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Hong Kong: The Facts

Population: 7.0716 million (as at mid-2011)

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

Marine

Overall density

1.27 million

18%

2.11 million

29.8%

3.69 million

52.2%

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6 540 people per square kilometre. The most densely populated District Council district is Kwun Tong with a density of 55 200 persons per square kilometre. Housing

At the end of 2011, 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 761 200.

In 2011, Hong Kong had 2.36 million domestic households: 53.2% occupied by the owners, 43% by tenants, and 3.8% by persons living in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers.

Area: 1 104.41 square km

Age structure

Median age: 41.7 Under 15: 11.6% 65 and over: 13.3%

Sex ratio

Overall: 876 males per 1 000 females

Under 15: 1 073 65 and over: 871

Crude birth rate

13.5# per 1 000 population

Crude death rate 5.9# per 1 000 population

Expectation of life at birth Male 80.5 years#

Nationalities Predominantly of Chinese descent (as at mid-2011) Total number for all nationalities: (as at end 2011) Largest groups:

Female 86.7 years#

USA

29 080

Thailand

27 900

94%

India

26 700

Canada

20 760

597 000

Nepal

19 730

Pakistan

18 510

Malaysia

14 850

Indonesia

164 260

Australia

13 080

Hong Kong Island & adjacent islands Kowloon

80.62 sq km

Philippines

153 060

Sub-total

487 930

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

68.26 sq km

Buddhists and Taoists make up the vast majority. Others (estimates): Christians 843 000; Muslims 220 000; Hindus 40 000; Sikhs 10 000; Jews 3 000.

Weather

Average annual rainfall 2 398.5 mm

Wettest period

Hourly

145.5 mm (June 7, 2008)

daily

534.1 mm (July 19, 1926)

monthly

1 346.1 mm (June 2008)

Driest

10% humidity (January 16, 1959)

Employment

Total employment@: 3.62 million in 2011

1 152 700

Major Employment Sectors in 2011@ 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)

32% of total employment

939 500

26% of total employment 698 200

19% of total employment

416 900

12% of total employment

281 400

8% of total employment 115 000

3% of total employment 3.4% in 2011 $12,977 per month

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

end-March 2012.

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Accommodation services sector covers hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments providing short term accommodation.

Provisional figures

+ Less than 0.005 million

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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 (2009) dollars):

5%@ in 2011

Inflation affecting consumers

Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: 5.3% in 2011

Transport

Roads

The 2 086 km of roads (as at end-2011) carry 630 281 licensed vehicles, or about 302 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

2011-333 805 flights; 52.75 million passengers; 3.94 million tonnes of freight

Shipping movements

2011-32 490 ocean vessel arrivals; 32 830 ocean vessel departures; port cargo throughput 277 million tonnes Container throughput

2011-24.38 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units