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E. Demographic composition of the population
According to the most recent estimate, the population of Hong Kong in mid-1990 was 5,754,800.
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There is no up-to-date information on the racial characteristics of the population of Hong Kong. Information on place of birth, which is not the same as race, was elicited in the 1991 By-Census. According to the 1991 Population Census, 5,522,300 residents were enumerated, of whom 3,299,600 (59.8 per cent) were born in Hong Kong, 1,967,500 (35.6 per cent) in China, including Macau and Taiwan, and the remaining 255,200 (4.6 per cent) in various other countries. Details are shown below.
1991 Hong Kong Population Census :
Number of Enumerated Residents by Place of Birth
Number
Percent
Hong Kong
3,299,600
59.8
China (including Macau
1,967,500
35.6
and Taiwan)
Philippines
66,100
1.2
Indonesia
40,700
0.7
United Kingdom
23,700
0.4
India, Pakistan,
14,300
0.3
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka
Thailand
14,100
0.3
Malaysia
12,800
0.2
Japan
11,200
0.2
USA
Vietnam
Elsewhere
11,200
0.2
10,300
0.2
50,800
0.9
Total :
5,522,300
100.0
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