Hong Kong: cities by population
Hong Kong has a population of 7,396,076, with Hong Kong as its capital. The 50 largest of its 319 recorded towns and cities, ranked.
Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.
The UN's World Population Prospects does not list Hong Kong separately — it is reported under a parent state, or is not a UN member — so the total above comes from GeoNames and carries no stated vintage. Treat it as approximate.
Treat these figures with care. The settlements listed below sum to 15,333,459, against a national population of 7,396,076. Some overlap is normal where towns run together, but a gap this wide suggests the underlying figures for Hong Kong are unreliable, and we have not been able to verify them independently.
Largest cities in Hong Kong
| # | Place | Region | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hong Kong | 7,396,076 | |
| 2 | Victoria | Central and Western | 956,800 |
| 3 | Tuen Mun | Tuen Mun | 507,900 |
| 4 | Sha Tin | Sha Tin | 495,200 |
| 5 | Sham Shui Po | Sham Shui Po District | 431,090 |
| 6 | Wong Tai Sin | Wong Tai Sin District | 425,235 |
| 7 | Kowloon City | Kowloon City | 418,732 |
| 8 | Tseung Kwan O | Sai Kung District | 412,900 |
| 9 | Kwai Chung | Kwai Tsing District | 331,600 |
| 10 | Tsuen Wan | Tsuen Wan | 318,916 |
| 11 | Tin Shui Wai | Yuen Long | 286,232 |
| 12 | Tai Po | Tai Po | 274,100 |
| 13 | Fanling | North District | 263,200 |
| 14 | Ma On Shan | Sha Tin | 215,200 |
| 15 | Yuen Long San Hui | Yuen Long | 200,000 |
| 16 | Yuen Long | Yuen Long | 200,000 |
| 17 | Tsing Yi Town | Kwai Tsing District | 182,100 |
| 18 | Yuen Long Kau Hui | Yuen Long | 169,600 |
| 19 | Wan Chai | Wan Chai | 166,695 |
| 20 | Aberdeen | Southern District | 157,400 |
| 21 | San Tung Chung Hang | Islands | 116,000 |
| 22 | Tung Chung | Islands | 114,100 |
| 23 | Sha Tin Wai | Sha Tin | 80,000 |
| 24 | Shap Pat Heung | Yuen Long | 77,775 |
| 25 | Pok Fu Lam | Southern District | 77,100 |
| 26 | Nam Cheong | Sham Shui Po District | 74,780 |
| 27 | Mong Kok | Yau Tsim Mong District | 62,967 |
| 28 | Siu Lek Yuen | Sha Tin | 57,349 |
| 29 | Sau Mau Ping | Kwun Tong District | 54,218 |
| 30 | Tiu Keng Leng | Kwun Tong District | 51,751 |
| 31 | LOHAS Park | Sai Kung District | 50,000 |
| 32 | Mei Foo | Sham Shui Po District | 45,990 |
| 33 | Ping Shan | Yuen Long | 45,400 |
| 34 | Kai Tak | Kowloon City | 42,552 |
| 35 | Jordan | Yau Tsim Mong District | 41,537 |
| 36 | Pat Heung | Yuen Long | 40,357 |
| 37 | Whampoa | Kowloon City | 39,134 |
| 38 | Choi Wan | Wong Tai Sin District | 38,405 |
| 39 | Kennedy Town | Central and Western | 38,000 |
| 40 | Mei Foo Sun Chuen | Sham Shui Po District | 37,299 |
| 41 | Tsz Wan Shan | Wong Tai Sin District | 37,242 |
| 42 | Hang Hau | Sai Kung District | 36,529 |
| 43 | Sai Kung | Sai Kung District | 35,800 |
| 44 | Tai Koo | Eastern District | 35,373 |
| 45 | Taikoo Shing | Eastern District | 34,799 |
| 46 | Yau Tong | Kwun Tong District | 34,755 |
| 47 | Tai Kok Tsui | Yau Tsim Mong District | 33,801 |
| 48 | Shek Lei | Kwai Tsing District | 31,788 |
| 49 | Whampoa Garden | Kowloon City | 30,038 |
| 50 | Yau Ma Tei | Yau Tsim Mong District | 29,644 |
Common questions
What is the population of Hong Kong?
Hong Kong has a population of 7,396,076, a GeoNames figure with no stated vintage, so treat it as approximate.
What is the capital of Hong Kong?
Hong Kong.