Hong Kong 2015: The Facts
Population
Total: 7.3057 million (as at mid-2015)
Hong Kong Island
Kowloon
New Territories
Marine
1.26 million
2.21 million
3.84 million
< 0.005 million
Age structure (as at mid-2015)
Area
Total: 1,105.69 sq km
17.2%
30.2%
Hong Kong Island & adjacent islands Kowloon
80.68 sq km
46.94 sq km
52.6%
New Territories-mainland
748.06 sq km
< 0.05%
New Territories-islands
230.01 sq km
69.54 sq km)
Median age: 43.1 Under 15: 11.3% 65 and over: 15.3%
Sex ratio (as at mid-2015)
Overall: 855 males per 1,000 females
Under 15: 1,070
65 and over: 875
8.2 per 1,000 population
Crude birth rate
Crude death rate
Expectation of life at birth
6.3 per 1,000 population
Male: 81.2 years'
Ethnicity and nationality
Female: 87.3 years'
Predominantly of Chinese ethnicity (as at mid-2011): 94%
Non-PRC nationals physically present in Hong Kong (as at end- 2015): 623,730
Largest groups (as at end-2015):
(Lantau 147.16 sq km; others 82.85 sq km) (Reclamation since 1887
Overall density (as at mid-2015)
6,760 people per square kilometre. The most densely populated District Council district is Kwun Tong, with a density of 57,359 people per square kilometre.
Housing
About 2.15 million people live in 788,800 public rental housing units under the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society. Of Hong Kong's 2.47 million domestic households, 50% owned the accommodation, 46% were tenants and 4% lived in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers.
Religion and custom
Buddhists and Taoists make up the vast majority.
Others (estimates):
Philippines
180,780
Nepal
21,900
Christians 870,000;
Indonesia
165,750
Pakistan
20,500
India
30,870
Canada
17,370
Muslims 300,000;
Thailand
27,200
Malaysia
14,820
Hindus 100,000;
United States
24,370
United Kingdom
11,320
Sikhs 12,000;
Sub-total
514,880
Jews 3,000.
Weather
Average annual rainfall
2,398.5mm
Wettest period
Hourly
Daily
Monthly
145.5mm (7 June 2008) 534.1mm (19 July 1926) 1,346.1mm (June 2008)
Driest
10% humidity (16 January 1959)
Employment
Total in employment': 3.80 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)
1,161,200 31% of total in employment 1,006,100 26% of total in employment 760,300 20% of total in employment
428,700
11% of total in employment
321,100 8% of total in employment
101,700 3% of total in employment
3.3%
$15,500 per month (May-June 2015)
# Provisional figures, or figures subject to later revision.
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Highest temperature 36.3°C (8 August 2015) Lowest temperature
0.0°C (18 January 1893)
Highest wind speed (gust)
259km/h at HK Observatory, 284km/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: 2.4%′ Inflation affecting consumers
Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: 3.0%
Transport
Roads
The 2,101km of roads carry 728,263 licensed vehicles, or about 347 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
406,048 flights; 68.5 million passengers; 4.38 million tonnes of freight
Shipping movements
29,010 ocean vessel arrivals; 28,110 ocean vessel departures; 257 million tonnes port cargo throughput
Container throughput
20.07 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units
'Accommodation services' refers to hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments providing short-term accommodation.