In this section, you can access the latest press releases on statistics issued by the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD). Press releases for regular statistical information are issued to the media at 4:30 p.m. Hong Kong time (i.e. GMT 08:30) on the pre-announced scheduled date and posted to this website shortly afterwards. Besides the latest press release, you can access previous releases as far back as April 1998 through the selection box below. In accessing previous press releases, please note that they may have lost currency due to various reasons including changes in methodologies over the years.

On 1 July 1997, Hong Kong became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. In respect of statistics in this section, "Hong Kong" stands for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region while "China" stands for the mainland of China with effect from July 1997.