Number of registered births in the first seven months fell 8 per cent, suggesting full-year figure could be near 2022 low
The number of babies born in Hong Kong is likely to drop in 2025 after an increase in the previous two years, with the figure potentially returning to near the record low of 2022, a Post analysis has found.
A population expert said that the impact of a three-year HK$20,000 (US$2,570) cash handout scheme for every newborn was minimal and he did not expect a tax concession announced in the latest policy address to help stimulate the birth rate.
The number of registered births in the first seven months this year fell 8 per cent to 18,908, compared with 20,523 in the same period in 2024, according to the Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics released by the government.
The latest figure is similar to those for the same seven-month period in 2022 and 2023, when annual births of 32,500 and 33,200, respectively, marked the lowest and second lowest in Hong Kong since data was first made available in 1961.
