The provisional estimate of Hong Kong's population at the end of 2024 was 7,534,200, up 0.1% from a year earlier, the Census & Statistics Department announced today.

The population increase was mainly attributable to a net inflow of 21,000 Hong Kong residents during the period, the department said.

There were 36,700 births and 51,400 deaths, resulting in a natural decrease of 14,700.

The Government highlighted that the city’s population had increased for a third consecutive year, coinciding with the resumption of normalcy.

It outlined that many people moved to Hong Kong from the Mainland and other places around the world throughout 2024, thanks in part to measures to facilitate talent attraction and labour importation. It said this resulted in an increase of 0.3% in usual residents between end-2023 and end-2024.

The number of usual residents was 7,267,100, while there were 267,100 mobile residents.