Hong Kong: The Facts
Population: 7.0716 million (as at mid-2011)
Hong Kong Island
Kowloon
New Territories
Marine
Overall density
1.27 million
18%
2.11 million
29.8%
3.69 million
52.2%
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6 540 people per square kilometre. The most densely populated District Council district is Kwun Tong with a density of 55 200 persons per square kilometre. Housing
At the end of 2011, about 2.1 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 761 200.
In 2011, Hong Kong had 2.36 million domestic households: 53.2% occupied by the owners, 43% by tenants, and 3.8% by persons living in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers.
Area: 1 104.41 square km
Age structure
Median age: 41.7 Under 15: 11.6% 65 and over: 13.3%
Sex ratio
Overall: 876 males per 1 000 females
Under 15: 1 073 65 and over: 871
Crude birth rate
13.5# per 1 000 population
Crude death rate 5.9# per 1 000 population
Expectation of life at birth Male 80.5 years#
Nationalities Predominantly of Chinese descent (as at mid-2011) Total number for all nationalities: (as at end 2011) Largest groups:
Female 86.7 years#
USA
29 080
Thailand
27 900
94%
India
26 700
Canada
20 760
597 000
Nepal
19 730
Pakistan
18 510
Malaysia
14 850
Indonesia
164 260
Australia
13 080
Hong Kong Island & adjacent islands Kowloon
80.62 sq km
Philippines
153 060
Sub-total
487 930
46.94 sq km
New Territories-mainland
748.06 sq km
Religion and Custom
New Territories-islands
228.79 sq km
(Lantau 147.16 sq km; others 81.63 sq km) -Reclamation since 1887
68.26 sq km
Buddhists and Taoists make up the vast majority. Others (estimates): Christians 843 000; Muslims 220 000; Hindus 40 000; Sikhs 10 000; Jews 3 000.
Weather
Average annual rainfall 2 398.5 mm
Wettest period
Hourly
145.5 mm (June 7, 2008)
daily
534.1 mm (July 19, 1926)
monthly
1 346.1 mm (June 2008)
Driest
10% humidity (January 16, 1959)
Employment
Total employment@: 3.62 million in 2011
1 152 700
Major Employment Sectors in 2011@ 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)
32% of total employment
939 500
26% of total employment 698 200
19% of total employment
416 900
12% of total employment
281 400
8% of total employment 115 000
3% of total employment 3.4% in 2011 $12,977 per month
Notes: Figures presented on this page refer to those released up to
end-March 2012.
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Accommodation services sector covers hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments providing short term accommodation.
Provisional figures
+ Less than 0.005 million
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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 (2009) dollars):
5%@ in 2011
Inflation affecting consumers
Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: 5.3% in 2011
Transport
Roads
The 2 086 km of roads (as at end-2011) carry 630 281 licensed vehicles, or about 302 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
2011-333 805 flights; 52.75 million passengers; 3.94 million tonnes of freight
Shipping movements
2011-32 490 ocean vessel arrivals; 32 830 ocean vessel departures; port cargo throughput 277 million tonnes Container throughput
2011-24.38 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units