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Hong Kong: The Facts

Population: 6.9777 million (as at mid-2008)

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

Marine

Overall density

1.31 million

18.7%

2.03 million

29.1%

3.64 million

52.1%

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6 460 people per square kilometre. The most densely populated District Council district is Kwun Tong with a density of 51 600 persons per square kilometre. Housing

At the end of 2008, about 2.0 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 733 500.

In 2008, Hong Kong had 2.28 million domestic households: 52.7% occupied by the owners, 43.3% by tenants, and 4.0% by persons living in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers.

Area: 1 104.32 square km

Age structure

Median age: 40.3 Under 15: 12.9%

Sex ratio

Overall: 896 males per 1 000 females Under 15: 1 070 65 and over: 861

Crude birth rate 11.3# per 1 000 population

Expectation of life at birth Male 79.4 years#

Nationalities Predominantly of Chinese descent Total number for all nationalities: (as at end 2008)

95%

65 and over: 12.6%

Crude death rate 5.9# per 1 000 population

Female 85.5 years#

Thailand

28 220

India

24 250

Canada

20 600

551 330

Nepal

17 810

Pakistan

16 060

Largest groups:

Malaysia

14 710

Indonesia

141 010

Australia

13 710

Philippines

138 370

Sub-total

443 360

Hong Kong Island & adjacent islands Kowloon

80.53 sq km

USA

28 620

46.94 sq km

New Territories-mainland

748.06 sq km

New Territories-islands

228.79 sq km

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

Religion and Custom

Buddhists and Taoists make up the vast majority. Others (estimates): Christians 670 000; Muslims 220 000; Hindus 40 000; Sikhs 10 000; Jews 3 000.

68.17 sq km

Weather

Average annual rainfall

2 382.7 mm

Wettest period

Hourly

daily

monthly

Driest

145.5 mm (June 7, 2008)

534.1 mm (July 19, 1926)

1 346.1 mm (June 2008)

10% humidity (January 16, 1959)

Employment

Total employment#: 3.54 million in 2008

Major Employment Sectors in 2008#

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)

1 187 500

34% of total employment

940 800

27% of total employment

588 000

17% of total employment

368 400

10% of total employment

270 300

8% of total employment

163 500

5% of total employment

3.6% in 2008 $11,079 per month

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

end-March 2009

# 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 (2006) dollars);

2.5%

in 2008

Inflation affecting consumers

Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: 4.3% in 2008

Transport

Roads

The 2 040 km of roads (as at end-2008) carry 575 106 licensed vehicles, or about 282 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

2008-301 142 flights; 47.14 million passengers; 3.63 million tonnes of freight

Shipping movements

2008-35 850 ocean vessel arrivals; 35 970 ocean vessel departures; port cargo throughput 259.40 million tonnes

Container throughput

2008-24.49 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units