7 East Asian countries, all below OECD average
Total fertility rate comparison (OECD average 1.43 baseline marked)
Hong Kong
0.75
South Korea
0.80
Taiwan
0.87
Singapore
0.97
China
~0.70
Japan
1.15
OECD average
1.43
Source: Statistics Korea, OECD, and national statistical office data. South Korea 2025 provisional; Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Singapore 2024 final; China is a demographic estimate.