Hong Kong - People

Age structure:
0-14 years: 12.6% (male 463,300/female 422,945)
15-64 years: 74.4% (male 2,535,246/female 2,684,495)
65 years and over: 13% (male 425,500/female 487,150) (2008 est.)

Median age:  
total: 41.7 years
male: 41.4 years
female: 42 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate: 0.532% (2008 est.)

Birth rate: 7.37 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate: 6.6 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: 4.55 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio: 
at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.94 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.87 male(s)/female
total population: 0.95 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate:  
total: 2.93 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.11 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 2.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:  
total population: 81.77 years
male: 79.07 years
female: 84.69 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1 children born/woman (2008 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 95%, Filipino 1.6%, Indonesian 1.3%, other 2.1% (2006 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 February 2009.