| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2024) |
| Date | 26 Aug 2025 |
The current population of Hong Kong is 7,395,776 as of September 22, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Hong Kong is projected at 7,396,076, or 7.40 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Hong Kong is projected at 7,414,909, or 7.41 million people, for the year 2024.
Hong Kong ranks 106th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Hong Kong is ranked 34th among 51 countries and territories in Asia.
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
| 2024 | 7,433,078 | 7,414,909 | -36,337 | -0.490 | 0.0908 |
| 2025 | 7,396,741 | 7,396,076 | -1,330 | -0.018 | 0.0898 |
| 2026 | 7,395,411 | 7,378,602 | -33,618 | -0.456 | 0.0889 |
| 2027 | 7,361,793 | 7,355,041 | -13,505 | -0.184 | 0.0879 |
| 2028 | 7,348,288 | 7,324,901 | -46,774 | -0.639 | 0.0868 |
| 2029 | 7,301,514 | 7,286,618 | -29,792 | -0.409 | 0.0857 |
| 2030 | 7,271,722 | 7,252,647 | -38,150 | -0.526 | 0.0846 |
| 2031 | 7,233,572 | 7,211,724 | -43,696 | -0.606 | 0.0835 |
| 2032 | 7,189,876 | 7,172,171 | -35,410 | -0.494 | 0.0825 |
| 2033 | 7,154,466 | 7,135,053 | -38,825 | -0.544 | 0.0814 |
| 2034 | 7,115,641 | 7,099,984 | -31,314 | -0.441 | 0.0805 |
| 2035 | 7,084,327 | 7,051,626 | -65,402 | -0.927 | 0.0794 |
| 2036 | 7,018,925 | 6,993,042 | -51,767 | -0.740 | 0.0782 |
| 2037 | 6,967,158 | 6,953,127 | -28,062 | -0.404 | 0.0772 |
| 2038 | 6,939,096 | 6,907,320 | -63,552 | -0.920 | 0.0762 |
| 2039 | 6,875,544 | 6,861,297 | -28,494 | -0.415 | 0.0752 |
| 2040 | 6,847,050 | 6,816,568 | -60,964 | -0.894 | 0.0743 |
| 2041 | 6,786,086 | 6,754,838 | -62,495 | -0.925 | 0.0732 |
| 2042 | 6,723,591 | 6,687,105 | -72,972 | -1.091 | 0.0720 |
| 2043 | 6,650,619 | 6,622,824 | -55,591 | -0.839 | 0.0709 |
| 2044 | 6,595,028 | 6,564,104 | -61,848 | -0.942 | 0.0699 |
| 2045 | 6,533,180 | 6,498,690 | -68,980 | -1.061 | 0.0688 |
| 2046 | 6,464,200 | 6,427,938 | -72,524 | -1.128 | 0.0677 |
| 2047 | 6,391,676 | 6,342,740 | -97,872 | -1.543 | 0.0665 |
| 2048 | 6,293,804 | 6,255,882 | -75,844 | -1.212 | 0.0653 |
| 2049 | 6,217,960 | 6,174,431 | -87,057 | -1.410 | 0.0642 |
| 2050 | 6,130,903 | 6,090,619 | -80,568 | -1.323 | 0.0630 |
| 2051 | 6,050,335 | 6,005,233 | -90,204 | -1.502 | 0.0619 |
| 2052 | 5,960,131 | 5,916,807 | -86,648 | -1.464 | 0.0607 |
| 2053 | 5,873,483 | 5,831,464 | -84,038 | -1.441 | 0.0596 |
| 2054 | 5,789,445 | 5,747,060 | -84,770 | -1.475 | 0.0586 |
| 2055 | 5,704,675 | 5,660,107 | -89,136 | -1.575 | 0.0575 |
| 2056 | 5,615,539 | 5,569,453 | -92,171 | -1.655 | 0.0564 |
| 2057 | 5,523,368 | 5,476,522 | -93,692 | -1.711 | 0.0553 |
| 2058 | 5,429,676 | 5,382,090 | -95,173 | -1.768 | 0.0542 |
| 2059 | 5,334,503 | 5,289,477 | -90,052 | -1.703 | 0.0531 |
| 2060 | 5,244,451 | 5,199,364 | -90,175 | -1.734 | 0.0520 |
| 2061 | 5,154,276 | 5,107,874 | -92,804 | -1.817 | 0.0510 |
| 2062 | 5,061,472 | 5,021,441 | -80,061 | -1.594 | 0.0500 |
| 2063 | 4,981,411 | 4,941,782 | -79,258 | -1.604 | 0.0491 |
| 2064 | 4,902,153 | 4,857,557 | -89,191 | -1.836 | 0.0482 |
| 2065 | 4,812,962 | 4,767,796 | -90,333 | -1.895 | 0.0472 |
| 2066 | 4,722,629 | 4,678,693 | -87,873 | -1.878 | 0.0462 |
| 2067 | 4,634,756 | 4,588,712 | -92,088 | -2.007 | 0.0453 |
| 2068 | 4,542,668 | 4,498,299 | -88,738 | -1.973 | 0.0443 |
| 2069 | 4,453,930 | 4,411,924 | -84,012 | -1.904 | 0.0434 |
| 2070 | 4,369,918 | 4,325,089 | -89,658 | -2.073 | 0.0424 |
| 2071 | 4,280,260 | 4,237,284 | -85,951 | -2.029 | 0.0415 |
| 2072 | 4,194,309 | 4,149,423 | -89,772 | -2.164 | 0.0406 |
| 2073 | 4,104,537 | 4,059,300 | -90,473 | -2.229 | 0.0397 |
| 2074 | 4,014,064 | 3,969,850 | -88,428 | -2.228 | 0.0388 |
| 2075 | 3,925,636 | 3,881,305 | -88,661 | -2.284 | 0.0379 |
| 2076 | 3,836,975 | 3,793,370 | -87,210 | -2.299 | 0.0370 |
| 2077 | 3,749,765 | 3,701,961 | -95,608 | -2.583 | 0.0361 |
| 2078 | 3,654,157 | 3,614,331 | -79,652 | -2.204 | 0.0352 |
| 2079 | 3,574,505 | 3,532,115 | -84,779 | -2.400 | 0.0344 |
| 2080 | 3,489,726 | 3,448,212 | -83,028 | -2.408 | 0.0335 |
| 2081 | 3,406,698 | 3,368,577 | -76,242 | -2.263 | 0.0327 |
| 2082 | 3,330,456 | 3,292,626 | -75,660 | -2.298 | 0.0320 |
| 2083 | 3,254,796 | 3,214,884 | -79,824 | -2.483 | 0.0312 |
| 2084 | 3,174,972 | 3,133,445 | -83,055 | -2.651 | 0.0305 |
| 2085 | 3,091,917 | 3,050,960 | -81,914 | -2.685 | 0.0297 |
| 2086 | 3,010,003 | 2,970,657 | -78,693 | -2.649 | 0.0289 |
| 2087 | 2,931,310 | 2,892,955 | -76,710 | -2.652 | 0.0281 |
| 2088 | 2,854,600 | 2,819,216 | -70,768 | -2.510 | 0.0274 |
| 2089 | 2,783,832 | 2,747,338 | -72,987 | -2.657 | 0.0267 |
| 2090 | 2,710,845 | 2,675,403 | -70,885 | -2.650 | 0.0260 |
| 2091 | 2,639,960 | 2,606,644 | -66,633 | -2.556 | 0.0254 |
| 2092 | 2,573,327 | 2,543,047 | -60,560 | -2.382 | 0.0248 |
| 2093 | 2,512,767 | 2,481,785 | -61,964 | -2.497 | 0.0242 |
| 2094 | 2,450,803 | 2,418,043 | -65,521 | -2.710 | 0.0236 |
| 2095 | 2,385,282 | 2,355,378 | -59,808 | -2.539 | 0.0230 |
| 2096 | 2,325,474 | 2,296,539 | -57,870 | -2.520 | 0.0225 |
| 2097 | 2,267,604 | 2,238,965 | -57,278 | -2.558 | 0.0219 |
| 2098 | 2,210,326 | 2,184,778 | -51,096 | -2.339 | 0.0214 |
| 2099 | 2,159,230 | 2,132,691 | -53,078 | -2.489 | 0.0209 |
| 2100 | 2,106,152 | 2,080,291 | -51,723 | -2.486 | 0.0204 |
| Year | Population | Growth | Share (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jan | 1 July | Net Change | rate (%) | to World | |
| 1950 | 1,933,854 | 1,978,342 | 88,977 | 4.498 | 0.0794 |
| 1951 | 2,022,831 | 2,069,481 | 93,299 | 4.509 | 0.0816 |
| 1952 | 2,116,130 | 2,164,798 | 97,337 | 4.497 | 0.0838 |
| 1953 | 2,213,467 | 2,264,329 | 101,723 | 4.493 | 0.0860 |
| 1954 | 2,315,190 | 2,368,615 | 106,850 | 4.512 | 0.0882 |
| 1955 | 2,422,040 | 2,478,198 | 112,315 | 4.533 | 0.0904 |
| 1956 | 2,534,355 | 2,594,257 | 119,804 | 4.619 | 0.0928 |
| 1957 | 2,654,159 | 2,717,184 | 126,049 | 4.640 | 0.0953 |
| 1958 | 2,780,208 | 2,845,501 | 130,585 | 4.590 | 0.0977 |
| 1959 | 2,910,793 | 2,974,544 | 127,502 | 4.287 | 0.1003 |
| 1960 | 3,038,295 | 3,094,840 | 113,091 | 3.655 | 0.1026 |
| 1961 | 3,151,386 | 3,076,657 | -149,457 | -4.859 | 0.1004 |
| 1962 | 3,001,929 | 2,889,084 | -225,689 | -7.816 | 0.0925 |
| 1963 | 2,776,240 | 2,662,601 | -227,278 | -8.541 | 0.0834 |
| 1964 | 2,548,962 | 3,136,028 | 1,174,133 | 37.887 | 0.0961 |
| 1965 | 3,723,095 | 3,855,421 | 264,651 | 6.867 | 0.1156 |
| 1966 | 3,987,746 | 4,015,302 | 55,111 | 1.373 | 0.1180 |
| 1967 | 4,042,857 | 3,474,128 | -1,137,458 | -33.038 | 0.1000 |
| 1968 | 2,905,399 | 3,065,327 | 319,856 | 10.444 | 0.0865 |
| 1969 | 3,225,255 | 3,395,521 | 340,531 | 10.037 | 0.0938 |
| 1970 | 3,565,786 | 3,739,916 | 348,260 | 9.319 | 0.1012 |
| 1971 | 3,914,046 | 3,989,236 | 150,380 | 3.770 | 0.1058 |
| 1972 | 4,064,426 | 4,117,123 | 105,393 | 2.560 | 0.1071 |
| 1973 | 4,169,819 | 4,223,247 | 106,855 | 2.530 | 0.1077 |
| 1974 | 4,276,674 | 4,330,722 | 108,097 | 2.496 | 0.1084 |
| 1975 | 4,384,771 | 4,438,378 | 107,214 | 2.416 | 0.1090 |
| 1976 | 4,491,985 | 4,545,132 | 106,294 | 2.339 | 0.1097 |
| 1977 | 4,598,279 | 4,650,490 | 104,423 | 2.246 | 0.1103 |
| 1978 | 4,702,702 | 4,754,069 | 102,733 | 2.161 | 0.1108 |
| 1979 | 4,805,435 | 4,857,671 | 104,471 | 2.151 | 0.1112 |
| 1980 | 4,909,906 | 4,962,484 | 105,156 | 2.119 | 0.1116 |
| 1981 | 5,015,062 | 5,060,956 | 91,787 | 1.814 | 0.1118 |
| 1982 | 5,106,849 | 5,150,094 | 86,490 | 1.679 | 0.1117 |
| 1983 | 5,193,339 | 5,235,106 | 83,535 | 1.596 | 0.1114 |
| 1984 | 5,276,874 | 5,315,979 | 78,210 | 1.471 | 0.1112 |
| 1985 | 5,355,084 | 5,393,122 | 76,075 | 1.411 | 0.1108 |
| 1986 | 5,431,159 | 5,451,433 | 40,548 | 0.744 | 0.1100 |
| 1987 | 5,471,707 | 5,486,372 | 29,329 | 0.535 | 0.1086 |
| 1988 | 5,501,036 | 5,514,899 | 27,725 | 0.503 | 0.1073 |
| 1989 | 5,528,761 | 5,540,574 | 23,626 | 0.426 | 0.1058 |
| 1990 | 5,552,387 | 5,560,597 | 16,420 | 0.295 | 0.1044 |
| 1991 | 5,568,807 | 5,628,094 | 118,574 | 2.107 | 0.1039 |
| 1992 | 5,687,381 | 5,759,556 | 144,351 | 2.506 | 0.1046 |
| 1993 | 5,831,732 | 5,902,513 | 141,562 | 2.398 | 0.1056 |
| 1994 | 5,973,294 | 6,042,261 | 137,935 | 2.283 | 0.1065 |
| 1995 | 6,111,229 | 6,177,104 | 131,749 | 2.133 | 0.1073 |
| 1996 | 6,242,978 | 6,302,464 | 118,972 | 1.888 | 0.1079 |
| 1997 | 6,361,950 | 6,416,673 | 109,447 | 1.706 | 0.1083 |
| 1998 | 6,471,397 | 6,521,334 | 99,875 | 1.532 | 0.1086 |
| 1999 | 6,571,272 | 6,616,525 | 90,505 | 1.368 | 0.1087 |
| 2000 | 6,661,777 | 6,704,664 | 85,774 | 1.279 | 0.1086 |
| 2001 | 6,747,551 | 6,774,239 | 53,375 | 0.788 | 0.1083 |
| 2002 | 6,800,926 | 6,821,408 | 40,965 | 0.601 | 0.1076 |
| 2003 | 6,841,891 | 6,858,907 | 34,031 | 0.496 | 0.1068 |
| 2004 | 6,875,922 | 6,888,163 | 24,483 | 0.355 | 0.1059 |
| 2005 | 6,900,405 | 6,908,486 | 16,162 | 0.234 | 0.1049 |
| 2006 | 6,916,567 | 6,931,090 | 29,046 | 0.419 | 0.1039 |
| 2007 | 6,945,613 | 6,971,345 | 51,464 | 0.738 | 0.1032 |
| 2008 | 6,997,077 | 7,020,689 | 47,223 | 0.673 | 0.1026 |
| 2009 | 7,044,300 | 7,064,467 | 40,333 | 0.571 | 0.1019 |
| 2010 | 7,084,633 | 7,101,617 | 33,968 | 0.478 | 0.1011 |
| 2011 | 7,118,601 | 7,142,970 | 48,737 | 0.682 | 0.1005 |
| 2012 | 7,167,338 | 7,201,061 | 67,446 | 0.937 | 0.1000 |
| 2013 | 7,234,784 | 7,264,335 | 59,102 | 0.814 | 0.0996 |
| 2014 | 7,293,886 | 7,319,501 | 51,229 | 0.700 | 0.0992 |
| 2015 | 7,345,115 | 7,366,409 | 42,589 | 0.578 | 0.0986 |
| 2016 | 7,387,704 | 7,408,010 | 40,611 | 0.548 | 0.0980 |
| 2017 | 7,428,315 | 7,444,891 | 33,153 | 0.445 | 0.0974 |
| 2018 | 7,461,468 | 7,471,194 | 19,451 | 0.260 | 0.0967 |
| 2019 | 7,480,919 | 7,485,813 | 9,788 | 0.131 | 0.0958 |
| 2020 | 7,490,707 | 7,490,235 | -943 | -0.013 | 0.0950 |
| 2021 | 7,489,764 | 7,484,601 | -10,325 | -0.138 | 0.0941 |
| 2022 | 7,479,439 | 7,465,915 | -27,048 | -0.362 | 0.0931 |
| 2023 | 7,452,391 | 7,442,734 | -19,313 | -0.259 | 0.0920 |