Hong Kong — UN urban centre
Hong Kong: 4,749,543 people. Reference: 2025 annual estimate · World rank #90 of 12,138 source urban centres. Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025 (CC BY 3.0 IGO). Source identifier: 11566; territory: Hong Kong (HKG). UN source workbook.
Method: Degree of Urbanisation (contiguous 1 km2 cells, density 1,500+ people/km2, total 50,000+). This is a source-defined urban centre, not a municipality or province. No association with a separate administrative entity is inferred from proximity or name.
Source centroid: 22.3164, 114.183. National context uses World Bank estimates, a separate series and geography; no national share is inferred here.
UN population series
| Year | People | Method |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 2,877,514 | Estimate |
| 1980 | 3,203,902 | Estimate |
| 1985 | 3,477,756 | Estimate |
| 1990 | 3,583,417 | Estimate |
| 1995 | 3,974,520 | Estimate |
| 2000 | 4,304,726 | Estimate |
| 2005 | 4,425,121 | Estimate |
| 2010 | 4,577,391 | Estimate |
| 2015 | 4,734,297 | Estimate |
| 2020 | 4,809,654 | Estimate |
| 2025 | 4,749,543 | Estimate |
| 2030 | 4,658,922 | Projection |
| 2035 | 4,532,208 | Projection |
| 2040 | 4,384,746 | Projection |
| 2045 | 4,186,343 | Projection |
| 2050 | 3,929,305 | Projection |
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