Demographics of Hong Kong
| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 13 May 2024 |
There are 3.44 million males and 4.05 million females in Hong Kong. The percentage of the male population is 45.94%, compared to 54.06% of the female population. Hong Kong has 608k more females than males. The sex ratio in Hong Kong in 2024 will be 84.993 males per 100 females. Hong Kong is in the 4th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 1,980,524 | 4.71 |
| 1955 | 2,490,487 | 4.51 |
| 1960 | 3,114,671 | 4.17 |
| 1965 | 3,602,029 | 2.37 |
| 1970 | 3,955,072 | 1.34 |
| 1975 | 4,451,220 | 2.43 |
| 1980 | 4,978,544 | 2.14 |
| 1985 | 5,411,680 | 1.43 |
| 1990 | 5,838,574 | 1.46 |
| 1995 | 6,243,859 | 1.17 |
| 2000 | 6,731,195 | 1.29 |
| 2005 | 6,936,874 | 0.24 |
| 2010 | 7,132,438 | 0.49 |
| 2015 | 7,399,838 | 0.59 |
| 2020 | 7,500,958 | -0.03 |
| 2021 | 7,494,578 | -0.14 |
| 2022 | 7,488,865 | -0.01 |
| 2023 | 7,491,609 | 0.08 |
| 2024 | 7,496,681 | 0.06 |
- Population
- Growth
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 19,475 | 81,673 | 9.942 | 41.695 |
| 1955 | 19,349 | 94,069 | 7.829 | 38.065 |
| 1960 | 19,887 | 110,543 | 6.427 | 35.725 |
| 1965 | 18,867 | 100,784 | 5.242 | 28.003 |
| 1970 | 20,396 | 77,277 | 5.153 | 19.526 |
| 1975 | 21,871 | 81,522 | 4.940 | 18.416 |
| 1980 | 25,087 | 77,704 | 5.068 | 15.698 |
| 1985 | 27,140 | 78,079 | 5.027 | 14.462 |
| 1990 | 32,120 | 75,051 | 5.521 | 12.901 |
| 1995 | 35,839 | 78,425 | 5.751 | 12.584 |
| 2000 | 36,403 | 62,726 | 5.430 | 9.356 |
| 2005 | 40,358 | 57,204 | 5.815 | 8.242 |
| 2010 | 44,420 | 68,926 | 6.228 | 9.664 |
| 2015 | 48,357 | 78,794 | 6.535 | 10.649 |
| 2020 | 53,408 | 51,511 | 7.124 | 6.871 |
| 2021 | 53,764 | 42,908 | 7.177 | 5.727 |
| 2022 | 62,496 | 41,923 | 8.357 | 5.606 |
| 2023 | 55,349 | 41,409 | 7.398 | 5.535 |
| 2024 | 56,531 | 40,625 | 7.551 | 5.427 |
- Total
- Crude
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 1,681,846 | 292,152 | 85.200 |
| 1955 | 2,121,568 | 368,535 | 85.200 |
| 1960 | 2,611,539 | 453,648 | 85.200 |
| 1965 | 3,015,435 | 473,778 | 86.422 |
| 1970 | 3,397,839 | 475,273 | 87.729 |
| 1975 | 3,799,487 | 436,515 | 89.695 |
| 1980 | 4,496,588 | 418,879 | 91.478 |
| 1985 | 4,959,721 | 377,901 | 92.920 |
| 1990 | 5,753,523 | 27,936 | 99.517 |
| 1995 | 6,140,101 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2000 | 6,663,654 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2005 | 6,827,761 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2010 | 7,025,221 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2015 | 7,245,701 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2020 | 7,547,652 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2021 | 7,598,189 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2022 | 7,643,256 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2023 | 7,684,801 | 0 | 100.000 |
| 2024 | 7,725,859 | 0 | 100.000 |
- Population
- Urbanization
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 120,442 | 111,939 | 232,382 | 3.10 | 107.596 |
| 05-09 | 174,623 | 161,655 | 336,278 | 4.49 | 108.022 |
| 10-14 | 158,589 | 146,804 | 305,392 | 4.07 | 108.028 |
| 15-19 | 143,088 | 136,415 | 279,503 | 3.73 | 104.892 |
| 20-24 | 148,202 | 144,676 | 292,878 | 3.91 | 102.437 |
| 25-29 | 206,511 | 203,117 | 409,627 | 5.46 | 101.671 |
| 30-34 | 233,667 | 254,827 | 488,495 | 6.52 | 91.696 |
| 35-39 | 232,185 | 315,387 | 547,572 | 7.30 | 73.619 |
| 40-44 | 235,422 | 358,368 | 593,789 | 7.92 | 65.693 |
| 45-49 | 222,940 | 334,491 | 557,431 | 7.44 | 66.651 |
| 50-54 | 234,618 | 337,193 | 571,811 | 7.63 | 69.580 |
| 55-59 | 249,931 | 323,113 | 573,044 | 7.64 | 77.351 |
| 60-64 | 298,543 | 335,094 | 633,638 | 8.45 | 89.092 |
| 65-69 | 269,923 | 282,452 | 552,375 | 7.37 | 95.564 |
| 70-74 | 201,579 | 216,715 | 418,295 | 5.58 | 93.016 |
| 75-79 | 139,411 | 151,135 | 290,546 | 3.88 | 92.243 |
| 80-84 | 80,309 | 86,972 | 167,281 | 2.23 | 92.339 |
| 85-89 | 57,737 | 78,016 | 135,752 | 1.81 | 74.007 |
| 90-94 | 28,133 | 49,117 | 77,250 | 1.03 | 57.278 |
| 95-99 | 7,315 | 19,673 | 26,988 | 0.36 | 37.183 |
| 100+ | 1,105 | 5,248 | 6,353 | 0.08 | 21.056 |
| Total | 3,444,273 | 4,052,407 | 7,496,680 | 84.993 | |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio