Hong Kong SAR China
Population growth in Hong Kong SAR China
Population growth in Hong Kong SAR China: 4.5% a year in 1950 and -0.26% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -0.26% a year
- Since 1950
- −4.76 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 190 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -2.49% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -2.49% a year in 2100, between -15.53% a year and 11.45% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 37.89% a year in 1964, the lowest -33.04% a year in 1967.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Hong Kong SAR China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -0.26 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | -0.36 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | -0.14 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | -0.01 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 0.13 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 0.26 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 0.45 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 0.55 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 0.58 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 0.7 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 0.81 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 0.94 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 0.68 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 0.48 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 0.57 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 0.67 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 0.74 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 0.42 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 0.23 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 0.36 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 0.5 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 0.6 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 0.79 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 1.28 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 1.37 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 1.53 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 1.71 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 1.89 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 2.13 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 2.28 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 2.4 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 2.51 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 2.11 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 0.3 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 0.43 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 0.5 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 0.54 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 0.74 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 1.41 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 1.47 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 1.6 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 1.68 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 1.81 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 2.12 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 2.15 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 2.16 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 2.25 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 2.34 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 2.42 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 2.5 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 2.53 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 2.56 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 3.77 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 9.32 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 10.04 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 10.44 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | -33.04 | 2 |
| 1966 | 1.37 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 6.87 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 37.89 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | -8.54 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | -7.82 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | -4.86 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 3.66 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 4.29 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 4.59 | 2 |
| 1957 | 4.64 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 4.62 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 4.53 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 4.51 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 4.49 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 4.5 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 4.51 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 4.5 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Hong Kong SAR China | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -0.49-15.19–10.53 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | -0.02-14.11–11.76 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | -0.46-13.58–10.74 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | -0.18-13.01–11.51 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | -0.64-13.1–11.36 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | -0.41-13.56–11.36 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | -0.53-12.78–11.72 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | -0.61-12.79–10.97 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | -0.49-12.95–10.67 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | -0.54-11.88–11.39 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | -0.44-13–10.53 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | -0.93-13.19–10.97 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | -0.74-13.6–10.44 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | -0.4-12.27–11.42 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | -0.92-14.5–10.96 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | -0.42-12.42–11.78 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | -0.89-13.31–10.56 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | -0.93-13.62–10.61 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | -1.09-13.11–10.82 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | -0.84-12.88–10.93 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | -0.94-12.68–12.19 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | -1.06-12.72–10.92 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | -1.13-13.05–11.6 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | -1.54-13.22–10.82 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | -1.21-13.77–11.45 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | -1.41-12.73–10.61 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | -1.32-12.71–11.23 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | -1.5-12.9–10.41 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | -1.46-12.37–10.7 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | -1.44-11.39–10.97 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | -1.48-11.23–10.41 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -1.58-12.19–10.71 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -1.66-12.35–10.76 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -1.71-13.14–10.58 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -1.77-12.9–11.26 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -1.7-13.79–10.24 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -1.73-12.71–9.67 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -1.82-13.55–10.17 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -1.59-12.64–10.62 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -1.6-12.26–10.94 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -1.84-12.6–10.67 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -1.9-13.29–10.48 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -1.88-13.34–10.94 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -2.01-13.78–10.61 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -1.97-13.73–10.66 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -1.9-14.6–10.21 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -2.07-14.04–10.09 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -2.03-13.34–10.58 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -2.16-14.37–10.35 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -2.23-13.78–10.64 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -2.23-13.95–11.08 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -2.28-13.77–10.61 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -2.3-13.28–10.8 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -2.58-14.55–10.69 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -2.2-14.25–11.37 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -2.4-14.39–10.17 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -2.41-15.02–10.72 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -2.26-14–10.54 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -2.3-14.93–11.14 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -2.48-15.49–10.49 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -2.65-14.69–9.74 | -0 |
| 2085 | -2.69-17–10.06 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -2.65-16.31–10.11 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -2.65-16.3–9.94 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -2.51-15.19–11.44 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -2.66-16.63–10.43 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -2.65-15.26–11 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -2.56-15.27–10.68 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -2.38-15.64–11.66 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -2.5-15.76–10.21 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -2.71-16.68–11.2 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -2.54-16.48–10.63 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -2.52-14.28–12.34 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -2.56-15.47–11.86 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -2.34-15.66–11.88 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -2.49-16.35–10.95 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -2.49-15.53–11.45 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Hong Kong SAR China in numbers
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