Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 23 Aug 2021 |
As of 2021, the population of Hong Kong is projected at 7.55 million, up by 0.74% compared with 7.50 million in 2020. Hong Kong is ranked 104th in terms of population and 136th in terms of population growth rate.
7.6 million people are living in urban areas, which is 100% of Hong Kong population. Hong Kong is ranked 2nd in terms of urbanization.
The Sex Ratio in Hong Kong in 2021 is 84.48 males per 100 females. There are 3.46 million males and 4.09 million females in Hong Kong. The percentage of female population is 54.21% compare to 45.79% male population. Hong Kong has 0.64 million more females than males. Hong Kong is at 1st position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 1,974,002 | - |
1955 | 2,472,665 | 4.83 |
1960 | 3,046,048 | 3.59 |
1965 | 3,467,220 | 2.29 |
1970 | 3,848,922 | 1.87 |
1975 | 4,208,963 | 2.31 |
1980 | 4,868,744 | 2.59 |
1985 | 5,287,023 | 1.52 |
1990 | 5,727,942 | 1.45 |
1995 | 6,084,234 | 1.41 |
2000 | 6,606,328 | 1.29 |
2005 | 6,769,579 | 0.37 |
2010 | 6,966,324 | 0.6 |
2015 | 7,185,992 | 0.72 |
2016 | 7,243,541 | 0.8 |
2017 | 7,306,315 | 0.87 |
2018 | 7,371,728 | 0.9 |
2019 | 7,436,157 | 0.87 |
2020 | 7,496,988 | 0.82 |
2021 | 7,552,800 | 0.74 |
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 1,681,846 | 292,152 | - | 85.200 |
1955 | 2,121,568 | 368,535 | 4.87 | 85.200 |
1960 | 2,611,539 | 453,648 | 3.57 | 85.200 |
1965 | 3,015,435 | 473,778 | 2.62 | 86.422 |
1970 | 3,397,839 | 475,273 | 2.16 | 87.729 |
1975 | 3,799,487 | 436,515 | 2.79 | 89.695 |
1980 | 4,496,588 | 418,879 | 3.01 | 91.478 |
1985 | 4,959,721 | 377,901 | 1.80 | 92.920 |
1990 | 5,753,523 | 27,936 | 1.88 | 99.517 |
1995 | 6,140,101 | 0 | 1.40 | 100.000 |
2000 | 6,663,654 | 0 | 1.28 | 100.000 |
2005 | 6,827,761 | 0 | 0.37 | 100.000 |
2010 | 7,025,221 | 0 | 0.60 | 100.000 |
2015 | 7,245,701 | 0 | 0.71 | 100.000 |
2020 | 7,547,652 | 0 | 0.76 | 100.000 |
2021 | 7,598,189 | 0 | 0.67 | 100.000 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
00-04 | 196,211 | 183,301 | 379,512 | 5.02 | 107.043 |
05-09 | 164,399 | 145,283 | 309,682 | 4.10 | 113.158 |
10-14 | 155,497 | 138,058 | 293,555 | 3.89 | 112.632 |
15-19 | 136,425 | 129,406 | 265,831 | 3.52 | 105.424 |
20-24 | 178,724 | 175,936 | 354,660 | 4.70 | 101.585 |
25-29 | 223,685 | 256,723 | 480,408 | 6.36 | 87.131 |
30-34 | 228,302 | 302,896 | 531,198 | 7.03 | 75.373 |
35-39 | 231,792 | 350,735 | 582,527 | 7.71 | 66.088 |
40-44 | 226,295 | 344,590 | 570,885 | 7.56 | 65.671 |
45-49 | 231,503 | 331,829 | 563,332 | 7.46 | 69.766 |
50-54 | 238,844 | 321,375 | 560,219 | 7.42 | 74.319 |
55-59 | 285,794 | 342,956 | 628,750 | 8.32 | 83.333 |
60-64 | 296,472 | 307,936 | 604,408 | 8.00 | 96.277 |
65-69 | 234,524 | 246,800 | 481,324 | 6.37 | 95.026 |
70-74 | 177,440 | 189,031 | 366,471 | 4.85 | 93.868 |
75-79 | 96,706 | 100,516 | 197,222 | 2.61 | 96.210 |
80-84 | 78,357 | 92,042 | 170,399 | 2.26 | 85.132 |
85-89 | 50,438 | 73,449 | 123,887 | 1.64 | 68.671 |
90-94 | 21,758 | 42,297 | 64,055 | 0.85 | 51.441 |
95-99 | 4,999 | 15,607 | 20,606 | 0.27 | 32.030 |
100+ | 609 | 3,260 | 3,869 | 0.05 | 18.681 |
Total | 3,458,774 | 4,094,026 | 7,552,800 | 84.483 |