Many people think Hong Kong’s 1,000 square kilometers is already a bit overcrowded with its existing 6.7 million people. But projections released by China’s Census and Census and Statistics department suggest the city will add another two million people over the next 30 years.
The major cause for the increase will be immigrants, who will represent 93 percent of the increase. China allows almost 55,000 people from the mainland to emigrate to Hong Kong each year.
Source:
Hong Kong population set to swell. The BBC, May 7, 2002.