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People from abroad in Hong Kong, and Hong Kong's people abroad

compatriots.net finds 357,743 people from abroad holding company roles, research posts or other documented positions in Hong Kong, from 213 countries of origin; 13,747 of them are recorded by an official register.

The largest groups come from China, United States, United Kingdom.

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Where they come from

China75,593United States68,979United Kingdom58,538Australia27,062India20,129Canada16,328Philippines15,061France11,031Singapore9,955Malaysia6,346Indonesia6,262Taiwan5,395Other75,720
Country of originPeople
China75,593
United States68,979
United Kingdom58,538
Australia27,062
India20,129
Canada16,328
Philippines15,061
France11,031
Singapore9,955
Malaysia6,346
Indonesia6,262
Taiwan5,395
Netherlands5,108
Switzerland4,314
Italy4,271
Germany4,167
New Zealand3,343
Thailand3,066
Spain2,843
Japan2,726
Brazil2,371
Türkiye2,296
Bangladesh2,105
South Korea2,100
Pakistan1,973
South Africa1,815
Vietnam1,799
Sweden1,787
Russian Federation1,699
Ireland1,684
Poland1,608
Mexico1,593
Sri Lanka1,525
Belgium1,344
Denmark1,264
Egypt1,111
Ukraine823
Macao776
Portugal766
Argentina633
Other14,810

Industries

Industry (ISIC section)People
Other6

Hong Kong's people abroad

Abroad, 155,826 people from Hong Kong are documented in 186 other countries.

United States59,536United Kingdom47,401China22,993Virgin Islands, British16,813Canada8,865Australia8,477France8,365Singapore7,202Switzerland6,657Germany6,612Netherlands4,411Bermuda3,549Other31,787
Host countryPeople
United States59,536
United Kingdom47,401
China22,993
Virgin Islands, British16,813
Canada8,865
Australia8,477
France8,365
Singapore7,202
Switzerland6,657
Germany6,612
Netherlands4,411
Bermuda3,549
Japan2,774
Italy1,976
Spain1,771
Sweden1,503
Taiwan1,455
India1,358
Cayman Islands1,313
Ireland1,289
Samoa1,200
Denmark1,184
Belgium1,131
Cook Islands988
Thailand909
Malaysia901
South Korea767
New Zealand761
Finland710
United Arab Emirates642
Macao580
South Africa529
Austria503
Norway461
Seychelles375
Philippines374
Brazil341
Indonesia310
Israel299
Hungary248
Other5,135

Hong Kong's company register lists 555,110 officer rows, 9,468 with a stated nationality (self-stamp rate 0.35; above 0.98 the field is ignored as it only repeats the register's own country).

Some company details from this register are incomplete in the current build; the people counts are not affected.

Counts are people with a documented cross-border move: an official register's nationality or birthplace, ORCID/VIAF/Wikidata records, or a dated study-then-work transition. Name-based estimates and heritage (ancestral) readings are not included in these counts. Groups under 5 people are folded into "Other".

Names from Hong Kong in other registers (estimate)

How many company officers abroad carry names that a name-origin model places in Hong Kong. This includes people whose families left generations ago, which the documented counts above cannot see. These are expected counts, not people, and no individual is labelled by them.

Host countryExpected people
Canada †13,000
United States †13,000
Bermuda †3,600
China2,500
New Zealand †540
Mauritius480
Samoa †350
Vietnam340
Switzerland140
Spain †120
Peru110
Belgium100
Honduras90
Hungary80
Malaysia70
Indonesia60
Colombia60
South Africa40
Nigeria30
Austria30
Croatia20
Cambodia20
Ireland10
Panama †9
Israel7
Jersey †6
Isle of Man †6
Albania5
Other10

Registers where the estimate fails, or cannot take, a check against recorded nationality are left out, among them Virgin Islands, British, United Kingdom, Cayman Islands, France, Taiwan, Cook Islands. † marks a host where most names point abroad; read its figure as ancestry, not migration. How this is estimated.

Aggregate statistics from official company registers, ORCID, VIAF and Wikidata, compiled by compatriots.net · data build v3_20261103. No individual is named on this page. See methodology & privacy.

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