China–Hong Kong

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Official Name
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China
Sovereignty Comment
As a Special Administrative Region, Hong Kong has a significant amount of autonomy in all areas except defence and foreign affairs
Population Full

7,501,000 (2019 census)

Principal Languages
Mandarin Chinese
Literacy Rate
94% (Roser and Ortiz-Ospina 2018)
Deaf Population
155,200 with ‘hearing difficulty’, of whom 4,300 were ‘unable to hear at all’ (2014 HKSAR)
Language Counts
The number of established languages listed for China–Hong Kong is 7. All are living languages. Of these, 3 are indigenous and 4 are non-indigenous. Furthermore, 3 are institutional, 1 is developing, 1 is vigorous, 1 is in trouble, and 1 is dying. Also listed are 4 unestablished languages.