Hong Kong 2003
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Population: 6.803 million (as at mid-2003)

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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