Hong Kong: The Facts
Population: 7.0678 million (as at mid-2010)
Hong Kong Island
Kowloon
New Territories
Marine
1.30 million
18.3%
2.09 million
29.6%
3.68 million
52.1%
t
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Age structure
Median age: 41.1 Under 15: 12.1%
Sex ratio
Overall: 881 males per 1 000 females Under 15: 1 071
65 and over: 12.9%
65 and over: 864
Crude birth rate
Crude death rate
Overall density
6 540 people per square kilometre. The most densely populated District Council district is Kwun Tong with a density of 54 530 persons per square kilometre. Housing
At the end of 2010, about 2.07 million people lived in public rental housing estates of the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society. The number of flats was 746 800.
In 2010, Hong Kong had 2.33 million domestic households: 51.9% occupied by the owners, 44.7% by tenants, and 3.4% by persons living in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers. Area: 1 104.39 square km
12.5# per 1 000 population 5.9# per 1 000 population
Expectation of life at birth Male 80.0 years#
Female 85.9 years#
USA
27 870
95%
India
25 550
Canada
20 450
574 790
Nepal
18 830
Pakistan
18 120
Malaysia
14 690
156 320
Australia
13 080
144 460
Sub-total
467 440
28 070
Nationalities Predominantly of Chinese descent Total number for all nationalities: (as at end 2010) Largest groups:
Indonesia
Religion and Custom
Buddhists and Taoists make up the vast majority. Others (estimates): Christians 833 000; Muslims 220 000; Hindus 40 000; Sikhs 10 000; Jews 3 000.
Philippines
Hong Kong Island & adjacent islands Kowloon
80.60 sq km
Thailand
46.94 sq km
New Territories-mainland
748.06 sq km
New Territories-islands
228.79 sq km
(Lantau 147.16 sq km; others 81.63 sq km) -Reclamation since 1887
68.24 sq km
Weather
Average annual rainfall
2 382.7 mm
Wettest period
Hourly
daily
monthly
Driest
145.5 mm (June 7, 2008) 534.1 mm (July 19, 1926)
1 346.1 mm (June 2008)
10% humidity (January 16, 1959)
Employment
Total employment@: 3.50 million in 2010
Major Employment Sectors in 2010@ Import/export, wholesale
and retail trades, and accommodation and food services
Public administration, and social and personal services Financing and insurance, real estate, and professional and business services
Transportation, storage, postal and courier services, and information and communications
Construction
Manufacturing
Unemployment rate Average wages
(All selected industries)
1 139 400
32% of total employment
899 600
26% of total employment
654 900
19% of total employment
414 200
12% of total employment
271 100
8% of total employment 121 000
3% of total employment 4.4% in 2010 $12,003 per month
Notes: Figures presented on this page refer to those released up to
end-March 2011
# Provisional figures
† Less than 0.005 million
§ Less than 0.05%
@Figures are subject to revision later on
Highest temperature
36.1°C (August 19, 1900 and August 18, 1990)
Lowest temperature
0.0°C (January 18, 1893)
Highest wind speed (gust)
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
(in chained (2008) dollars):
6.8%
in 2010
Inflation affecting consumers
Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: 2.4% in 2010
Transport
Roads
The 2 076 km of roads (as at end-2010) carry 607 796 licensed vehicles, or about 293 vehicles per kilometre
Bridges
Longest: Tsing Ma suspension bridge (main span
1 377 metres) and the cable-stayed Stonecutters Bridge (main span of 1 018 metres)
Air movements
2010-306 533 flights; 49.77 million passengers; 4.13 million tonnes of freight
Shipping movements
2010-32 650 ocean vessel arrivals; 32 950 ocean vessel departures; port cargo throughput 268 million tonnes
Container throughput
2010-23.70 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units