The Zhitong Finance App learned that according to figures published by the Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Government today (August 18), the provisional figure for Hong Kong's population in mid-2026 is 7,518,300. Compared with the population of 7,498,900 in mid-2025, the number increased by 19,400, or 0.3%.

Between mid-2025 and mid-2026, 39,800 Hong Kong residents were registered as net immigrants (that is, more immigrants than exits). During the same period, the population recorded a natural decline of 20,400 people (that is, more deaths than births), 29,700 births, and 50,100 deaths.

Of the total population in mid-2026, the number of permanent residents was 7,252,800, while the number of migrant residents was 265,500. The revised population figure at the end of 2025 was 7,508,700. The number of permanent residents was revised to 7,242,100, and the number of migrant residents was revised to 266,600. The population change rate from the end of 2024 to the end of 2025 was also revised to +0.1%.

A spokesman for the Hong Kong government said that various measures to attract talents and imported laborers continued to attract people from all over the world to move into Hong Kong, offsetting the impact of natural population decline and increasing the population in mid-2026 compared to mid-2025.

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