Population: 5,855,800 (July 1991), growth rate 0.6% (1991)

Birth rate: 13 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: - 2 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 7 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 77 years male, 84 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 1.4 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: adjective--Hong Kong

Ethnic divisions: Chinese 98%, other 2%

Religion: eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10%

Language: Chinese (Cantonese), English

Literacy: 77% (male 90%, female 64%) age 15 and over having ever attended school (1971)

Labor force: 2,800,000 (1990); manufacturing 28.5%, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 27.9%, services 17.7%, financing, insurance, and real estate 9.2%, transport and communications 4.5%, construction 2.5%, other 9.7% (1989)

Organized labor: 16% of labor force (1990)

NOTE: The information regarding Hong Kong on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Hong Kong People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Hong Kong People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.