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People And SocietyNationality
Noun Chinese/Hong Konger
Adjective Chinese/Hong Kong Ethnic groups
Chinese 95%, Filipino 1.6%, Indonesian 1.3%, other 2.1% (2006 census) Languages
Cantonese (official) 90.8%, English (official) 2.8%, Putonghua (Mandarin) 0.9%, other Chinese dialects 4.4%, other 1.1% (2006 census) Religions
Eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10% Population World Ranking: 99
7,153,519 (July 2012 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
11.6% (male 431,728/female 394,898) 15-64 years 74.8% (male 2,573,929/female 2,757,095) 65 years and over 13.5% (male 452,278/female 512,580) (2011 est.) Median age
Total 43.9 years
Male 43.3 years Female 44.4 years (2012 est.) Population growth rate World Ranking: 155
0.421% (2012 est.)
Birth rate World Ranking: 220
7.54 births/1,000 population (2012 est.) Death rate World Ranking: 123
7.23 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.) Net migration rate World Ranking: 25
3.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.) Urbanization
Urban population
100% of total population (2010) Rate of urbanization 0.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) Sex ratio
At birth 1.07 male(s)/female
Under 15 years 1.09 male(s)/female 15-64 years 0.93 male(s)/female 65 years and over 0.88 male(s)/female Total population 0.94 male(s)/female (2011 est.) Infant mortality rate World Ranking: 217
Total 2.9 deaths/1,000 live births
Male 3.07 deaths/1,000 live births Female 2.71 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.) Life expectancy at birth World Ranking: 8
Total population 82.12 years
Male 79.39 years Female 85.05 years (2012 est.) Total fertility rate World Ranking: 220
1.09 children born/woman (2012 est.) Hiv/aids - adult prevalence rate World Ranking: 128
0.1% (2003 est.)
Hiv/aids - people living with hiv/aids World Ranking: 131
2,600 (2003 est.)
Hiv/aids - deaths World Ranking: 106
Fewer than 200 (2003 est.)
Education expenditures World Ranking: 82
4.5% of GDP (2009)
Literacy
Definition
Age 15 and over has ever attended school Total population 93.5%Male 96.9% Female 89.6% (2002) School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
Total 16 years
Male 15 years Female 16 years (2009) Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 World Ranking: 88
Total 12.6%
Male 15.1% Female 10.3% (2009)
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Occupied by the UK in 1841, Hong Kong was formally ceded by China the following year; various adjacent lands were added later in the 19th century. Pursuant to an agreement signed by China and the UK on 19 December 1984, Hong Kong became the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China on 1 July 1997. In this agreement, China promised that, under its "one country, two systems" formula, China's socialist economic system would not be imposed on Hong Kong and that Hong Kong would enjoy a high degree of autonomy in all matters except foreign and defense affairs for the next 50 years.