🇭🇰Hong Kong SAR, China

Asia

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Population

7.5M

0.3%as of 2025

Fertility Rate

0.84

births/woman

Life Expectancy

85.4y

GDP / capita

$57K

Pop. Growth

-0.34%

Net Migration

17.9K

Population over time

Total population · observed (solid) and UN medium projection to 2100 (dashed)

Source: World Bank · UN World Population Prospects 2024

Fertility rate over time

Births per woman · dashed line = replacement (2.1)

Source: World Bank

Where immigrants come from

Largest foreign-born communities in Hong Kong SAR, China by country of birth (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇨🇳China2.5M(82.2%)

+10%

🇮🇩Indonesia145.2K(4.8%)

+10%

🇵🇭

Population projections to 2100

Official UN projections — Low / Medium / High variants

Source: UN World Population Prospects 2024

Population pyramid (2025)

Age & sex structure · share of total population by 5-year cohort

Male3.4MTotal 7.5M4.1MFemale

Source: birthrate.io model

GDP per capita over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Life expectancy over time

Years at birth

Source: World Bank

Society, housing & beliefs

Family, crime, housing and religion indicators

Homicide rate

0.4

per 100,000

Divorce rate

—

per 1,000

Births outside marriage

—

of births

Home ownership

—

of households

Homicide rate over time

Intentional homicides per 100,000 people

Source: World Bank / UNODC

GDP over time

Current US$

Source: World Bank

Net migration over time

Net migrants per year (immigrants − emigrants)

Source: World Bank

Foreign-born population over time

Immigrant / diaspora population living in the country

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

Foreign-born share over time

Foreign-born residents as % of the population

Source: World Bank / UN DESA

🇲🇴Macao SAR, China76.9K(2.5%)

+10%

🇹🇭Thailand20.7K(0.7%)

+10%

🇮🇳India19.4K(0.6%)

+10%

🇬🇧United Kingdom19.1K(0.6%)

+10%

🇲🇾Malaysia16.5K(0.5%)

+10%

🇨🇦Canada15.8K(0.5%)

+10%

🇯🇵Japan15.3K(0.5%)

+10%

🇺🇸United States14.3K(0.5%)

+10%

🇻🇳Viet Nam11.8K(0.4%)

+10%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024

Where the Hong Kong SAR, China diaspora lives

Top destinations for people born in Hong Kong SAR, China who now live abroad (2024) · arrow shows change since 2010.

🇨🇳China421.6K(34.6%)

+86%

🇺🇸United States268.9K(22.1%)

+25%

🇨🇦Canada204.5K(16.8%)

−3%

🇬🇧United Kingdom142K(11.6%)

+30%

🇦🇺Australia116.5K(9.6%)

+37%

🇲🇴Macao SAR, China23.8K(2.0%)

+26%

🇳🇿New Zealand13.9K(1.1%)

+91%

🇯🇵Japan13.9K(1.1%)

+56%

🇨🇷Costa Rica4.8K(0.4%)

+47%

🇸🇬Singapore3.6K(0.3%)

+39%

🇳🇴Norway3K(0.2%)

+81%

🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam599(0.0%)

+19%

Source: UN DESA International Migrant Stock 2024