Hong Kong - People

Age structure:
0-14 years: 13% (male 476,089/female 434,326)
15-64 years: 74% (male 2,515,518/female 2,652,660)
65 years and over: 12.9% (male 419,479/female 482,340) (2007 est.)

Median age:  
total: 41.2 years
male: 40.9 years
female: 41.4 years (2007 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.561% (2007 est.)

Birth rate: 7.34 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Death rate: 6.45 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Net migration rate: 4.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.)

Sex ratio: 
at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.096 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.948 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female
total population: 0.956 male(s)/female (2007 est.)

Infant mortality rate:  
total: 2.94 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:  
total population: 81.68 years
male: 78.99 years
female: 84.6 years (2007 est.)

Total fertility rate: 0.98 children born/woman (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.1% (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 2,600 (2003 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: less than 200 (2003 est.)

Nationality: noun: Chinese/Hong Konger
adjective: Chinese/Hong Kong

Ethnic groups: Chinese 94.9%, Filipino 2.1%, other 3% (2001 census)

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

Languages: Chinese (Cantonese) 89.2% (official), other Chinese dialects 6.4%, English 3.2% (official), other 1.2% (2001 census)

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school
total population: 93.5%
male: 96.9%
female: 89.6% (2002)

This information comes from the CIA World Factbook January 2008.