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Hong Kong 2015: The Facts

Population

Total: 7.3057 million (as at mid-2015)

Hong Kong Island

Kowloon

New Territories

Marine

1.26 million

2.21 million

3.84 million

< 0.005 million

Age structure (as at mid-2015)

Area

Total: 1,105.69 sq km

17.2%

30.2%

Hong Kong Island & adjacent islands Kowloon

80.68 sq km

46.94 sq km

52.6%

New Territories-mainland

748.06 sq km

< 0.05%

New Territories-islands

230.01 sq km

69.54 sq km)

Median age: 43.1 Under 15: 11.3% 65 and over: 15.3%

Sex ratio (as at mid-2015)

Overall: 855 males per 1,000 females

Under 15: 1,070

65 and over: 875

8.2 per 1,000 population

Crude birth rate

Crude death rate

Expectation of life at birth

6.3 per 1,000 population

Male: 81.2 years'

Ethnicity and nationality

Female: 87.3 years'

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

Non-PRC nationals physically present in Hong Kong (as at end- 2015): 623,730

Largest groups (as at end-2015):

(Lantau 147.16 sq km; others 82.85 sq km) (Reclamation since 1887

Overall density (as at mid-2015)

6,760 people per square kilometre. The most densely populated District Council district is Kwun Tong, with a density of 57,359 people per square kilometre.

Housing

About 2.15 million people live in 788,800 public rental housing units under the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society. Of Hong Kong's 2.47 million domestic households, 50% owned the accommodation, 46% 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

180,780

Nepal

21,900

Christians 870,000;

Indonesia

165,750

Pakistan

20,500

India

30,870

Canada

17,370

Muslims 300,000;

Thailand

27,200

Malaysia

14,820

Hindus 100,000;

United States

24,370

United Kingdom

11,320

Sikhs 12,000;

Sub-total

514,880

Jews 3,000.

Weather

Average annual rainfall

2,398.5mm

Wettest period

Hourly

Daily

Monthly

145.5mm (7 June 2008) 534.1mm (19 July 1926) 1,346.1mm (June 2008)

Driest

10% humidity (16 January 1959)

Employment

Total in employment': 3.80 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)

1,161,200 31% of total in employment 1,006,100 26% of total in employment 760,300 20% of total in employment

428,700

11% of total in employment

321,100 8% of total in employment

101,700 3% of total in employment

3.3%

$15,500 per month (May-June 2015)

# Provisional figures, or figures subject to later revision.

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Highest temperature 36.3°C (8 August 2015) Lowest temperature

0.0°C (18 January 1893)

Highest wind speed (gust)

259km/h at HK Observatory, 284km/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: 2.4%′ Inflation affecting consumers

Year-on-year rate of change in Composite CPI: 3.0%

Transport

Roads

The 2,101km of roads carry 728,263 licensed vehicles, or about 347 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

406,048 flights; 68.5 million passengers; 4.38 million tonnes of freight

Shipping movements

29,010 ocean vessel arrivals; 28,110 ocean vessel departures; 257 million tonnes port cargo throughput

Container throughput

20.07 million Twenty-foot Equivalent Units

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