Hong Kong: People & Society#
Population | 7,167,403 (July 2016 est.) |
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Nationality | noun: Chinese/Hong Konger adjective: Chinese/Hong Kong |
Ethnic groups | Chinese 93.1%, Indonesian 1.9%, Filipino 1.9%, other 3% (2011 est.) |
Languages | Cantonese (official) 89.5%, English (official) 3.5%, Mandarin (official) 1.4%, other Chinese dialects 4%, other 1.6% (2011 est.) |
Religions | eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10% |
Age structure | 0-14 years: 12.12% (male 459,358/female 409,547) 15-24 years: 10.85% (male 404,490/female 372,873) 25-54 years: 45.34% (male 1,385,536/female 1,864,077) 55-64 years: 15.76% (male 548,929/female 580,913) 65 years and over: 15.93% (male 537,196/female 604,484) (2016 est.) |
Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 37% youth dependency ratio: 16.4% elderly dependency ratio: 20.6% potential support ratio: 4.8% (2015 est.) |
Median age | total: 44 years male: 43.2 years female: 44.5 years (2016 est.) |
Population growth rate | 0.35% (2016 est.) |
Birth rate | 9.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Death rate | 7.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Net migration rate | 1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
Urbanization | urban population: 100% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.74% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major urban areas - population | Hong Kong 7.26 million (2014) |
Sex ratio | at birth: 1.12 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.12 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.74 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female total population: 0.87 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
Mother's mean age at first birth | 29.8 (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate | total: 2.7 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 2.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth | total population: 82.9 years male: 80.3 years female: 85.8 years (2016 est.) |
Total fertility rate | 1.19 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | 79.5% (2007) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
Education expenditures | 3.3% of GDP (2015) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 16 years (2014) |
Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 9.4% male: 11.3% female: 7.8% (2013 est.) |