Facts and Statistics

Personal Documentation

  2022 2023
No. of HKSAR passports issued 614 024 1 453 395
No. of identity cards issued 389 684 1 043 947
No. of identity cards issued under the Territory-wide Identity Card Replacement Exercise * 1 625 925 361 389
Births, Deaths & Marriage
Births registration 32 952 33 289
Deaths registration 61 557 56 776
Marriage registration 29 983 47 519

* While the Territory-wide Identity Card Replacement Exercise was concluded on 3 March 2023, the On-site Identity Card Replacement Service continues to provide on-site identity card replacement service and delivery service of new smart identity card for all eligible residents of residential care homes for the elderly and for the persons with disabilities who have yet to replace their identity cards.

12-03-2024