The Numbers Game

Births (and
Not Dying)
8.6 per 1,000
Hong Kong’s very low birth
rate, which is still declining.
Couple that with a decreasing
mortality in the elderly, and
by 2034, 30 percent of the
population will be over 65.
Hope you’ve got your pension
plan sorted.
30% by 2034
$103,761
per square foot
Housing
$2,500 per month
The apartment in Yau Ma Tei recently dubbed the "most
inhumane" housing in Hong Kong. The subdivided flat
claimed to have 100 square feet of usable space, with a
single-person sofa bed cosily fitting next to the shower
and (child-size) toilet.
$594.76 million
The most expensive apartment (not even house) in Asia:
a 5,732 square foot 46th-floor duplex which sold in
December 2015 for $103,761 per square foot. For that
cash, you could rent the “most inhumane” flat for 19,825
years (and four months).
Population Density
The city has a population density of a whopping 6,690
people per square km—but Kwun Tong district has 57,250
people per square km and Ap Lei Chau an almighty 66,755.
That’s a LOT of people.
Hong Kong
6,690 per km 2
Kwun Tong
57,250per km 2
Cashflow
$105.6 billion
Average daily turnover in 2015 of Hong
Kong Exchanges and Clearing. Its market
capitalization was $24.7 trillion, or “a hell of
a lot of money.”
Ap Lei Chau
66,755per km 2
Tourists
59 million
tourists who came to Hong Kong in
2015: of whom 45.8 million were from
the mainland.
On average they stayed for 3.3 nights,
and spent $7,234 per night.
77% Mainland tourists
$24.7T
a year
10 HK MAGAZINE FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016