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| Population: 6.8826 million (as at mid-2004) |
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| Hong Kong Island |
1.26 million |
18.3% |
| Kowloon |
2.04 million |
29.7% |
| New Territories |
3.58 million |
52.0% |
| Marine |
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0.1% |
| Age structure |
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| Median age: 38.6 |
Under 15: 15.1% |
65 and over: 11.9% |
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| Sex ratio |
| Overall: 929 males per 1 000 females |
| Under 15: 1 066 |
65 and over: 865 |
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| Overall density |
| 6 380 people per
square kilometre. The most densely populated District
Council district is Kwun Tong with a density of 50 910
persons per square kilometre. |
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| Housing |
At the end of 2004,
about 2.14 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
707 600.
In 2004, Hong Kong had 2.22 million domestic households: 53.7% occupied by the owners, 41.9% by tenants, and 4.4% by persons living in either rent-free accommodation or accommodation provided by employers. |
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| Crude birth rate |
| 7.2 per 1 000 popn |
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| Crude death rate |
| 5.3# per 1 000
popn |
| Expectation of life at birth |
| Male 78.6 years# |
Female 84.6 years# |
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| Nationalities |
| Predominantly of Chinese descent |
95% |
| Total foreign passport-holders (end-2004): |
524 200
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| Largest groups |
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| Philippines |
129 760 |
| Indonesia |
105 710
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| USA |
29 900 |
| Thailand |
28 550 |
| Canada |
26 650
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| India |
21 880 |
| Australia |
18 670 |
| Nepal |
17 960 |
| UK |
17 780 |
| Malaysia |
14 280 |
| Sub-total |
411 140 |
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| Religion and Custom |
| Buddhists and Taoists make up the vast
majority. Others (estimates): Christians 660 000; Muslims
70 000; Hindus 15 000; Sikhs 8 000; Jews 1 500. |
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