Hong Kong 2013: The Facts
Population
Total: 7.1875 million (as at mid-2013)
Hong Kong Island
Kowloon
New Territories
Marine
1.28 million
2.16 million
3.75 million
< 0.005 million
Age structure (as at mid-2013)
Area
Total: 1,104.46 square km
17.7%
Hong Kong Island & adjacent islands Kowloon
80.67 sq km
30.0%
46.94 sq km
New Territories-mainland
748.06 sq km
52.2%
New Territories-islands
228.79 sq km
< 0.05%
(Lantau 147.16 sq km; others 81.63 sq km) (Reclamation since 1887
68.31 sq km)
Median age: 42.5 Under 15: 11.1% 65 and over: 14.2%
Sex ratio (as at mid-2013)
Overall: 864 males per 1,000 females
Under 15: 1,068
Crude birth rate
65 and over: 872
7.9# per 1,000 population
Crude death rate
5.9# per 1,000 population
Expectation of life at birth
Male 80.9 years#
Ethnicity and nationality
Female 86.6 years#
Predominantly of Chinese ethnicity (as at mid-2011): 94%
Non-PRC nationals physically present in Hong Kong (as at end-
2012): 603,230
Largest groups (as at end-2013):
Overall density (as at mid-2013)
6,650 people per square kilometre. The most densely populated District Council district is Kwun Tong with a density of 57,120 persons per square kilometre.
Housing
About 2.09 million people live in the 780,300 public rental housing units under the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society. Of Hong Kong's 2.4 million domestic households, 51% owned the accommodation, 45% were tenants and 4% lived in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers.
Religion and custom
Buddhists and Tacists make up the vast majority. Others (estimates):
Philippines
168,850
Nepal
20,470
Christians 860,000;
Indonesia
165,170
Pakistan
19,350
Muslims 300,000;
India
28,920
Canada
19,160
Hindus 40,000;
USA
27,690
Malaysia
15,070
Thailand
27,390
United Kingdom Sub-total
Sikhs 10,000;
12,380
504,450
Jews 3,000.
Weather
Average annual rainfall
Wettest period
Hourly
Daily
Monthly
Driest
10% humidity (16 January 1959)
Employment
2,398.5 mm
145.5 mm (7 June 2008)
534.1 mm (19 July 1926) 1,346.1 mm (June 2008)
Total in employment#: 3.74 million
Major employment sectors# 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
Median wage
(non-Government employees)
1,181,400 32% of total in employment 970,300 26% of total in employment 723,400 19% of total in employment
431,000
12% of total in employment
311,600 8% of total in employment
107,800 3% of total in employment
3.4%
$14,100 per month (May-June 2013)
# Provisional figures, or figures subject to later revision.
Highest temperature
36.1°C (19 August 1900 and 18 August 1990)
Lowest temperature
0.0°C (18 January 1893)
Highest wind speed (gust)
259 km/h at HK Observatory, 284 km/h at Tate's Cairn (Typhoon Wanda, 1 September 1962)
The Economy
Economic growth
Year-on-year rate of change in GDP in real terms: 2.9%# Inflation affecting consumers
Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: 4,3%
Transport
Roads
The 2,093 km of roads carry 680,914 licensed vehicles, or about 325 vehicles per kilometre
Bridges
Longest: Tsing Ma suspension bridge (main span 1,377 metres) and the cable-stayed Stonecutters Bridge (main span 1,018 metres)
Air movements
372,080 flights; 59.9 million passengers; 4.13 million tonnes of freight
Shipping movements
29,920 ocean vessel arrivals; 30,410 ocean vessel departures; 276 million tonnes port cargo throughput
Container throughput
22.35 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units
A 'Accommodation services' refers to hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments providing short-term accommodation.