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| Population:
6.9359 million (as at mid-2005) |
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| Hong
Kong Island |
1.26 million |
18.2% |
| Kowloon |
2.07
million |
29.8% |
| New
Territories |
3.60
million |
51.9% |
| Marine |
† |
0.1% |
| Age
structure |
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| Median
age: 39.1 |
Under
15: 14.5% |
65
and over: 12.1% |
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| Sex
ratio |
| Overall:
921 males per 1 000 females |
| Under
15: 1 067 |
65
and over: 869 |
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| Overall
density |
| 6 420
people per square kilometre.
The most densely populated District
Council district is Kwun Tong
with a density of 52 160
persons per square kilometre. |
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| Housing |
At
the end of 2005, about 2.13
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 720 300.
In 2005, Hong Kong had 2.28
million domestic households:
53.4% occupied by the owners,
42.3% 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 |
| 8.2
per 1 000 popn |
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| Crude
death rate |
| 5.5#
per 1 000 popn |
| Expectation
of life at birth |
| Male
78.8 years# |
Female
84.4 years# |
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| Nationalities |
| Predominantly
of Chinese descent |
95% |
| Total
foreign passport-holders (as
at end 2005): |
517 560
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| Largest
groups |
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Philippines |
130
810 |
| Indonesia |
114
020 |
| Thailand |
28 360 |
| US |
28
190 |
| India |
21
820 |
| Canada |
21
780 |
| Nepal |
17
900 |
| Australia |
15
730 |
| Malaysia |
14
190 |
| Pakistan |
14
140 |
| UK |
13
490 |
| Japan |
11
800 |
| Sub-total |
432
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| Religion
and Custom |
| Buddhists and
Taoists make up the vast majority.
Others (estimates): Christians 660
000; Muslims 90 000; Hindus 40 000;
Sikhs 8 000; Jews 2 500. |
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