Demographics of Hong Kong

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Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world with an overall density of some 6,300 people per square kilometre. The term "densely populated, green city" is used to describe the majority of the people living in apartments in high-rise buildings, and most land reserved for open spaces, country parks, and woodland.

According to statistics released in 2006, Hong Kong has the world’s lowest birth rate--0.9 per woman of child-bearing age, far below the replacement rate of 2.1. With just 966 babies being born to every 1000 fertile women, it is estimated that 26.8% of the population will be aged 65 or more in 2033, up from 12.1% in 2005.

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[edit] Census data

Year Count Source
1841 5000-7,500 census 1841[1]
1848 24,000 [1]
1855 72,000 [1]
1862 120,000 [2]
1881 160,402 Britannica 1911
1891 221,441 Britannica 1911
1901 283,978 Britannica 1911
1906 326,961
1916 530,000 [2]
1921 625,166 [3]
1925 725,000 [2]
1931 849,800 census 1931
1941 1,600,000 [2]
1945 600,000 [4]
1945 750,000 [5]
1950 2,200,000 [4]
1960 3,000,000 [6]
1971 4,000,000 [6]
1980 5,000,000 [4]
1985 5,500,000 [4]
1995 6,300,000 [4]
1999 6,900,000 [4]
2003 6,900,000 2003, UN
2005 6,965,900 census 2005
2006 6,994,500 census 2006
2008 7,018,636 [7]
People of Hong Kong
People of Hong Kong

Age structure: (End of 2006 est.) [8]

 0-14 years: 13.5% (male 482,500; female 452,100)
15-24 years: 13.1% (male 445,400; female 459,300)
25-34 years: 15.3% (male 462,000; female 592,000)
35-44 years: 18.1% (male 547,000; female 698,400)
45-54 years: 17.5% (male 594,200; female 613,400)
55-64 years: 10.0% (male 353,500; female 337,400)
65 and over: 12.5% (male 339,500; female 464,800)

Average age: 34 (2000 est.) Population growth rate: 1.35% (2000 est.)

Birth rate: 11.29 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate: 5.93 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate: 8.12 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.07 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.12 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female
total population: 0.914 male(s)/female (2006 est.)

Average marriage age:

male: 30
female: 27

Marriage: (2006 est.)

Never Married 32% (1,920,522)
Now married 57.8% (3,423,995)
Divorced 3.2% (189,563)
Separated 0.6% (34,722)

Infant mortality rate: 5.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 79.54 years
male: 76.85 years
female: 82.41 years (2000 est.)

Total fertility rate: 0.98 children born/woman (2006 est.)

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 92.2%
male: 96%
female: 88.2% (1996 est.)

[edit] Terminology

Han Chinese residents generally refer to themselves as Hèung Góng Yàhn (traditional Chinese: 香港人; Cantonese Yale: Hèung Góng Yàhn), literally "Hong Kong people", which are often referred to as Hong Kong Chinese (traditional Chinese: 香港華人) outside Hong Kong. Non-Han-Chinese individuals born in the area are technically classified as "Hong Kong people", though they may choose to be identified by their original heritage instead. But there is also a name to group all the people from Hong Kong, it is known as "Hong Kongers" (or sometimes Hongkongers). Recently, the word 'Hongkongese' is also found and is getting more popular to describe the unique local culture of Hong Kong or to refer to Hongkongers.[9].[10]

[edit] Population by ethnicity

Chinese make up 95% of the population with the other groups floating at around 5%[11]. The national census classify any group of European descent together. Neither are Chinese ethnic subgroups separated in the statistics.

Chinese 2001 Number  % of Total 2006 Number  % of Total
Chinese 6,364,439 94.9% 6,522,148 95.0%
Filipino 142,556 2.1% 112,453 1.6%
Indonesian 50,494 0.8% 87,840 1.3%
Caucasian 46,584 0.7% 36,384 0.5%
Indian 18,543 0.3% 20,444 0.3%
Nepalese 12,564 0.2% 15,950 0.2%
Japanese 14,180 0.2% 13,189 0.2%
Thai 14,342 0.2% 11,900 0.2%
Pakistani 11,017 0.2% 11,111 0.2%
Other Asian 12,835 0.2% 12,663 0.2%
Others 20,835 0.3% 20,264 0.3%
Total 6,708,389 100.0% 6,864,346 100.0%

[edit] Group category

Stanley Market, one of the more diverse destinations
Stanley Market, one of the more diverse destinations

The current list is in alphabetical order after category.

By Ethnicity

By Migration

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Sanderson, Edgar. [1897] (1897) The British Empire in the Nineteenth Century: Its Progress and Expansion at Home and Abroad. Blackie publishing. No ISBN digitalized doc from Stanford university
  2. ^ a b c d Stanford, David. [2006] (2006). Roses in December. Lulu press. ISBN 1847539661
  3. ^ Sweeting, Anthony. [1990] (1990). Education in Hong Kong, pre-1841 to 1941. HK University Press. ISBN 9622092586
  4. ^ a b c d e f Chan, Shun-hing. Leung, Beatrice. [2003] (2003). Changing Church and State Relations in Hong Kong, 1950-2000. Hong Kong: HK university press. Page 24. ISBN 962-2096123
  5. ^ Rees, Laurence. Iriye, Akira. [2002] (2002). Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of WWII. Da Capo Preess. ISBN 0306811782
  6. ^ a b Manion, Melanie. [2004](2004). Corruption by Design: Building Clean Government in Mainland China and Hong Kong. Harvard University press. ISBN 0674014863
  7. ^ US Census Bureau, International Data Base
  8. ^ HK Census. "HK Census." Statistical Table of population. Retrieved on 2007-03-16.
  9. ^ Poon Angela and Jenny Wong, Struggling for Democracy Under China: The Implications of a Politicised 'Hongkongese' Identity http://www.civic-exchange.org/publications/Intern/2004-JennyandAngela.pdf
  10. ^ Sidney Cheung, Hong Kong Handover http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/journal/vol5no1/sidney2.html
  11. ^ HK Census. "HK Census." Statistical Table. Retrieved on 2007-03-08.

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