Official Languages
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Languages spoken here
Hong Kong-Macau Sign Language (secondary) · Indonesian (secondary) · Japanese (secondary) · Malay (secondary) · Nepali (secondary) · Portuguese (secondary) · Portuguese (Brazilian) (secondary) · Thai (secondary) · Vietnamese (secondary) · Wu Chinese (secondary)
“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.
China, Hong Kong
Peoples
Largest first.
| People | Population | Language | Religion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Han Chinese, Cantonese | 5960000 | Chinese, Yue | Ethnic Religions |
| Chinese, general | 301000 | Chinese, Yue | Ethnic Religions |
| Han Chinese, Hakka | 287000 | Chinese, Hakka | Ethnic Religions |
| Filipino, Tagalog | 181000 | Tagalog | Christianity |
| Indonesian | 151000 | Indonesian | Islam |
| Han Chinese, Min Nan | 83000 | Chinese, Min Nan | Ethnic Religions |
| Han Chinese, Min Bei | 66000 | Chinese, Min Bei | Ethnic Religions |
| Han Chinese, Wu | 62000 | Chinese, Wu | Ethnic Religions |
| Vietnamese | 47000 | Vietnamese | Buddhism |
| South Asian, general | 41000 | Language unknown | Hinduism |
| Hui | 36000 | Chinese, Mandarin | Islam |
| Portuguese | 23000 | Portuguese | Christianity |
| British | 21000 | English | Christianity |
| Malay | 20000 | Malay | Islam |
| Nepali, general | 16000 | Nepali | Hinduism |
| Thai | 10000 | Thai | Buddhism |
| Japanese | 9800 | Japanese | Buddhism |
| Deaf | 8000 | Hong Kong Sign Language | Unknown |
| Macanese | 500 | Chinese, Yue | Christianity |
Languages
17 languages recorded here.
Chinese, Hakka
Chinese, Mandarin
Chinese, Min Bei
Chinese, Min Nan
Chinese, Wu
Chinese, Yue
English
Hong Kong Sign Language
Indonesian
Japanese
Language unknown
Malay
Nepali
Portuguese
Tagalog
Thai
Vietnamese
All catalogue fields
149 fields recorded
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- HK
- iso3
- HKG
- iso2
- HK
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- China, Hong Kong
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- Y
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- ASI
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- China, Hong Kong
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- harvest_countrynameitalianshort
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- harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort
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- China, Hong Kong
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- China, Hong Kong
- harvest_countrynamespanishshort
- China, Hong Kong
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- harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort
- Hồng Kông
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- Y
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- ASI
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- 3
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- B
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- UN Country Population (2025)
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- 97
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- Ethnologue
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- cmn
- harvest_rol3secondarylanguage
- eng
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- 4
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- 13
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- 0
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- 0.4
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- 59.57
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- 21.92
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- 3.8
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- 12.41
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- 5.6
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- 1.43
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- 0.37
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- 4.54
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- 0
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- harvest_hdivalue
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- 22.396428
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- 114.109497
- harvest_securitylevel
- 1
- harvest_ethnolinguisticmap
- http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east_and_asia/china_ethnolinguistic_83.jpg
- harvest_provincesdisplayable
- Y
- harvest_adm1label
- Provinces
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- http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=hk&joshua=hk
- harvest_datareportalurl
- https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-hong-kong
- harvest_internetusage
- 91
- harvest_internetusagesourceyear
- 2018
- harvest_biblesocietyurl
- http://www.hkbs.org.hk/tw/
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- 413
- harvest_populationpersquaremile
- 17724
- harvest_wincountryprofile
- http://win1040.com/page.php?id=526
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- 18.9
- harvest_owpctevangelical1986
- 5.2
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- 14.1
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- 6.9
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- 10.05
- harvest_owpctevangelical2001
- 5.1
- harvest_religiondatayear
- 2010
- harvest_internetctrycode
- .hk
- harvest_worldfactbookurl
- https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/hong-kong
- harvest_source
- pjj
- harvest_editname
- BM
- harvest_editdate
- 09/12/02 00:00:00