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Hong Kong: The Facts

Population: 6.725 million (as at mid-2001)

Hong Kong Island

1.33 million

19.7%

Age structure

Kowloon

2.02 million

30.1%

Median age: 36.8

Under 15: 16.4%

Over 64: 11.2%

New Territories

3.37 million

50.1%

Sex ratio

Marine

0.01 million

0.1%

Overall: 956 males per 1 000 females

(As at July 1, 2001)

Under 15: 1 072

Over 64: 859

Crude birth rate

7.2# per 1 000 popn

Crude death rate 4.8# per 1 000 popn

Overall density

6 250 people per square kilometre.

Kwun Tong District has 50 080 people

per square kilometre.

Housing

2.12 million people live in public rental housing, which includes 685 000 flats. In 2001, Hong Kong had

2.08 million domestic households: 52.2% occupied by the owners, 43.5% by tenants, and 4.3% by persons living in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers.

Expectation of life at birth

Male 77.0#

Nationalities Predominantly of Chinese descent

Total foreign passport-holders (end-2001):

Female 82.2#

Canada

31 930

USA

31 180

95%

Thailand

29 090

India

21 880

Australia

21 020

526 510

UK

20 610

Largest groups

Nepal

17 430

Area: 1 100 square km

Philippines

147 310

Japan

14 900

Indonesia

75 330

Sub-total

410 680

Hong Kong Island

80 square km

Kowloon

47 square km

Religion and Custom

New Territories

796 square km

Outlying Islands

177 square km

-Reclamation since 1887

64 square km

Buddhists and Taoists make Christians 536 000: Muslims Sikhs 8 000; Jews 1 500.

up the vast majority.

80 000;

Hindus 15 000;

Weather

109.9 mm (May 8, 1992)

Average annual rainfall

2 214.3 mm

Wettest period

Hourly

daily

monthly

Driest

534.1 mm (July 19, 1926)

1 241.1 mm (May 1889)

10% humidity (January 16, 1959)

Employment

Total employment: 3.25 million in 2001

Major Employment Sectors in 2001

Wholesale, retail and

import/export trades,

restaurants and hotels

Community, social and personal services

Finance, insurance, real estate and business services

Transport, storage and communications

Construction

Manufacturing

Unemployment rate

Average wages

(All selected industries)

1 049 200

32% of total employment

817 300

25% of total employment

489 300

15% of total employment

362 000

11% of total employment

298 100

9% of total employment

212 500

7% of total employment

5.1%

$11,234 per month

Notes: figures presented on this page refer to those released up to

end-March 2002.

# provisional figure

Highest temperature

36,1°C (August 19, 1900 and August 18, 1990)

Lowest temperature

0.0°C (January 18, 1893)

Highest wind speed

259 km/h at HK Observatory, 284 km/h at Tate's Cairn (Typhoon Wanda, September 1, 1962)

The Economy

Economic growth

Year-on-year rate of change in GDP

(at constant (1990) market prices)

0.1% in 2001

Inflation affecting consumers

Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: -1.6% in 2001

Transport

Roads

The 1911 km of roads carry 525 376 licensed vehicles, or about 275 vehicles per kilometre.

Bridges

Longest: Tsing Ma suspension bridge (main span 1 377 metres) and the cable-stayed Ting Kau Bridge (two main spans totalling 923 metres)

Air movements

2001-196 820 flights; 32.03 million passengers; 2.07 million tonnes of freight

Shipping movements

2001-37 350 ocean vessel arrivals; 36 930 departures;

port cargo throughput 178.2 million tonnes

Container throughput

17.8 million TEUS