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HK

Languages Spoken in Hong Kong

Official: Chinese and English

Hong Kong has a population of 7.3 million and is home to a small number of language communities, with 3 languages meeting our inclusion threshold. Chinese and English serve as the official languages. Of the languages spoken in Hong Kong, 2 are supported by LEXIGO's professional translation services.

7.3M
Population
3
Languages
2
LEXIGO

Languages spoken in Hong Kong

Chinese Official
Chinese characters, simplified Chinese characters
LEXIGO translation services โ†’
95%
CLDR
Cantonese
Cantonese Braille, Simplified Chinese
90%
CLDR
English Official
English Braille, English alphabet
LEXIGO translation services โ†’
51%
CLDR
CIA World Factbook

"Cantonese (official) 85.4%, English (official) 4.5%, Putonghua (official) 2.2%, other Chinese dialects 2.8%, other 2%, persons under 5 or mute 3.2% (2021 est.)"

Data sources
Unicode CLDR (population percentages)
CIA World Factbook (official languages)
Wikidata (language families, scripts)
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