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Hong Kong: The Facts

Population: 7.0037 million (as at mid-2009)

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

Marine

1.29 million

18.5%

2.06 million

29.5%

3.64 million

52.0%

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Age structure

Median age: 40.7 Under 15: 12.5% 65 and over: 12.8%

Sex ratio

Overall: 889 males per 1 000 females

Under 15: 1 069

65 and over: 864

Overall density

6 480 people per square kilometre. The most densely populated District Council district is Kwun Tong with a density of 53 110 persons per square kilometre.

Housing

At the end of 2009, 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 745 400.

In 2009, Hong Kong had 2.31 million domestic households: 52.3% occupied by the owners, 43.9% by tenants, and 3.8% by persons living in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers.

Area: 1 104.38 square km

Crude birth rate 11.7 per 1 000 population

Crude death rate 5.7# per 1 000 population

Expectation of life at birth Male 79.8 years#

Nationalities Predominantly of Chinese descent Total number for all nationalities: (as at end 2009) Largest groups:

Female 86.1 years#

USA

26 660

95%

India

24 200

Canada

19 840

553 500

Nepal

18 220

Pakistan

16 910

Malaysia

14 400

Indonesia

147 880

Australia

13 040

Philippines

140 710

Sub-total

449 910

Hong Kong Island & adjacent islands Kowloon

80.59 sq km

Thailand

28 050

46.94 sq km

Religion and Custom

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

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.

68.21 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#: 3.50 million in 2009

Major Employment Sectors in 2009#

Import/export, wholesale

and retail trades, and accommodation and food services

Public administration, and social and personal services Financing and insurance, real estate, and professional and business services Transportation, storage, postal and courier services, and information and communications

Construction

Manufacturing

Unemployment rate Average wages

(All selected industries)

1 149 000

33% of total employment

879 000

25% of total employment 638 700

18% of total employment

414 500

12% of total employment

266 700

8% of total employment 133 300

4% of total employment

5.4% in 2009 $11,342 per month

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

end-March 2010

# 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 (2007) dollars):

-2.7%@ in 2009

Inflation affecting consumers

Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: 0.5% in 2009

Transport

Roads

The 2 050 km of roads (as at end-2009) carry 584 070 licensed vehicles, or about 285 vehicles per kilometre

Bridges

Longest: Tsing Ma suspension bridge (main span

1 377 metres) and the cable-stayed Stonecutters Bridge (main span of 1 018 metres)

Air movements

2009# 279 429 flights; 44.97 million passengers; 3.35 million tonnes of freight

Shipping movements

2009-33 160 ocean vessel arrivals; 33 330 ocean vessel departures; port cargo throughput 243 million tonnes

Container throughput

2009-21.04 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units