Hong Kong population hikes in 2023, with 51,700 arriving

According to the statistics released by the Census and Statistics Department today, it was recorded that the population of Hong Kong was 7,503,100 at the end of 2023, an increase of 30,500 or 0.4 percent of residents over the same period last year.

Among the total population at the end of 2023, 7,228,600 were usual residents and 274,500 were mobile residents.

The population increase between the end of 2022 and the end of 2023 was mainly attributable to a net inflow of 51,700 Hong Kong residents recorded during the period, with an inflow of 40,800 one-way permit holders and a net inflow of 10,800 other Hong Kong residents.

Over the same period, a natural decrease of 21,200 was recorded, with 33,200 births and 54,400 deaths.

A government spokesperson pointed out that the population registered an increase for the second consecutive year since normalcy resumed in Hong Kong.

Many Hong Kong residents who stayed abroad during the epidemic have returned to Hong Kong throughout 2023.

In the second half of 2023, there was still a considerable inflow of Hong Kong permanent residents.

The report also attributed the growth to the successive admission of Mainland and overseas persons through various schemes into Hong Kong.