Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- City of Victoria
- Region
- Asia, Eastern Asia
- Population
- 7,498,900 (2025)
- Area
- 1,092 km²
- Currency
- Hong Kong dollar (HKD)
- Languages
- Chinese, Yue Chinese, English
- Calling code
- +852
- Internet domain
- .hk, .香港
- ISO codes
- HK, HKG, 344
- Time zone
- UTC+8:00
- United Nations
- Not a member
- Postal code pattern
- ###### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Hong Kong covers about 1,092 square kilometres. By area it ranks 189th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Martinique and a little larger than São Tomé and Príncipe. It shares a land border with 1 neighbour: China. Its centre lies at about 22° north, 114° east, in the northern hemisphere.
Neighbours
People
About 7.5 million people live in Hong Kong (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 105th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 6,867 people to each square kilometre. About 100 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 85 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Chinese, Yue Chinese, English. A person from Hong Kong is called Hong Konger.
Money and economy
The currency is the Hong Kong dollar (code HKD, symbol $). The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 427 billion (2025), which is about US$ 56,983 for each person (2025).
Time
Hong Kong uses one time zone, UTC+8:00 (Asia/Hong Kong). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Hong Kong | 7,396,076 |
| Victoria | 956,800 |
| Tuen Mun | 507,900 |
| Sha Tin | 495,200 |
| Sham Shui Po | 431,090 |
| Wong Tai Sin | 425,235 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Eastern Asia
Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, Taiwan. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.