Hong Kong's population reaches 7.5 million, an increase of 0.2% over the same period last year.

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Written by: Yuan Yan

2020-02-18 17:47

The Census and Statistics Department today (18th) announced that the provisional figure of Hong Kong's population at the end of 2019 was 7.5 million, which was an increase of 14,200 from the end of 2018, a growth rate of 0.2%. Last year, there were 9,900 net migrants, of which 39,000 moved to Hong Kong with one-way permits, but at the same time more than 29,000 Hong Kong people immigrants left Hong Kong.

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From opposition to the revision of the Fugitive Offenders Regulations to the outbreak of a new coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan with pneumonia in Hong Kong, Hong Kong has experienced many incidents in the past year. According to statistics from the Census and Statistics Department, the provisional number of Hong Kong population at the end of 2019 was 7,500,700. Compared with the population of 7,486,400 at the end of 2018, there was an increase of 14,200, a growth rate of 0.2%. The natural population growth was 4,300, of which 52,900 were born and 48,500 died.

Number of one-way permit immigration decreased by 7% compared with last year, more than 29,000 Hong Kong residents emigrated

It is worth noting that the number of net migrants was 9,900, only 15.8% of the figure at the end of 2018. Among them, 39,100 people moved in with one-way permit holders, which is 7% less than in 2018. In addition, 29,200 Hong Kong people "moved out" last year, meaning immigrants left Hong Kong.

At the end of 2019, there were 7.3 million permanent residents and 197,000 mobile residents in Hong Kong.

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Population growth of the Census and Statistics Department