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Hong Kong: Hong Kong People Profile 2012

2012/03/13

Hong Kong People Profile 2012

More than 99 per cent of the people are Chinese. The main religion is Buddhism. English and Chinese are the official languages; Cantonese is spoken by the majority of the Chinese.

Population

Value:

7 055 071

Date:

July 2009

Comparison to the world:

100

Age structure

Age:

0-14 years

Value:

12.2% (male 450,833/female 411,997)

Year:

2009

Age:

15-64 years

Value:

74.6% (male 2,551,256/female 2,713,532)

Age:

65 years and over

Value:

13.1% (male 434,090/female 493,363)

Median Age

Name:

total

Value:

42.3 years

Year:

2009

Name:

male

Value:

41.9 years

Name:

female

Value:

42.6 years

Population growth rate

Value:

0,504%

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

155

Birth rate

Value:

7.42 births/1,000 population

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

223

Death rate

Value:

6.76 deaths/1,000 population

Date:

July 2009

Comparison to the world:

142

Net migration rate

Value:

4.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

Urbanization

Urban population:

100% of total population

Rate of urbanization:

1% annual rate of change

Sex ratio

Range:

at birth

Value:

1.08 male(s)/female

Year:

2009

Range:

under 15 years

Value:

1.09 male(s)/female

Range:

15-64 years

Value:

0.94 male(s)/female

Range:

65 years and over

Value:

0.883 male(s)/female

Range:

total population

Value:

0.95 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

Total value:

2.92 deaths/1,000 live births

Comparison to the world:

220

Male value:

3.1 deaths/1,000 live births

Female value:

2.73 deaths/1,000 live births

Year:

2009

Life expectancy at birth

Total value:

81.86 years

Comparison to the world:

Male value:

79.16 years

Female value:

84.79 years

Year:

2009

Total fertility rate

Value:

1.02 children born/woman

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

222

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

Value:

0,10%

Year:

2003

Comparison to the world:

156

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

Value:

2 600

Year:

2003

Comparison to the world:

134

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Value:

fewer than 200

Year:

2003

Comparison to the world:

113

Nationality

Noun:

Chinese

Adjective:

Chinese

Ethnic groups

Value:

<p> Chinese 95%, Filipino 1.6%, Indonesian 1.3%, other 2.1% (2006 census)</p>

Religions

Value:

eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10%

Languages

Languages info:

Chinese (Cantonese) 89.2% (official), other Chinese dialects 6.4%, English 3.2% (official), other 1.2%

Year:

2001

Literacy

Definition:

age 15 and over has ever attended school

Total population:

94%

Male:

96,9%

Female:

89,6%

Year:

2002

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

Total:

14 years

Male:

14 years

Female:

13 years

Year:

2006

Education expenditures

Value:

3.9 % of GDP

Comparison to the world:

112

Year:

2006

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