Hong Kong: The Facts
Population: 6.725 million (as at mid-2001)
Hong Kong Island
1.33 million
19.7%
Age structure
Kowloon
2.02 million
30.1%
Median age: 36.8
Under 15: 16.4%
Over 64: 11.2%
New Territories
3.37 million
50.1%
Sex ratio
Marine
0.01 million
0.1%
Overall: 956 males per 1 000 females
(As at July 1, 2001)
Under 15: 1 072
Over 64: 859
Crude birth rate
7.2# per 1 000 popn
Crude death rate 4.8# per 1 000 popn
Overall density
6 250 people per square kilometre.
Kwun Tong District has 50 080 people
per square kilometre.
Housing
2.12 million people live in public rental housing, which includes 685 000 flats. In 2001, Hong Kong had
2.08 million domestic households: 52.2% occupied by the owners, 43.5% by tenants, and 4.3% by persons living in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers.
Expectation of life at birth
Male 77.0#
Nationalities Predominantly of Chinese descent
Total foreign passport-holders (end-2001):
Female 82.2#
Canada
31 930
USA
31 180
95%
Thailand
29 090
India
21 880
Australia
21 020
526 510
UK
20 610
Largest groups
Nepal
17 430
Area: 1 100 square km
Philippines
147 310
Japan
14 900
Indonesia
75 330
Sub-total
410 680
Hong Kong Island
80 square km
Kowloon
47 square km
Religion and Custom
New Territories
796 square km
Outlying Islands
177 square km
-Reclamation since 1887
64 square km
Buddhists and Taoists make Christians 536 000: Muslims Sikhs 8 000; Jews 1 500.
up the vast majority.
80 000;
Hindus 15 000;
Weather
109.9 mm (May 8, 1992)
Average annual rainfall
2 214.3 mm
Wettest period
Hourly
daily
monthly
Driest
534.1 mm (July 19, 1926)
1 241.1 mm (May 1889)
10% humidity (January 16, 1959)
Employment
Total employment: 3.25 million in 2001
Major Employment Sectors in 2001
Wholesale, retail and
import/export trades,
restaurants and hotels
Community, social and personal services
Finance, insurance, real estate and business services
Transport, storage and communications
Construction
Manufacturing
Unemployment rate
Average wages
(All selected industries)
1 049 200
32% of total employment
817 300
25% of total employment
489 300
15% of total employment
362 000
11% of total employment
298 100
9% of total employment
212 500
7% of total employment
5.1%
$11,234 per month
Notes: figures presented on this page refer to those released up to
end-March 2002.
# provisional figure
Highest temperature
36,1°C (August 19, 1900 and August 18, 1990)
Lowest temperature
0.0°C (January 18, 1893)
Highest wind speed
259 km/h at HK Observatory, 284 km/h at Tate's Cairn (Typhoon Wanda, September 1, 1962)
The Economy
Economic growth
Year-on-year rate of change in GDP
(at constant (1990) market prices)
0.1% in 2001
Inflation affecting consumers
Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: -1.6% in 2001
Transport
Roads
The 1911 km of roads carry 525 376 licensed vehicles, or about 275 vehicles per kilometre.
Bridges
Longest: Tsing Ma suspension bridge (main span 1 377 metres) and the cable-stayed Ting Kau Bridge (two main spans totalling 923 metres)
Air movements
2001-196 820 flights; 32.03 million passengers; 2.07 million tonnes of freight
Shipping movements
2001-37 350 ocean vessel arrivals; 36 930 departures;
port cargo throughput 178.2 million tonnes
Container throughput
17.8 million TEUS