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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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