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Hong Kong: The Facts

Population: 6.8571 million (as at mid-2006)

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

Marine

1.27 million

18.5%

2.02 million

29.4%

Age structure Median age: 39.6

Under 15: 13.7%

65 and over: 12.4%

3.57 million

52.1%

Sex ratio

+

§

Overall: 912 males per 1 000 females

Under 15: 1 063

65 and over: 856

Overall density

6 350 people per square kilometre. The most densely populated District Council district is Kwun Tong with a density of 52 070 persons per square kilometre. Housing

At the end of 2006, about 2.1 million people lived in public rental housing estates of the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society. The number of flats was 715 700.

In 2006, Hong Kong had 2.22 million domestic households: 53.7% occupied by the owners, 41.8% by tenants, and 4.5% by persons living in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers.

Area: 1 104 square km

9.6# per 1 000 popn

Expectation of life at birth Male 79.5 years#

Nationalities Predominantly of Chinese descent Total number for all nationalities: (as at end 2006)

Crude birth rate

Crude death rate 5.4# per 1 000 popn

Female 85.6 years#

US

26 550

95%

India

22 280

Canada

18 590

517 300

Nepal

17 830

Australia

14 590

Largest groups:

Pakistan

14 380

Philippines

133 100

Malaysia

14 360

Indonesia

120 790

Sub-total

410 760

Hong Kong Island & adjacent islands Kowloon

81 sq km

Thailand

28 290

47 sq km

New Territories-mainland

748 sq km

Religion and Custom

New Territories-islands

228 sq km

(Lantau 146.8 sq km; others 81.6 sq km) -Reclamation since 1887

68 sq km

Buddhists and Taoists make up the vast majority. Others (estimates): Christians 660 000; Muslims 90 000; Hindus 40 000; Sikhs 8 000; Jews 3 000.

Weather

Average annual rainfall 2 214.3 mm Wettest period

Hourly

115.1 mm (July 16, 2006)

daily

534.1 mm (July 19, 1926)

monthly

Driest

1 241.1 mm (May 1889)

10% humidity (January 16, 1959)

Employment

Total employment#: 3.47 million in 2006

Major Employment Sectors in 2006#

Wholesale, retail and

import and 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)

1 183 200

34% of total employment

906 200

26% of total employment

536 500

15% of total employment

366 200

11% of total employment

278 600

8% of total employment

176 600

5% of total employment

4.8% in 2006 $11,261 per month

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

end-March 2007

# provisional figures

t less than 0.005 million

§ less than 0.05%

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): 6.8% in 2006

Inflation affecting consumers

Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: 2.0% in 2006

Transport

Roads

The 1 984 km of roads (as at end-2006) carry 552 980 licensed vehicles, or about 279 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

2006#-280 412 flights; 43.28 million passengers; 3.58 million tonnes of freight

Shipping movements

2006-39 020 ocean vessel arrivals; 39 440 departures;

port cargo throughput 238.2 million tonnes

Container throughput

2006-23.54 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units