South Asians in Hong Kong

South Asians in Hong Kong
南亞人
Total population
101,969
(1.4% of the population) (2021)
Regions with significant populations
Hong Kong Island, Kowloon and South New Territories
Languages
English, Hindi–Urdu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Sindhi, Gujarati, Punjabi, Nepali, Cantonese, Pashto
Religion
Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Sikhism, Jainism, Zoroastrianism, Baháʼí Faith, Christianity
Related ethnic groups
Overseas Pakistani, Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin, Non Resident Nepali

The numbers of Bangladeshis and Sri Lankans were not individually broken out in the 2006 By-Census Thematic Report on Ethnic Minorities, from which the above statistics originate. The total population of "Other Asians", which may include members of those two groups, was 7,851.

South Asians are part of the Hong Kong society. As of the 2021 by-census, there were at least 101,969 persons of South Asian descent in Hong Kong. Many trace their roots in Hong Kong as far back as when the Indian subcontinent was still under British colonial rule and as a legacy of the British Empire, their nationality issues remain largely unsettled. However, recently an increasing number of them have acquired Chinese nationality.