Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Official name	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Name in local language	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (en) ; 香港特別行政區 (zh)
Continent	Asia
Subcontinent	East Asia
Population (ranking: 105^e)	7,448,885 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth	0.77 % / year
Area	1,110 km²
Density	6,710.71 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 36^e)	362.993 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking)	48,717 $USD (2018)
GDP growth	3.00 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking)	84.70 years (2018)
Birth rate	8.30 ‰ (2016)
Fertility rate	1.21 children / woman (2016)
Death rate (ranking)	6.40 ‰ (2016)
Infant mortality rate (ranking)	1.50 ‰ (2015)
Literacy rate	98.00 % (2015)
Official languages	Chinese (Cantonese), English
Currency	Hong Kong dollar ($ HKD)
HDI (ranking: 16^e)	0.939 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking)	0.00 (2018)
Government	Special administrative region within the People's Republic of China
Head of State	President Xi Jinping
National Day
ISO Codes	HK, HKG
Demonym	Hong Kongese, Hongkonger, Chinese
Tourists (ranking)	27,885,000 people (2017)

Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China located in the south of the country. It is a major industrial and financial center in the Asia-Pacific region.

Hong Kong - Skyline de nuit — Hong Kong – night skyline. Photo: Base64, Wikipedia

Chine - Pont Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao — China – Bridge Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao. Photo: Wing1990hk, Wikipedia

Vie panoramique de Hong Kong — Panoramic view of Hong Kong. Source: Most Beautiful Picture

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Urban areas (2017)

Urban areas	Population
Pearl River Delta Maps: Pearl River Delta Megalopolis	69,760,022 inhabitants
Hong Kong (Xianggang) Maps: Hong Kong – routière Hong Kong – satellite	7,374,885 inhabitants