Country scorecard
Hong Kong
Asia · 7.5M people
ALPS
1.94
languages per person
#34 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
19%
globally connected
Strongly multilingual — the average person here speaks 1.9 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Hong Kong is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇲🇴 Macau99%
- 🇸🇬 Singapore58%
- 🇹🇼 Taiwan55%
- 🇨🇳 China53%
- 🇨🇦 Canada45%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Cantonese99%
- Mandarin Chinese50%
- English45%
Compare with a neighbor
The countries sitting next to Hong Kong in the world multilingualism ranking.
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