Caucasians Represent Less than 1% of the Population of Hong Kong

Hong Kong likes to call itself Asia’s World City, boasting its diverse population. Yet, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, with 91.6% of its population being ethnic Chinese, Hong Kong is a remarkably homogeneous city.

Moreover, 4.6% of Hong Kong’s population consists of Filipino or Indonesian domestic helpers who have very few rights; and, unlike other ethnic minorities, they cannot obtain the status of permanent residents, let alone Hong Kong citizenship.

In fact, according to the 2021 Population Census conducted by the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong, the number of ethnic minorities living in Hong Kong—excluding domestic helpers—amounted to only 3.6% of the total population.

Of those ethnic minorities, Caucasians represented the largest group, with 61,582 individuals identifying as White. This corresponds to approximately 0.8% of Hong Kong’s population being White.

Unsurprisingly, given Hong Kong’s history, as of 2021, British citizens made up the largest cohort of Caucasians in Hong Kong, with roughly 60% of all Caucasians in the city being British—a percentage that has remained remarkably stable over the past decade.