Hong Kong’s Mid-year Population Reaches 7.5 Million, First Rise in Three Years, Mainly Driven by 170,000 Arrivals Including 30,000 One-way Permit Holders
年中人口750萬 3年首增長 主因17萬移入 包括3萬單程證
The Census and Statistics Department yesterday released provisional population figures for Hong Kong, putting the population at about 7.498 million in mid-year, an increase of more than 150,000 from 7.346 million in the middle of last year and close to the 2019 peak. The rise was mainly attributable to the arrival of 31,000 One-way Permit holders and 143,000 other Hong Kong residents. The Government explained that the gradual relaxation of anti-pandemic measures in the second half of last year prompted Hong Kong residents who had remained abroad to return, while people from the Mainland and overseas also came to Hong Kong, resulting in a substantial net inflow of residents in the first half of this year.
政府統計處昨發表香港人口臨時數字，今年中約為749.8萬，較去年中734.6萬增逾15萬，回升至接近2019年高峰水平，升幅主要來自3.1萬單程證持有人和14.3萬其他香港居民移入。政府解釋，去年下半年防疫措施逐步放寬，留在外地的香港居民返港，加上內地及海外人士來港，令今年上半年錄得大量居民淨移入。