Hong Kong's population rose from 6.44M in 1996 to 7.5M in 2025.
Hong Kong · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Hong Kong's population growth fell from 4.4 % in 1996 to -0.3 % in 2025.
Hong Kong's population density rose from 6,096 in 1994 to 7,177 in 2023.
Hong Kong's population, female (% of total) rose from 50.4 % in 1996 to 55.0 % in 2025.
Hong Kong's urbanisation was 100.0 % in 1996 and 100.0 % in 2025.
Hong Kong's urban population rose from 6.44M in 1996 to 7.5M in 2025.
Hong Kong's rural population was 0 in 1996 and 0 in 2025.
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- Fertilityup +12.0 %215th of 217
- Birth rate, crudeup +11.4 %215th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −4.1 %121st of 217
- Adolescent fertility rateup +2.8 %5th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.6 yrs6th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.2 pts216th of 217
- Working age (15–64)down −0.8 pts74th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +1.0 pts9th of 217
- Age dependency ratioup +1.8 pts144th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +1.9 pts14th of 217
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- Net migrationup +192.7 %34th of 217
- Migrant stockup +1.7 pts25th of 216
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- Refugees hosteddown −13.6 %136th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.1 yrs3rd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.1 yrs2nd of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.2 yrs4th of 217