The number of babies born in Hong Kong plunged to a record low of 31,100 in 2025, while the city’s provisional population estimate rose 0.1 per cent year on year to 7.51 million.
The Census and Statistics Department on Thursday also revealed a net inflow of 29,100 Hong Kong residents in 2025. Some 50,000 deaths were recorded in the year.
The figures revealed the decline in Hong Kong’s birth rate to be much worse than previously estimated by the government.
A government spokesman did not address…
