Editing Demographics of Hong Kong (section)

== Religion ==
{{main|Religion in Hong Kong}}
{{Pie chart
|thumb = left
|caption = Religion in Hong Kong (2016)<ref name=CIA>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/hong-kong/|title=CIA – The World Factbook – Hong Kong|publisher=Cia.gov |access-date=21 August 2021}}</ref>
|label1 = [[Irreligion|No religion]]
|value1 = 54.3
|color1 = Crimson
|label2 = Organised [[Buddhism]] and [[Taoism]]
|value2 = 27.9
|color2 = Gold
|label3 = [[Protestantism]]
|value3 = 6.7
|color3 = DodgerBlue
|label4 = [[Catholic Church|Catholicism]]
|value4 = 5.3
|color4 = Purple
|label5 = [[Islam]]
|value5 = 4.2
|color5 = DarkGreen
|label6 = [[Hinduism]]
|value6 = 1.4
|color6 = DarkOrange
|label7 = [[Sikhism]]
|value7 = 0.2
|color7 = DarkKhaki
}}
[[File:Hong Kong Budha.jpg|thumb|150px|The [[Tian Tan Buddha]] on [[Lantau Island]].]]
[[File:DaJiuFestival.jpg|thumb|150px|People honouring gods in a ''[[dajiao]]'' celebration, the [[Cheung Chau Bun Festival]].]]
Over half of all people (56.1% as of 2010) are not religious.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2014/01/global-religion-full.pdf|title=The Global Religious Landscape: A Report on the Size and Distribution of the World's Major Religious Groups as of 2010|last=Pew Research Center's Forum on Religion & Public Life|publisher=Pew Research Center|year=2012|access-date=5 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323215026/http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2014/01/global-religion-full.pdf|archive-date=23 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Religious people in Hong Kong follow a diverse range of religions, among which [[Taoism|Taoist]] and [[Buddhism|Buddhist]] (specifically [[Chinese Buddhism]]) faiths are common for people of Chinese descent.

[[Confucianism|Confucian]] beliefs are popular in Hong Kong, but it is arguable whether Confucianism can be considered as a religion.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Berling|first=Judith A.|date=1982|title=Confucianism|url=https://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln270/Berling-Confucianism.htm|journal=Focus on Asian Studies|volume=2|issue=1|pages=5–7|access-date=5 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605173016/https://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/Religion/Fac/Adler/Reln270/Berling-Confucianism.htm|archive-date=5 June 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> As such, Confucianism is excluded in some studies.<ref name=":1" />

The Christian beliefs of [[Protestantism]] (with 500,000 members) and [[Catholicism]] (401,000 members) are also common, as well as non-organised Chinese [[folk religion]]s, whose followers may state that they are not religious.

Traditional religions including Chinese Buddhism were discouraged under [[British Hong Kong|British rule]], which officially represented Christianity.<ref name="Chan">Chan, Shun-hing. Leung, Beatrice. [2003] (2003). Changing Church and State Relations in Hong Kong, 1950–2000. Hong Kong: HK university press. Page 24. {{ISBN|962-209-612-3}}</ref> The handover of sovereignty from Britain to China has led to a resurgence of Buddhist and Chinese religions.<ref name="Chan" />

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
|+Estimated number of adherents in Hong Kong by religion<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.yearbook.gov.hk/2016/en/pdf/E21.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=9 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170812133130/https://www.yearbook.gov.hk/2016/en/pdf/E21.pdf |archive-date=12 August 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Religion and Custom |url=https://www.yearbook.gov.hk/2021/en/pdf/E21.pdf |access-date=8 May 2023}}</ref>
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
| align="center" |Region || 2008 || 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || 2016
|2021
|-bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|-
| align="left" |Buddhists || > 1 million || > 1 million || > 1 million || > 1 million || > 1 million || > 1 million || > 1 million
|> 1 million
|-
| align="left" |Taoists || ≈ 1 million || ≈ 1 million ||≈ 1 million || ≈ 1 million || > 1 million || > 1 million || > 1 million
|> 1 million
|-
| align="left" |Protestant || 320,000 || 320,000 || 480,000 || 480,000 || 480,000 || ≈ 500,000 || 500,000
|500,000
|-
| align="left" |Catholics || 350,000 || 350,000 || 353,000 || 363,000 || 363,000 || 368,000 || 384,000
|401,000
|-
| align="left" |Muslims || 220,000 || 220,000 || 220,000 || 220,000 || 270,000 || 300,000 || 300,000
|300,000
|-
| align="left" |Hindu || 40,000 || 40,000 || 40,000 || 40,000 || 40,000 || 40,000 || 100,000
|100,000
|-
| align="left" |Sikhs || 10,000 || 10,000 || 10,000 || 10,000 || 10,000 || 10,000 || 12,000
|12,000
|-
|}