Census and Statistics Department - Hong Kong Resident Population by quinquennial age group, sex and whereabouts at census moment, 2001

Age Group/Sex		Whereabouts at census moment			Total
Age Group/Sex		Hong Kong	The mainland of China or Macau	Other countries or territories	Total
0 - 4	Male	140335	4154	1070	145559
	Female	128855	3489	1176	133520
	Sub-total	269190	7643	2246	279079
5 - 9	Male	200951	3892	1317	206160
	Female	187199	3577	1210	191986
	Sub-total	388150	7469	2527	398146
10 - 14	Male	216127	2961	3550	222638
	Female	204070	2359	3125	209554
	Sub-total	420197	5320	6675	432192
15 - 19	Male	217738	2182	11409	231329
	Female	206849	1641	10500	218990
	Sub-total	424587	3823	21909	450319
20 - 24	Male	210326	3164	11820	225310
	Female	231957	2043	10816	244816
	Sub-total	442283	5207	22636	470126
25 - 29	Male	229311	6572	5825	241708
	Female	274502	3234	6428	284164
	Sub-total	503813	9806	12253	525872
30 - 34	Male	240889	11480	5415	257784
	Female	313908	4866	6099	324873
	Sub-total	554797	16346	11514	582657
35 - 39	Male	291268	18159	5947	315374
	Female	357160	6013	5835	369008
	Sub-total	648428	24172	11782	684382
40 - 44	Male	308813	20780	5488	335081
	Female	329456	5528	6040	341024
	Sub-total	638269	26308	11528	676105
45 - 49	Male	244504	18173	4313	266990
	Female	252610	5943	6091	264644
	Sub-total	497114	24116	10404	531634
50 - 54	Male	204079	14471	4351	222901
	Female	194409	6222	5251	205882
	Sub-total	398488	20693	9602	428783
55 - 59	Male	122941	8766	2510	134217
	Female	106491	4583	2954	114028
	Sub-total	229432	13349	5464	248245
60 - 64	Male	123647	9090	2372	135109
	Female	110565	5186	2937	118688
	Sub-total	234212	14276	5309	253797
65 - 69	Male	117341	8481	2121	127943
	Female	113564	5149	2355	121068
	Sub-total	230905	13630	4476	249011
70 - 74	Male	94443	5906	1299	101648
	Female	101856	4078	1661	107595
	Sub-total	196299	9984	2960	209243
75 - 79	Male	59111	3175	720	63006
	Female	76138	2733	859	79730
	Sub-total	135249	5908	1579	142736
80 - 84	Male	31548	1524	305	33377
	Female	48825	1748	385	50958
	Sub-total	80373	3272	690	84335
85+	Male	18383	694	133	19210
	Female	41181	1238	98	42517
	Sub-total	59564	1932	231	61727
Total	Male	3071755	143624	69965	3285344
	Female	3279595	69630	73820	3423045
	Total	6351350	213254	143785	6708389

Note:

The Hong Kong Resident Population at the census moment covers "Usual Residents" and "Mobile Residents". "Usual Residents" refer to two categories of people:

(1)

Hong Kong Permanent Residents who had stayed in Hong Kong for at least three months during the six months before or for at least three months during the six months after the census moment, regardless of whether they were in Hong Kong or not at the census moment; and

(2)

Hong Kong Non-permanent Residents who were in Hong Kong at the census moment. As for "Mobile Residents", they are Hong Kong Permanent Residents who had stayed in Hong Kong for at least one month but less than three months during the six months before or for at least one month but less than three months during the six months after the census moment, regardless of whether they were in Hong Kong or not at the census moment.

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Concepts and Definitions for the 2001 Population Census