The 2005 CIA World Factbook. United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Hong Kong

      Population:

       6,898,686 (July 2005 est.)

      Age structure:

       0–14 years: 13.8% (male 498,771/female 454,252)

       15–64 years: 73.5% (male 2,479,656/female 2,591,170)

       65 years and over: 12.7% (male 404,308/female 470,529) (2005 est.)

      Median age:

       total: 39.4 years

       male: 39.3 years

       female: 39.6 years (2005 est.)

      Population growth rate:

       0.65% (2005 est.)

      Birth rate:

       7.23 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)

      Death rate:

       5.98 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)

      Net migration rate:

       5.24 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)

      Sex ratio:

       at birth: 1.1 male(s)/female

       under 15 years: 1.1 male(s)/female

       15–64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female

       65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female

       total population: 0.96 male(s)/female (2005 est.)

      Infant mortality rate:

       total: 2.97 deaths/1,000 live births

       male: 3.16 deaths/1,000 live births

       female: 2.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:

       total population: 81.5 years

       male: 78.81 years

       female: 84.41 years (2005 est.)

      Total fertility rate:

       0.91 children born/woman (2005 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%, other 5%

      Religions:

       eclectic mixture of local religions 90%, Christian 10%

      Languages:

       Chinese (Cantonese), English; both are official

      Literacy:

       definition: age 15 and over has ever attended school

       total population: 93.5%

       male: 96.9%

       female: 89.6% (2002)

      Government Hong Kong

      Country name:

       conventional long form: Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

       conventional short form: Hong Kong

       local long form: Xianggang Tebie Xingzhengqu

       local short form: Xianggang

       abbreviation: HK

      Dependency status:

       special administrative region of China

      Government type:

       limited democracy

      Administrative divisions:

       none (special administrative region of China)

      Independence:

       none (special administrative region of China)

      National holiday:

       National Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic

       of China), 1 October (1949); note - 1 July 1997 is celebrated as

       Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day

      Constitution:

       Basic Law, approved in March 1990 by China's National People's

       Congress, is Hong Kong's "mini-constitution"

      Legal system:

       based on English common law

      Suffrage:

       direct election 18 years of age; universal for permanent residents

       living in the territory of Hong Kong for the past seven years;

       indirect election limited to about 200,000 members of functional

       constituencies and an 800-member election committee drawn from broad

       regional groupings, municipal organizations, and central government

       bodies

      Executive branch:

       chief of state: President of China HU Jintao (since 15 March 2003)

       head of government: Chief Executive Donald TSANG (since 24 June 2005)

       cabinet: Executive Council consists of seven non-official members

       and 14 official members

       elections: previous chief executive TUNG Chee-hwa was elected to

       second five-year term in March 2002 by 800-member election committee

       dominated by pro-Beijing forces, resignation accepted 12 March 2005;

       Donald TSANG acted as chief executive between 12 March 2005 and 25

       May 2005; Henry TANG acted as chief executive between 25 May 2005

       and 24 June 2005; last election 16 June 2005 to fill final two years

       of TUNG's term (next to be held in June 2007)

      Legislative branch:

       unicameral Legislative Council or LEGCO (60 seats; in 2004 30 seats

       indirectly elected by functional constituencies, 30 elected by

       popular vote; members serve four-year terms)

       elections: last held 12 September 2004 (next to be held in September

       2008)

       election results: percent of vote by party - pro-democracy group

       62%; seats by party - (pro-Beijing 34) DAB 12, Liberal Party 10,

       independents 11, FTU 1; (pro-democracy 25) independents 11,

       Democratic Party 9, CTU 2, ADPL 1, Frontier Party 1, NWSC 1; other 1

      Judicial branch:

       Court of Final Appeal in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

      Political parties and leaders:

       Association for Democracy and People's Livelihood or ADPL

       [Frederick FUNG Kin-kee, chairman]; Citizens Party [Alex CHAN

       Kai-chung]; Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong or

       DAB [MA Lik, chairman]; Democratic Party [LEE Wing-tat, chairman];

       Frontier Party [Emily LAU Wai-hing, chairwoman]; Liberal Party

       [James TIEN Pei-chun, chairman]

       note: political blocs include: pro-democracy - Association for

       Democracy and People's Livelihood, Democratic Party, Frontier Party;

       pro-Beijing - Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of Hong Kong,

       Hong Kong Progressive Alliance, Liberal Party

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