Hong Kong going grey faster than expected, sparking fears over healthcare, calls for new retirement policies

Hong Kong’s population is ageing more rapidly than previously forecast with figures for young people falling faster than the government expected, driving up the median age to an estimated 55½ years by 2046, the Post has found.

Government figures also show that the number of births over the past three years was 40 per cent lower than forecast in 2017, after the pandemic and a wave of emigration hit the city.