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Preliminary population estimate from population by-census
A preliminary estimate of the population of Hong Kong as compiled from the 1996 Population By-census conducted in March shows a resident population of 6,210,000 on March 15, the Census and Statistics Department announces today (Tuesday).
The estimate includes 190,000 residents who were reported to be temporarily away from Hong Kong on the by-census reference date.
For the geographical distribution of the resident population, 1.3 million were on Hong Kong Island, or 21 per cent of the total; 2 million in Kowloon or 32 per cent; and 2.9 million in the New Territories, or 47 per cent. There were still some 10 000 residents being the marine population.
The by-census data are being processed and summary results will be released in November.
As the preliminary population figures were based on work records compiled by enumerators, they may differ marginally from the estimates which will be available later based on data being validated and processed by the computer.
A spokesman of the Census and Statistics Department said in February, a population estimate of 6.31 million people as at end-1995 had been released.
He said: "The figure of 6.31 million is an estimate of the total number of people in Hong Kong as at end-1995, hence visitors and Vietnamese migrants are included.
"Taking into account such factors and the difference in time reference, the by- census preliminary figure of 6.21 million for the resident population as at mid-March 1996 indicates that the series of half-yearly population estimates released have been of the right order of magnitude."
The population estimate in respect of mid-1996 will be compiled based on the by-census population estimate and figures on births, deaths, arrivals and departures during March to June, and will be released in the middle of September.
Retrospective adjustments will be made to previously published population estimates for recent years for a coherent series of half-yearly population estimates.
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