Hong Kong 2003 - Hong Kong: The Facts

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Hong Kong Island	1.26 million	18.6%
Kowloon	2.02 million	29.7%
New Territories	3.52 million	51.7%
Marine		0.1%

Age structure
median age:38.0	under 15:15.7%	65 and over: 11.7%

Sex ratio

Overall: 939 males per 1 000 females

Under 15: 1 065

65 and over: 863

Overall density

6 300 people per square kilometre. The most densely populated District Council district is Kwun Tong with a density of 50 820 persons per square kilometre.

Housing

At the end of 2003, about 2.3 million people lived in public rental housing estates (managed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority and the Hong Kong Housing Society). The number of flats was 689 450.
In 2003, Hong Kong had 2.17 million domestic households: 53.1% occupied by the owners, 42.4% by tenants, and 4.5% by persons living in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers.

Crude birth rate

6.8# per 1 000 popn

Crude death rate

5.4# per 1 000 popn

Expectation of life at birth

Male 78.6#

Female 84.3#

Nationalities

Predominantly of Chinese descent	95%
Total foreign passport-holders (end-2003):	523 880
Largest groups:
Philippines	132 770
Indonesia	95 460
USA	31 130
Canada	29 260
Thailand	28 820
India	21 760
UK	19 900
Australia	19 600
Nepal	17 650
Malaysia	14 180
Pakistan	13 750
Japan	13 390
Sub-total	437 670

Religion and Custom

Buddhists and Taoists make up the vast majority. Others (estimates): Christians 536 000; Muslims 70 000; Hindus 15 000; Sikhs 8 000; Jews 1 500.

Notes:

figures presented on this page refer to those released up to end-March 2004
# provisional figures

less than 0.005 million

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