Demographics of Hong Kong

Demographics of Hong Kong
Population pyramid of Hong Kong in 2020
Population	7,503,100 (2024 est.)
Growth rate	0.4% (2024 est.)
Birth rate	4.43 births/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Death rate	8.47 deaths/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Life expectancy	83.61 years
• male	80.91 years
• female	86.46 years (2022 est.)
Fertility rate	0.75 children born/woman (2023 est.)
Infant mortality rate	2.55 deaths/1,000 live births
Net migration rate	1.65 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
Age structure
0–14 years	13.04% (male 495,977/female 454,723)
15–64 years	66.02% (male 2,164,667/female 2,646,774)
65 and over	20.94% (male 706,761/female 819,265) (2023 est.)[1]
Sex ratio
Total	0.86 male(s)/female (2022 est.)
At birth	1.06 male(s)/female
Under 15	1.09 male(s)/female
65 and over	0.71 male(s)/female
Nationality
Nationality	Hongkongers
Major ethnic	Cantonese people
Language
Official	Cantonese (88.9%), English (4.3%), Mandarin (1.9%)

Demographic features of the population of Hong Kong include population density, ethnicity, education level, the health of the populace, religious affiliations, and other aspects.

Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world, with an overall density of some 6,300 people per square kilometre.^[2] At the same time, Hong Kong has one of the world's lowest birth rates—0.68 per woman of child-bearing age as of 2022, far below the replacement rate of 2.1. It is estimated that 26.8% of the population will be aged 65 or more in 2033, up from 12.1% in 2005. Hong Kong recorded a crude birth rate of 8.2 per 1,000 people on average annually in 2005–2010.^[3]

Ethnically, Hong Kong mainly consists of Chinese who constitute approximately 92% of the population.^[4][5] Of these, many originate from various regions in Guangdong. There are also a number of descendants of immigrants from elsewhere in Southern China during and after the Chinese Civil War.