Hong Kong SAR, China's population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) was 9.19% in 2025, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1.21 percentage points from 10.4% in 2015.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 9.19% | 2025 |
| Five years earlier | 10.12% | 2020 |
| Ten years earlier | 10.4% | 2015 |
| Highest | 48.95% | 1963 |
| Lowest | 9.19% | 2025 |
| Average since 2016 | 9.95% | 2016–2025 |
| First recorded | 40.12% | 1960 |
What the numbers say
In 2025, Hong Kong SAR, China's population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) fell 0.19 percentage points on 2024 (from 9.38% to 9.19%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.21 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 5.28 percentage points in 1967 and the biggest yearly fall was 5.48 percentage points in 1965. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.14 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 93% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2025, Hong Kong SAR, China had the 217th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Hong Kong SAR, China | 9.19% | 2025 |
| World | 23.85% | 2025 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 16.9% | 2025 |
| High income | 14.98% | 2025 |
Closest to Hong Kong SAR, China in the 2025 ranking
- Japan — 214th of 217: 10.68%
- Puerto Rico (US) — 215th of 217: 10.33%
- Korea, Rep. — 216th of 217: 9.92%
What this measures
Female population between the ages 0 to 14 as a percentage of the total female population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 66 values
| Year | Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 9.19 |
| 2024 | 9.38 |
| 2023 | 9.57 |
| 2022 | 9.78 |
| 2021 | 9.95 |
| 2020 | 10.12 |
| 2019 | 10.31 |
| 2018 | 10.41 |
| 2017 | 10.4 |
| 2016 | 10.36 |
| 2015 |
Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) in nearby economies
- American Samoa — 26.36% (2025)
- Australia — 17.07% (2025)
- Brunei Darussalam — 21.13% (2025)
- Cambodia — 28.32% (2025)
- China — 14.67% (2025)
- Fiji — 26.09% (2025)
- French Polynesia — 18.05% (2025)
- Guam — 25.34% (2025)
- Indonesia — 23.71% (2025)
- Japan
More health data for Hong Kong SAR, China
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 2.5% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 3.28% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 378,989 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 394,250 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 11.68% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 773,239 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 10.31% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 3.05% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Hong Kong SAR, China's population ages 0-14, female (% of female population)?
- 9.19% in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1960?
- It is down 30.93 percentage points from 40.12% in 1960. The highest value was 48.95% in 1963 and the lowest 9.19% in 2025.
- How does Hong Kong SAR, China rank?
- 217th highest of 217 economies with data for 2025.
- Is the latest change in population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) unusual for Hong Kong SAR, China?
- In 2025, Hong Kong SAR, China's population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) fell 0.19 percentage points on 2024 (from 9.38% to 9.19%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.32 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.21 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.6 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.0014.FE.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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