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Hong Kong
Community
Area� square kilometres
1,069 (1985)
1,108 (2014)
Reclaimed from the sea, square kilometres, since 1945
22 (1985)
54 (2000)
Land area 1,073 square kilometres (2014)
Population,
5,000 (1841)
24,000 (1845)
37,051 (1851)
119,000 (1861)
123,898 (1871)
254,000 (1898)*
297,212 (1901)
840,318 (1931)
1,047,768 (1940)
2,360,000 (1950) +125.2%
3,065,000 (1960) +29.9%
3,875,000 (1970) +26.4%
4,915,000 (1980) +26.8%
5,780,000 (1990) +17.6%
6,665,000 (2000) +15.3%
7,025,000 (2010) +5,4%
7,482,000 (2020) +6.5%
*New territories added 1898, population ca. 100,000.
Ethnicity
|
|
Born in HK |
Born in China (not HK) |
Born outside China/HK |
|
1901 |
|
|
5.0 |
|
1960 |
|
|
1.5 |
|
2001 |
59.7 |
33.7 |
6.6 |
|
2006 |
60.3 |
33.5 |
6.2 |
|
2012 |
|
|
6.9 |
Religion
|
|
Animist |
Christian |
Hindu |
Islam |
No religion |
|
1901 |
89.4 |
2.1 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
|
1970 |
52.0 |
15.7 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
7.6 |
|
2006 |
|
10.0 |
|
|
|
|
2012 |
|
11.6 |
1.3 |
4.1 |
|
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1952 |
|
38.0 (+29.0) |
79.0 |
9.0 |
30.4 |
2.5 |
80.1 |
|
1962 |
5.0 |
33.0 (+26.3) |
22.0 |
6.3 |
40.9 |
2.9 |
85.9 |
|
1972 |
3.3 |
20.0 (+14.8) |
|
5.2 |
34.5 |
4.6 |
88.5 |
|
1980 |
2.0 |
17.0 (+12.0) |
|
5.0 |
25.3 |
6.4 |
91.5 |
|
1990 |
1.3 |
12.0 (+6.8) |
6.5 |
5.2 |
20.8 |
8.8 |
99.5 |
|
2000 |
1.0 |
8.0 (+2.9) |
3.5 |
5.1 |
16.9 |
11.0 |
100 |
|
2010 |
1.1 |
13.0 (+7.0) |
2.9 |
6.0 |
11.9 |
13.0 |
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|
2014 |
1.2 |
8.6 (+1.4) |
2.7 |
6.2 |
11.1 |
14.7 |
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|
2015 |
1.2 |
8.2 (+1.9) |
|
6.3 |
11.2 |
15.2 |
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|
2016 |
|
|
|
|
|
15.8 |
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|
2017 |
1.1 |
7.7 (+1.4) |
|
6.3 |
|
|
� |
|
2018 |
|
|
|
|
11.9 |
|
100 |
Life expectancy,
61.0 (1952); 57.0 (M), 65.0 (F)
67.0 (1960); 63.4 (M), 70.7 (F)
71.4 (1970); 67.9 (M), 75.1 (F)
74.7 (1980); 71.6 (M), 77.9 (F)
77.4 (1990); 74.6 (M), 80.3 (F)
80.9 (2000); 78.0 (M), 83.9 (F)
83.0 (2010); 80.1 (M), 86.0 (F)
84.9 (2020); 82.0 (M), 87.8 (F)
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1960 |
1,320 |
0.24 |
429 |
14.27 |
|
1965 |
2,435 |
0.33 |
677 |
17.69 |
|
1970 |
3,880 |
0.37 |
959 |
18.28 |
|
1975 |
10,000 |
0.61 |
2,268 |
29.00 |
|
1980 |
28,510 |
1.02 |
5,648 |
44.83 |
|
1985 |
34,870 |
0.83 |
6,368 |
34.86 |
|
1990 |
74,780 |
1.29 |
13,114 |
54.74 |
|
1995 |
139,240 |
1.88 |
22,601 |
75.17 |
|
2000 |
163,220 |
1.64 |
24,638 |
67.59 |
|
2005 |
177,700 |
1.36 |
26,650 |
60.15 |
|
2010 |
226,500 |
1.51 |
31,760 |
65.66 |
|
2015 |
309,400 |
1.72 |
42,351 |
75.35 |
|
2016 |
321,000 |
1.73 |
43,681 |
76.01 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1960 |
|
8.0 |
|
52.0 |
|
40.0 |
|
1980 |
|
3.0 |
|
57.0 |
|
40.0 |
|
1990 |
|
1.0 |
26.7 |
35.0 |
72.0 |
64.0 |
|
2000 |
|
0.0 |
13.0 |
|
87.0 |
|
|
2010 |
|
0.0 |
7.6 |
15.0 |
92.3 |
85.0 |
|
2016 |
0.1 |
|
7.2 |
|
92.8 |
|
Communications
Language Official; Chinese and English. Figures below are for first language; many citizens speak both Chinese and English.
|
|
Chinese Cantonese |
Chinese Other |
English |
|
1945 |
95.0 |
|
5.0 |
|
2006 |
90.6 |
4.0 |
2.8 |
|
2016 |
94.6 |
|
4.3 |
Literacy
70.0% (1960)
77.0% (1976)
87.8% (1985)
92.2% (1995); 96.0% (M), 88.2% (F)
93.5% (2000); 96.9% (M), 89.6% (F)
Physical communications � roads and railways, Hong Kong Metro opened 1979
|
|
Roads (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Railways (km) |
Hong Kong Metro km (stations) |
|
1938 |
621 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1955 |
|
24,700 |
20,200 |
|
|
|
|
1964 |
|
69,800 |
|
|
34 |
|
|
1970 |
1,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
1,200 |
|
|
|
34 |
(37) |
|
1990 |
1,400 |
370,000 |
220,000 |
114,000 |
|
|
|
2000 |
1,900 |
530,000 |
|
116,000 |
143 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
351,000 |
|
229 |
91 (53) |
|
2010 |
2,067 |
562,000 |
|
|
|
174.4 (82) |
|
2015 |
2,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2016 |
|
|
525,193 |
|
|
|
Electronic communications, TV broadcasting began 1957
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
17,000 |
|
11,620 |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
80,000 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
165,000 |
|
|
|
|
1969 |
473,367 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
1,278,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1984 |
|
1,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
1985 |
|
4,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
1988 |
|
|
3,000,000 |
1,400,000 |
140,000 |
|
|
1990 |
2,475,000 |
134,000 |
3,800,000 |
1,550,000 |
260,000 |
|
|
1995 |
|
799,000 |
4,200,000 |
1,750,000 |
950,000 |
|
|
1998 |
|
|
|
|
|
850,000 |
|
2000 |
3,926,000 |
5,447,000 |
4,560,000 |
3,300,000 |
2,677,000 |
1,850,000 |
|
2005 |
|
8,693,400 |
|
3,400,000 |
4,172,000 |
3,530,000 |
|
2010 |
4,354,000 |
12,750,000 |
|
|
|
4,890,000 |
|
2016 |
4,323,291 |
16,736,000 |
|
|
|
6,066,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Hong Kong,
618,410 (1968)
1,295,462 (1974)
2,500,000 (1981)
3,490,000 (1985)
4,500,000 (1988)
7,000,000 (1992)
8,814,000 (2000)
14,773,000 (2005)
20,085,000 (2010)
26,686,000 (2015)
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