 0.22 | −0.38 pp |
| 2008 | 0.6 | −0.26 pp |
| 2007 | 0.86 | +0.22 pp |
| 2006 | 0.64 | +0.21 pp |
| 2005 | 0.44 | −0.34 pp |
| 2004 | 0.78 | +0.98 pp |
| 2003 | -0.2 | −0.64 pp |
| 2002 | 0.44 | −0.29 pp |
| 2001 | 0.74 | −0.14 pp |
| 2000 | 0.88 | −0.07 pp |
| 1999 | 0.96 | +0.12 pp |
| 1998 | 0.83 | +0 pp |
| 1997 | 0.83 | −3.61 pp |
| 1996 | 4.44 | +2.46 pp |
| 1995 | 1.98 | −0.27 pp |
| 1994 | 2.25 | +0.53 pp |
| 1993 | 1.72 | +0.88 pp |
| 1992 | 0.84 | +0.01 pp |
| 1991 | 0.83 | +0.51 pp |
| 1990 | 0.32 | −0.71 pp |
| 1989 | 1.04 | +0.2 pp |
| 1988 | 0.84 | −0.17 pp |
| 1987 | 1.01 | −0.24 pp |
| 1986 | 1.25 | +0.17 pp |
| 1985 | 1.07 | +0.09 pp |
| 1984 | 0.98 | −0.54 pp |
| 1983 | 1.52 | −0.03 pp |
| 1982 | 1.55 | −0.8 pp |
| 1981 | 2.35 | −0.32 pp |
| 1980 | 2.67 | −2.8 pp |
| 1979 | 5.47 | +3.65 pp |
| 1978 | 1.81 | +0.37 pp |
| 1977 | 1.44 | +0.19 pp |
| 1976 | 1.26 | −0.64 pp |
| 1975 | 1.9 | −1.26 pp |
| 1974 | 3.16 | +0.34 pp |
| 1973 | 2.82 | +0.9 pp |
| 1972 | 1.92 | −0.24 pp |
| 1971 | 2.16 | −0.28 pp |
| 1970 | 2.43 | +0.83 pp |
| 1969 | 1.6 | −0.53 pp |
| 1968 | 2.12 | −0.4 pp |
| 1967 | 2.53 | +1.64 pp |
| 1966 | 0.89 | −1.74 pp |
| 1965 | 2.63 | +0.21 pp |
| 1964 | 2.42 | −1.02 pp |
| 1963 | 3.44 | −0.8 pp |
| 1962 | 4.24 | +1.9 pp |
| 1961 | 2.34 | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Mongolia
1.25
North Korea
0.27
South Korea
-0.13
Macao
-0.16
China
-0.17
Hong Kong
-0.34
Japan
-0.49
The annual population growth rate is the change in population size over a year as a percent of the previous year. It takes in both natural increase (births minus deaths) and net migration. Negative values mean the population is shrinking; at 1% a year population doubles in about 70 years, at 2% in about 35.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.
Resident population of every country as of mid-year — series from 1960 onward.
Demography Total fertility rateHow many children one woman would bear on average if current age-specific fertility held.
Demography Net migrationThe difference between the number of arrivals and departures over a five-year period.
Demography Crude birth rateLive births per 1,000 people of population per year.