Demographic profile
Hong Kong is the 107th most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.09% of everyone alive. Within Eastern Asia, it ranks 6 of 8.
Each day brings roughly 152 births and 162 deaths — a net decline of about 3,652 people a year. At -0.05% annually. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Literacy stands near 96.0% and adult smoking prevalence around 24.0%, with life expectancy at about 79.5 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Hong Kong in 2026? Approximately 7,420,962 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Hong Kong shrinking? About -0.05% per year — roughly 152 births and 162 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Hong Kong? Around 0.09% — ranked 107 worldwide by population.