Hong Kong by age group:

Mid-2009
Age Group	Male (’000)	Female (’000)	Both sexes (’000)	Both sexes (% of total population)
0-4	118.3	108.4	226.7	3.2
5-9	135.6	125.8	261.4	3.7
10-14	193.2	183.7	376.9	5.4
15-19	220.9	208.8	429.7	6.1
20-24	215.0	234.5	449.5	6.4
25-29	231.8	307.2	539.0	7.7
30-34	227.5	315.1	542.6	7.7
35-39	242.5	335.5	578.0	8.2
40-44	265.8	337.2	603.0	8.6
45-49	319.5	357.6	677.1	9.7
50-54	303.1	309.3	612.4	8.7
55-59	238.7	239.6	478.3	6.8
60-64	169.5	163.7	333.2	4.8
65-69	117.6	105.0	222.6	3.2
70-74	115.2	118.5	233.7	3.3
75-79	95.9	104.7	200.6	2.9
80-84	53.1	76.2	129.3	1.8
> = 85	36.4	77.9	114.3	1.6
All age groups	3 299.6	3 708.7	7 008.3	100

Source: Census and Statistics Department

Hong Kong by population growth (% per year):

	Natural increase (’000)	Net movement (’000)	Population growth (’000)	Population growth rate (%)
2005	15.4	14.3	29.7	0.4
2006	23.4	20.5	43.9	0.6
2007	28.8	40.0	68.8	1.0
2008	34.1	17.7	51.8	0.7
2009	41.3	-10.7	30.6	0.4

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Figures released on 14 August 2009.
Source: Census and Statistics Department

Hong Kong resident population aged 15 and over by age group and educational attainment (highest level attended), 2006:

Age group	Pre-primary No schooling/	Primary	Lower secondary	Upper secondary	Sixth form (including craft level)
15-19	494	2 509	96 850	230 085	60 356
20-24	1 409	6 897	48 487	148 906	34 935
25-29	2 524	13 523	72 898	159 501	31 093
30-34	4 255	24 660	103 736	174 953	30 027
35-39	5 841	37 789	120 997	198 491	34 132
40-44	9 989	79 543	154 887	223 512	42 178
45-49	16 370	153 205	163 332	177 635	38 149
50-54	22 103	177 534	130 177	110 599	25 141
55-59	26 865	157 052	97 188	76 109	20 816
60-64	27 896	96 963	49 228	31 363	13 189
65+	305 564	334 437	86 803	48 620	21 403
Aged 15 or above	423 310	1 084 112	1 124 583	1 579 774	351 419

Age group	Post-secondary diploma/certificate	Post-secondary sub-degree courses	Post-secondary degree courses	Resident population
15-19	17 484	1 280	13 179	439 237
20-24	32 897	59 292	136 945	469 768
25-29	28 693	35 110	158 945	502 287
30-34	27 297	25 728	159 183	549 839
35-39	25 333	24 900	129 877	577 360
40-44	25 523	23 495	112 368	671 495
45-49	18 382	17 937	74 645	659 655
50-54	13 030	10 783	44 766	534 133
55-59	9 193	7 028	28 051	422 302
60-64	4 875	3 972	18 313	245 799
65+	10 007	7 650	38 312	852 796
Aged 15 or above	212 714	234,175	914 584	5 924 671

Source: Census and Statistics Department

Hong Kong labour force participation rates (LFPRs) – by sex:

Period	Male		Female		Both sexes
	No ('000)	LFPR (%)	No ('000)	LFPR (%)	No ('000)	LFPR (%)
2006	1 950.6	70.9	1 621.2	52.6	3 571.8	61.2
2007	1 958.2	70.5	1 671.3	53.1	3 629.6	61.2
2008	1 949.4	69.7	1 699.5	53.1	3 648.9	60.9
3-5/2008	1 942.9	69.6	1 695.1	53.1	3 638.1	60.8
4-6/2008	1 942.5	69.5	1 695.7	53.1	3 638.2	60.7
5-7/2008	1 946.1	69.6	1 698.0	53.1	3 644.1	60.8
6-8/2008	1 952.9	69.8	1 707.1	53.4	3 659.9	61.0
7-9/2008	1 952.7	69.8	1 704.7	53.2	3 657.4	60.9
8-10/2008	1 952.4	69.7	1 700.8	53.0	3 653.2	60.8
9-11/2008	1 947.5	69.5	1 699.8	52.9	3 647.4	60.6
10-12/2008	1 949.7	69.5	1 712.2	53.3	3 661.9	60.9
11/2008-1/2009	1 964.6	69.9	1 723.1	53.4	3 687.7	61.1
12/2008-2/2009	1 958.3	69.8	1 726.8	53.7	3 685.1	61.2
1-3/2009	1 957.4	69.7	1 737.5	54.0	3 694.9	61.3
2-4/2009	1 957.9	69.7	1 741.1	54.0	3 699.0	61.3
3-5/2009	1 966.4	69.9	1 748.3	54.1	3 714.7	61.5
4-6/2009	1 966.5	69.9	1 742.7	53.8	3 709.2	61.3
5-7/2009	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	3 719.0	N.A.

There are currently four key industry 'pillars' of the Hong Kong economy: financial services, tourism, trading and logistics, and professional services.

Source: Census and Statistics Department