Permanent residents of Hong Kong
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Ethnic group
Hongkongers 香港人
c. 8.95 million[ 1] Hong Kong 7,413,070[ 2] Mainland China 472,900[ 3] United States 248,024[ 4] United Kingdom 280,000[needs update ] [ 5] Canada 213,855[needs update ] [ a] [ 7] Taiwan 87,719[needs update ] [ 8] Australia 100,148[ 9] Singapore 66,000[ 10] Macau 19,355[ 11] Netherlands 18,363[ 12] Japan 18,210[needs update ] [ 13] New Zealand 12,000[ 10] South Korea 9,929[ 14] Costa Rica 4,000[ 10] Ireland 2,000[ 10] South Africa 2,000[ 10] France 1,000[ 10] Brunei 1,000[ 10] Venezuela 1,000[ 10] Hong Kong Cantonese (94.6%),Hong Kong English (53.2%),Mandarin (48.6%)Non-religious with ancestral worship , Christianity , Chinese folk religion , Confucianism , Taoism , Buddhism , minority Islam and other faithsCantonese people , Macau people , Hoklos , Hakkas , Teochew people , Shanghainese people , Tankas
Hongkongers (Chinese : 香港人 ; Jyutping : Hoeng1gong2 jan4 ), Hong Kongers , Hong Kong citizens [ b] and Hong Kong people are demonyms that refer to a resident of Hong Kong , although they may also refer to others who were born and/or raised in the territory.
The earliest inhabitants of Hong Kong were indigenous villagers such as the Punti and Tanka , who inhabited the area prior to British colonization .
Though Hong Kong is home to a number of people of different racial and ethnic origins , the overwhelming majority of Hongkongers are of Chinese descent. Many are Yue –speaking Cantonese people and trace their ancestral home to the adjacent province of Guangdong .
The territory is also home to other groups of Chinese peoples including the Taishan Yue , Hakka , Hoklo , Teochew , Shanghainese , Sichuanese and Shandong people. Meanwhile, non-Chinese Hongkongers such as the British , Filipinos , Indonesians , Thais , South Asians and Vietnamese make up six percent of Hong Kong's population.[ 16]
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