   this article is about the demographic features of the population of hong kong, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. hong kong is one of the most densely populated areas in the world with an overall density of some 6,300 people per square kilometre. hong kong has one of the worldâs lowest birth ratesâ1.11 per woman of child-bearing age as of 2012, far below the replacement rate of 2.1. with just 1,032 babies born in 2009 to every 1000 fertile women, it is estimated that 26.8% of the population will be aged 65 or more in 2033, up from 12.1% in 2005. == overview == the demographics of hong kong mainly consists of ethnic chinese, making up more than 93.6% of the population. the ancestral home of most hong kong people originates from various regions in guangdong. most hong kong people nowadays are the descendants of immigrants from mainland china and around the world after the end of world war ii. despite filipino and indonesian foreign domestic helpers being the ethnic minorities, there are over 273,609 foreign domestic helpers in hong kong, accounting for 4% of the entire population. the major ethnic groups include the punti, hakka, hoklo,kelly, margaret. fodor's china. fodor's travel publications, 2011. isbn 0307480534, 9780307480538. p. 392. and tanka ("boat dwellers").ng lun, ngai-ha. in: ring, trudy, robert m. salkin, sharon la boda (editors). international dictionary of historic places: asia and oceania (volume 5 of international dictionary of historic places, trudy ring, isbn 1884964052, 9781884964053). taylor & francis, 1996. isbn 1884964044, 9781884964046. p. 358. ==terminology==  people from hong kong generally refer to themselves, in cantonese, as hÃ¨ung gÃ³ng yÃ hn (); however the term is not restricted to those of chinese descent, owing to hong kong's nearly 150-year colonial history that saw th
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