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Hong Kong: The Facts

Population: 7.0678 million (as at mid-2010)

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

Marine

1.30 million

18.3%

2.09 million

29.6%

3.68 million

52.1%

t

$

Age structure

Median age: 41.1 Under 15: 12.1%

Sex ratio

Overall: 881 males per 1 000 females Under 15: 1 071

65 and over: 12.9%

65 and over: 864

Crude birth rate

Crude death rate

Overall density

6 540 people per square kilometre. The most densely populated District Council district is Kwun Tong with a density of 54 530 persons per square kilometre. Housing

At the end of 2010, about 2.07 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 746 800.

In 2010, Hong Kong had 2.33 million domestic households: 51.9% occupied by the owners, 44.7% by tenants, and 3.4% by persons living in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers. Area: 1 104.39 square km

12.5# per 1 000 population 5.9# per 1 000 population

Expectation of life at birth Male 80.0 years#

Female 85.9 years#

USA

27 870

95%

India

25 550

Canada

20 450

574 790

Nepal

18 830

Pakistan

18 120

Malaysia

14 690

156 320

Australia

13 080

144 460

Sub-total

467 440

28 070

Nationalities Predominantly of Chinese descent Total number for all nationalities: (as at end 2010) Largest groups:

Indonesia

Religion and Custom

Buddhists and Taoists make up the vast majority. Others (estimates): Christians 833 000; Muslims 220 000; Hindus 40 000; Sikhs 10 000; Jews 3 000.

Philippines

Hong Kong Island & adjacent islands Kowloon

80.60 sq km

Thailand

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

68.24 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 2010

Major Employment Sectors in 2010@ 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)

1 139 400

32% of total employment

899 600

26% of total employment

654 900

19% of total employment

414 200

12% of total employment

271 100

8% of total employment 121 000

3% of total employment 4.4% in 2010 $12,003 per month

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

end-March 2011

# Provisional figures

† Less than 0.005 million

§ Less than 0.05%

@Figures are 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 (2008) dollars):

6.8%

in 2010

Inflation affecting consumers

Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: 2.4% in 2010

Transport

Roads

The 2 076 km of roads (as at end-2010) carry 607 796 licensed vehicles, or about 293 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

2010-306 533 flights; 49.77 million passengers; 4.13 million tonnes of freight

Shipping movements

2010-32 650 ocean vessel arrivals; 32 950 ocean vessel departures; port cargo throughput 268 million tonnes

Container throughput

2010-23.70 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units