ABSTRACT

Rapid growth of urban population Since the end of World War II, Hong Kong has experienced a rapid rate of urban population growth caused both by a high rate of natural increase and large-scale immigration. The population was 600,000 in 1945 and increased by 50% to 900,000 in 1946 alone. In 1947, it reached 1.4 million and had risen to more than 2.5 million by 1957, and to 6.2 million by 1996. The end of World War II in 1945 did not bring peace to China.