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Hong Kong: The Facts

Population: 6.787 million (as at mid-2002)

Hong Kong Island

1.30 million

19.1%

Age structure

Kowloon

2.03 million

29.9%

Median age: 37.5

Under 15: 16.1%

Over 64: 11.4%

New Territories

3.46 million

51.0%

Sex ratio

Marine

0.01 million

0.1%

Overall: 946 males per 1 000 females

Under 15: 1 067

Over 64: 859

Overall density

Crude birth rate

7.1# per 1 000 popn

Crude death rate 5.0# per 1 000 popn

6 300 people per square kilometre.

Kwun Tong District has 50 570 people

per square kilometre.

Housing

2.1 million people live in public rental housing, which includes 684 500 flats. In 2002, Hong Kong had

2.13 million domestic households: 52.6% occupied by the owners, 42.7% by tenants, and 4.7% by persons living in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers.

Area: 1 102 square km

Expectation of life at birth

Male 78.7#

Nationalities Predominantly of

Chinese descent

Total foreign passport-holders (end-2002):

Largest groups

Female 84.7#

USA

32 340

Canada

30 600

95%

Thailand

29 260

India

22 150

Australia

20 610

UK

20 100

529 870

Nepal

17 610

Malaysia

14 440

Philippines

142 640

Japan

14 150

Hong Kong Island & adjacent islands Kowloon

81 square km

Indonesia

85 240

Sub-total

429 140

47 square km

New Territories-mainland

747 square km

Religion and Custom

New Territories--islands

227 square km

(Lantau 146 sq. km; others 81 sq. km)

Buddhists and Taoists make up the vast majority.

Christians 536 000; Muslims 70 000;

Hindus 15 000;

Reclamation since 1887

66 square km

Sikhs 8 000; Jews 1 500.

Weather

Average annual rainfall

2 214.3 mm

Wettest period

Hourly

daily

monthly

Driest

109.9 mm (May 8, 1992)

534.1 mm (July 19, 1926)

1 241.1 mm (May 1889)

10% humidity (January 16, 1959)

Employment

Total employment#: 3.24 million in 2002

Major Employment Sectors in 2002#

Wholesale, retail and import/export trades, restaurants and hotels

Community, social and personal services

Financing, insurance, real estate and business services

Transport, storage and communications

Construction

Manufacturing

Unemployment rate Average wages

(All selected industries)

1 028 500

32% of total employment

848 600

26% of total employment

487 900

15% of total employment

355 800

11% of total employment

294 600

9% of total employment

193 500

6% of total employment

7.3%

$10,951 per month

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

end-March 2003,

# 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 (gust)

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 (2000) market prices)

2.3% in 2002

Inflation affecting consumers

Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: -3.0% in 2002

Transport

Roads

The 1 924 km of roads carry 525 551 licensed vehicles, or about 273 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

2002-206 705 flights; 33.45 million passengers; 2.48 million tonnes of freight

Shipping movements

2002-35 620 ocean vessel arrivals; 34 910 departures;

port cargo throughput 192.5 million tonnes

Container throughput

19.1 million TEUS