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Hong Kong: The Facts

Population: 6.9259 million (as at mid-2007)

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

Marine

1.29 million

18.6%

Age structure

2.03 million

29.4%

Median age: 39.9

Under 15: 13.3% 65 and over: 12.6%

3.60 million

52.0%

Sex ratio

+

§

Overall: 904 males per 1 000 females

Under 15: 1 065

65 and over: 859

Overall density

6 410 people per square kilometre. The most densely populated District Council district is Kwun Tong with a density of 51 790 persons per square kilometre. Housing

At the end of 2007, 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 711 300.

In 2007, Hong Kong had 2.24 million domestic households: 53.2% occupied by the owners, 42.9% by tenants, and 3.8% by persons living in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers.

Area: 1 104.27 square km

Crude birth rate 10.1# per 1 000 population

Crude death rate 5.6# per 1 000 population

Expectation of life at birth Male 79.3 years#

Nationalities

Predominantly of Chinese descent Total number for all nationalities: (as at end 2007) Largest groups:

Female 85.4 years#

USA

27 230

95%

India

23 300

Canada

19 580

534 430

Nepal

17 490

Pakistan

15 030

Australia

14 470

Philippines

136 320

Indonesia

Hong Kong Island & adjacent islands Kowloon

80.48 sq km

Thailand

131 500 28 380

Malaysia Sub-total

14 420

427 720

46.94 sq km

New Territories-mainland

748.06 sq km

Religion and Custom

New Territories-islands

228.79 sq km

(Lantau 147.16 sq km; others 81.63 sq km) -Reclamation since 1887

68.12 sq km

Buddhists and Taoists make up the vast majority. Others (estimates): Christians 660 000; Muslims 90 000; Hindus 40 000; Sikhs 10 000; Jews 3 000.

Weather

Average annual rainfall 2 382.7 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#: 3.50 million in 2007

Major Employment Sectors in 2007#

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)

1 188 500

34% of total employment

923 000

26% of total employment

550 400

16% of total employment

365 400

10% of total employment

279 100

8% of total employment

170 000

5% of total employment

4.0% in 2007 $11,325 per month

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

end-March 2008

# provisional figures

+ less than 0.005 million

§ less than 0.05%

@Figure is subject to revision later on

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

(in chained (2005) dollars):

6.3% in 2007

Inflation affecting consumers

Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: 2.0% in 2007

Transport

Roads

The 2 009 km of roads (as at end-2007) carry 565 071 licensed vehicles, or about 281 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

2007-295 342 flights; 46.30 million passengers; 3.74 million tonnes of freight

Shipping movements

2007-37 150 ocean vessel arrivals; 37 270 departures;

port cargo throughput 245.43 million tonnes

Container throughput

2007-24.00 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units