hong kong (cn) Capital: victoria city Pos.: Surface: 1.114 Kmq Population 2024: 7.414.900 Pop. density: 6.656,10 in./Kmq Pop. growth 4 ys:  -1,00 % GDP per capita: 54.182 $ Nominal GDP 2023: 401,751 billions $ Estimate Growth GDP 2025: PPP per capita: 59.772 $ GDP PPP 2020: 443,204 billions $ Internet TLD:  HK It is a city and special administrative region of China. It is a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. It was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'anCounty at the end of the First Opium War in 1841. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease in 1898. The whole territory was transferred to China in 1997 Economy: It has a market economy focused on services, characterised by low taxation, minimal government market intervention, and an established international financial market. Hong Kong's economy ranked at the top of the Heritage Foundation's economic  freedom index between 1995 and 2021. However, Hong Kong was removed from the index by the Heritage Foundation in 2021, with the Foundation citing a "loss of political freedom and autonomy ... Economy hong kong (cn) population 2000 2005 2010 2015 2020 2022 2023 2024 2025  TOP