Key facts
Capital:Hong Kong
Location:Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China
Currency:Hong Kong dollars (HKD)
Area:1,108 sq km
Population:7,263,234 (July 2021 est.)
Languages:Cantonese (official) 88.9%, English (official) 4.3%, Mandarin (official) 1.9%, other Chinese dialects 3.1%, other 1.9% (2016 est.)
Religion:Buddhist or Taoist 27.9%, Protestant 6.7%, Roman Catholic 5.3%, Muslim 4.2%, Hindu 1.4%, Sikh 0.2%, other or none 54.3% (2016 est.)
Tel Code:+852
TimeZone:GMT+8
