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Hong Kong SAR, China — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Hong Kong SAR, China, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.34%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -114.3% since 1961
Population growth for Hong Kong SAR, China was -0.34% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 5.47% in 1979. The lowest was -0.91% in 2021 (about 2.7× the latest value).
Hong Kong SAR, China ranks 192 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 88%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 0.64%, so Hong Kong SAR, China sits below it. It peaked in 1979 and has fallen 106% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 139%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.34%
First (1961)
2.34%
Change
-114.3%
Highest
5.47%
in 1979
Lowest
-0.91%
in 2021
Average
1.36%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.34% |
| 2024 | -0.16% |
| 2023 | 2.55% |
| 2022 | -0.91% |
| 2021 | -0.91% |
| 2020 | -0.36% |
| 2019 | 0.74% |
| 2018 | 0.8% |
| 2017 | 0.77% |
| 2016 | 0.62% |
| 2015 | 0.85% |
| 2014 | 0.7% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.