# Population in Hong Kong

Population in Hong Kong was 7.5 million in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `hk`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/hong-kong
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/hong-kong.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=hk

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 7,498,900 |
| 2024 | 7,524,100 |
| 2023 | 7,536,100 |
| 2022 | 7,346,100 |
| 2021 | 7,413,100 |
| 2020 | 7,481,000 |
| 2019 | 7,507,900 |
| 2018 | 7,452,600 |
| 2017 | 7,393,200 |
| 2016 | 7,336,600 |
| 2015 | 7,291,300 |
| 2014 | 7,229,500 |
| 2013 | 7,178,900 |
| 2012 | 7,150,100 |
| 2011 | 7,071,600 |
| 2010 | 7,024,200 |
| 2009 | 6,972,800 |
| 2008 | 6,957,800 |
| 2007 | 6,916,300 |
| 2006 | 6,857,100 |
| 2005 | 6,813,200 |
| 2004 | 6,783,500 |
| 2003 | 6,730,800 |
| 2002 | 6,744,100 |
| 2001 | 6,714,300 |
| 2000 | 6,665,000 |
| 1999 | 6,606,500 |
| 1998 | 6,543,700 |
| 1997 | 6,489,300 |
| 1996 | 6,435,500 |
| 1995 | 6,156,100 |
| 1994 | 6,035,400 |
| 1993 | 5,901,000 |
| 1992 | 5,800,500 |
| 1991 | 5,752,000 |
| 1990 | 5,704,500 |
| 1989 | 5,686,200 |
| 1988 | 5,627,600 |
| 1987 | 5,580,500 |
| 1986 | 5,524,600 |
| 1985 | 5,456,200 |
| 1984 | 5,397,900 |
| 1983 | 5,345,100 |
| 1982 | 5,264,500 |
| 1981 | 5,183,400 |
| 1980 | 5,063,100 |
| 1979 | 4,929,700 |
| 1978 | 4,667,500 |
| 1977 | 4,583,700 |
| 1976 | 4,518,000 |
| 1975 | 4,461,600 |
| 1974 | 4,377,800 |
| 1973 | 4,241,600 |
| 1972 | 4,123,600 |
| 1971 | 4,045,300 |
| 1970 | 3,959,000 |
| 1969 | 3,863,900 |
| 1968 | 3,802,700 |
| 1967 | 3,722,800 |
| 1966 | 3,629,900 |
| 1965 | 3,597,900 |
| 1964 | 3,504,600 |
| 1963 | 3,420,900 |
| 1962 | 3,305,200 |
| 1961 | 3,168,100 |
| 1960 | 3,094,840 |