Economics
Hong Kong Population Falls From Mid-Year Amid Protests
A demonstrator throws back a tear gas canister during a protest in the Sheung Wan district of Hong Kong in 2019.
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The Hong Kong population at end-2019 declined from the mid-year count for the first time in nearly two decades amid frequent street protests that rocked the city in the second part of the year.
The decline was driven by a drop in so-called usual residents, which fell by 7,900 in end-December from end-June, according to data provided by the Census and Statistics Department Tuesday. Usual residents make up 97% of the overall population, which fell from mid-year for the first time since December 2002, based on data compiled by Bloomberg.