Population
7.5M
Devolution
GDP per capita, PPP
$80,423
in 2025
Passport power
#41
116 visa-free destinations
Top-rated city
Sheung Wan
of 12 cities rated
Country overview
- Official name
- Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
- Capital
- City of Victoria
- Continent
- Asia / Eastern Asia
- Area
- 1,104 km²
- Population
- 7.5M
- Density
- 6,714.7/km²
- Government
- Devolution
- UN member
- No
- Independent
- No
- Driving side
- Left
- TLD
- .hk
- Calling code
- +852
- Timezone
- UTC+08:00
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #41 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 116
- Total accessible
- 153
- Immigration programs
- 1 Student 3 Residency
Culture and society
- Languages
- English, Chinese (中文 (Zhōngwén))
- Currencies
- $ HKD — Hong Kong dollar
Key figures
- GDP per capita (2025)
- $80,423
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 85.4 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 95.8%
- Inflation (2025)
- 1.4%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 3.6%
- Urban population (2025)
- 100.0%
- Life satisfaction (2025)
- 5.6/10
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 15.8 µg/m³
- Political stability (2023)
- 70th pct
- Homicide rate (2023)
- 0.4/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.81
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