Number of immigrants — all countries

Number of immigrants — Hong Kong

Number of immigrants in Hong Kong in 2024 — 3,063,318 people. Ranked 23 in the world out of 215. Since 1990, the indicator has risen by 38.1%.

2024 3.06M people +3.4% vs 2020
World rank 23of 215
Period maximum 3.06M people2024
Period minimum 2.22M people1990

Trend over time

1990–2024 · people

Number of immigrants — Hong Kong, 1990–20242M2.25M2.5M2.75M3M3.25M19901994199820022006201020142018202220241990: 2,218,473 people1995: 2,443,798 people2000: 2,669,122 people2005: 2,721,235 people2010: 2,779,950 people2015: 2,841,113 people2020: 2,962,492 people2024: 3,063,318 people
Change over the period: +844,845 (+38.08%) Average annual rate: 0.95 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Hong Kong

Hong Kong 3.06M people
World 303M people
East Asia & Pacific 32.48M people
Eastern Asia computed 10.42M people
High-income countries computed 205M people
Number of immigrants — Hong Kong, by year Hong Kong All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 3.06M
2020 2.96M
2015 2.84M
2010 2.78M
2005 2.72M
2000 2.67M
1995 2.44M
1990 2.22M

Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of people living in a country but born outside it — the international migrant stock. These are estimates of the UN Population Division, built from census and population register data. It is a stock, not a flow: the indicator answers the question of how many newcomers live in the country now, not how many arrived during the year. For the flow there is a separate indicator, net migration.

Important: The series is updated once every five years, so values may repeat in the intervening years. Foreign-born people and foreign citizens are not the same thing: in many countries most of the former have long held local citizenship.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.