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Hong Kong 2014: The Facts

Population

Total: 7.2417 million (as at mid-2014)

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

Marine

1.27 million

2.19 million

3.78 million

< 0.005 million

Age structure (as at mid-2014)

Area

Total: 1,105.62 square km

17.5%

30.3%

Hong Kong Island & adjacent islands Kowloon

80.68 sq km

46.94 sq km

52.2%

New Territories-mainland

748.06 sq km

< 0.05%

New Territories-islands

229.94 sq km

(Lantau 147.16 sq km; others 82.78 sq km) (Reclamation since 1887

69.47 sq km)

Median age: 42.8 Under 15: 11.1% 65 and over: 14.7%

Sex ratio (as at mid-2014)

Overall: 858 males per 1,000 females

Under 15: 1,067

Crude birth rate

65 and over: 874

8.6# per 1,000 population

Crude death rate

6.2# per 1,000 population

Male: 81.2 years#

Ethnicity and nationality

Expectation of life at birth

Female: 86.7 years#

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

Non-PRC nationals physically present in Hong Kong (as at end- 2014): 616,400

Largest groups (as at end-2014):

Overall density (as at mid-2014)

6,690 people per square kilometre. The most densely populated District Council district is Kwun Tong with a density of 57,250 persons per square kilometre.

Housing

About 2.11 million people live in the 782,400 public rental housing units under the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society. Of Hong Kong's 2.43 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 Taoists make up the vast majority.

Others (estimates):

Philippines

173,830

Nepal

21,160

Christians 870,000;

Indonesia

164,720

Pakistan

19,880

India

29,870

Canada

18,440

Muslims 300,000;

Thailand

27,150

Malaysia

14,900

Hindus 40,000;

USA

25,900

United Kingdom

11,660

Sikhs 12,000;

Sub-total

507,510

Jews 3,000.

Weather

Average annual rainfall

Wettest period

Hourly

Daily

Monthly

Driest

10% humidity (16 January 1959)

Employment

2,398.5 mm

Total in employment#: 3.76 million

145.5 mm (7 June 2008)

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

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)

#

1,185,000 32% of total in employment 974,900 26% of total in employment 739,700 20% of total in employment 427,400

11% of total in employment

308,400 8% of total in employment

106,800 3% of total in employment

3.3%

$14,800 per month (May-June 2014)

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: 2.3%# Inflation affecting consumers

Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: 4.4%

Transport

Roads

The 2,099 km of roads carry 699,540 licensed vehicles, or about 333 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

390,955 flights; 63.3 million passengers; 4.38 million tonnes of freight

Shipping movements

30,180 ocean vessel arrivals; 28,940 ocean vessel departures; 298 million tonnes port cargo throughput

Container throughput

22.23 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units

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