Hong Kong's provisional mid-2026 population was 7,518,300, an increase of 19,400 or 0.3% from 7,498,900 at mid-2025, according to Census and Statistics Department figures released on 18 August 2026. The department recorded a net inflow of 39,800 residents between mid-2025 and mid-2026, alongside a natural decrease of 20,400, with 29,700 births and 50,100 deaths.

Of the total, 7,252,800 were Usual Residents and 265,500 were Mobile Residents. The revised year-end 2025 population was 7,508,700, comprising 7,242,100 Usual Residents and 266,600 Mobile Residents; the rate of change from end-2024 to end-2025 was revised to +0.1%.

A government spokesperson said talent-attraction and labour-importation measures continued to bring people to Hong Kong, offsetting the natural decrease. The figures are provisional, with the revised mid-2026 estimate due in February 2027.