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Hong Kong 2013: The Facts

Population

Total: 7.1875 million (as at mid-2013)

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

Marine

1.28 million

2.16 million

3.75 million

< 0.005 million

Age structure (as at mid-2013)

Area

Total: 1,104.46 square km

17.7%

Hong Kong Island & adjacent islands Kowloon

80.67 sq km

30.0%

46.94 sq km

New Territories-mainland

748.06 sq km

52.2%

New Territories-islands

228.79 sq km

< 0.05%

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

68.31 sq km)

Median age: 42.5 Under 15: 11.1% 65 and over: 14.2%

Sex ratio (as at mid-2013)

Overall: 864 males per 1,000 females

Under 15: 1,068

Crude birth rate

65 and over: 872

7.9# per 1,000 population

Crude death rate

5.9# per 1,000 population

Expectation of life at birth

Male 80.9 years#

Ethnicity and nationality

Female 86.6 years#

Predominantly of Chinese ethnicity (as at mid-2011): 94%

Non-PRC nationals physically present in Hong Kong (as at end-

2012): 603,230

Largest groups (as at end-2013):

Overall density (as at mid-2013)

6,650 people per square kilometre. The most densely populated District Council district is Kwun Tong with a density of 57,120 persons per square kilometre.

Housing

About 2.09 million people live in the 780,300 public rental housing units under the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society. Of Hong Kong's 2.4 million domestic households, 51% owned the accommodation, 45% were tenants and 4% lived in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers.

Religion and custom

Buddhists and Tacists make up the vast majority. Others (estimates):

Philippines

168,850

Nepal

20,470

Christians 860,000;

Indonesia

165,170

Pakistan

19,350

Muslims 300,000;

India

28,920

Canada

19,160

Hindus 40,000;

USA

27,690

Malaysia

15,070

Thailand

27,390

United Kingdom Sub-total

Sikhs 10,000;

12,380

504,450

Jews 3,000.

Weather

Average annual rainfall

Wettest period

Hourly

Daily

Monthly

Driest

10% humidity (16 January 1959)

Employment

2,398.5 mm

145.5 mm (7 June 2008)

534.1 mm (19 July 1926) 1,346.1 mm (June 2008)

Total in employment#: 3.74 million

Major employment sectors# 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

Median wage

(non-Government employees)

1,181,400 32% of total in employment 970,300 26% of total in employment 723,400 19% of total in employment

431,000

12% of total in employment

311,600 8% of total in employment

107,800 3% of total in employment

3.4%

$14,100 per month (May-June 2013)

# Provisional figures, or figures subject to later revision.

Highest temperature

36.1°C (19 August 1900 and 18 August 1990)

Lowest temperature

0.0°C (18 January 1893)

Highest wind speed (gust)

259 km/h at HK Observatory, 284 km/h at Tate's Cairn (Typhoon Wanda, 1 September 1962)

The Economy

Economic growth

Year-on-year rate of change in GDP in real terms: 2.9%# Inflation affecting consumers

Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: 4,3%

Transport

Roads

The 2,093 km of roads carry 680,914 licensed vehicles, or about 325 vehicles per kilometre

Bridges

Longest: Tsing Ma suspension bridge (main span 1,377 metres) and the cable-stayed Stonecutters Bridge (main span 1,018 metres)

Air movements

372,080 flights; 59.9 million passengers; 4.13 million tonnes of freight

Shipping movements

29,920 ocean vessel arrivals; 30,410 ocean vessel departures; 276 million tonnes port cargo throughput

Container throughput

22.35 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units

A 'Accommodation services' refers to hotels, guesthouses, boarding houses and other establishments providing short-term accommodation.