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🇭🇰 Hong Kong

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3HKG
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2HK
UN M49 numeric344
IOC codeHKG
Official nameHong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Native name(s)eng: official: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China; common: Hong Kong; zho: official: 中华人民共和国香港特别行政区; common: 香港
Alt spellingsHK
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentNo
UN memberNo

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionEastern Asia
UN regional group
CapitalCity of Victoria
Area (km²)1,104
Lat / Lng22.2670, 114.1880
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)CHN
Top-level domain.hk, .香港
Calling coderoot: +8; suffixes: 52

Demographics

Population (World Bank)7,498,900 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)85.393 (2024)
Languageseng: English; zho: Chinese
Demonymseng: f: Hong Konger; m: Hong Konger; fra: f: Hongkongaise; m: Hongkongais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)427,310,315,921.993 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)56,983.066 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)2.799 (2025)
CurrenciesHKD: name: Hong Kong dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19501,978,342
19512,069,481
19522,164,798
19532,264,329
19542,368,615
19552,478,198
19562,594,257
19572,717,184
19582,845,501
19592,974,544
19603,094,840
19613,076,657
19622,889,084
19632,662,601
19643,136,028
19653,855,421
19664,015,302
19673,474,128
19683,065,327
19693,395,521
19703,739,916
19713,989,236
19724,117,123
19734,223,247
19744,330,722
19754,438,378
19764,545,132
19774,650,490
19784,754,069
19794,857,671
19804,962,484
19815,060,956
19825,150,094
19835,235,106
19845,315,979
19855,393,122
19865,451,433
19875,486,372
19885,514,899
19895,540,574
19905,560,597
19915,628,094
19925,759,556
19935,902,513
19946,042,261
19956,177,104
19966,302,464
19976,416,673
19986,521,334
19996,616,525
20006,704,664
20016,774,239
20026,821,408
20036,858,907
20046,888,163
20056,908,486
20066,931,090
20076,971,345
20087,020,689
20097,064,467
20107,101,617
20117,142,970
20127,201,061
20137,264,335
20147,319,501
20157,366,409
20167,408,010
20177,444,891
20187,471,194
20197,485,813
20207,490,235
20217,484,601
20227,465,915
20237,442,734

Full raw record (JSON)

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      "common": "هونغ كونغ"
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      "common": "Hong Kong"
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      "official": "Zvláštní administrativní oblast Čínské lidové republiky Hongkong",
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    },
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      "official": "Sonderverwaltungszone Hongkong der Volksrepublik China",
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      "common": "Hongkong"
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      "official": "Hong Kongin erityishallintoalue",
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      "official": "Région administrative spéciale de Hong Kong de la République populaire de Chine",
      "common": "Hong Kong"
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      "official": "Hong Kong Posebnog upravnog područjaNarodne Republike Kine",
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    "kor": {
      "official": "중화인민공화국 홍콩 특별행정구",
      "common": "홍콩"
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      "official": "هُنگ کُنگ",
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    "rus": {
      "official": "Hong Kong Специальный административный район Китайской Народной Республики Китая",
      "common": "Гонконг"
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      "official": "Špeciálna administratívna oblasťČínskej ľudovej republiky Hongkong",
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      "official": "Hongkong specijalna administrativna oblast Narodne Republike Kine",
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    },
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      "common": "Hong Kong"
    },
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      "official": "ہانگ کانگ عوامی جمہوریہ چین کا خصوصی انتظامی علاقہ",
      "common": "ہانگ کانگ"
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        "official": "منطقة هونغ كونغ الادارية التابعة لجمهورية الصين الشعبية",
        "common": "هونغ كونغ"
      },
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        "common": "Hong Kong"
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        "common": "Гонконг"
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