Hong Kong's Fertility Dilemma: A Silver Lining in Low Birth Rates? Siddharth Chatterjee, former UN resident coordinator in China, has been touting Hong Kong as a potential model for addressing low fertility rates.
The city boasts one of the lowest birth rates globally, with an average of 0. 73 births per woman in 2025. However, this is hardly a badge of honor.
Chatterjee's proposal to leverage this challenge and earn "Child Friendly City" status under a UN initiative raises intriguing questions about what exactly that entails.