HONG KONG, Feb 17: The provisional estimate of the Hong Kong population was 7,333,200 at the end of 2022, representing a decrease of 68,300 or 0.9 percent from 7,401,500 at the end of 2021, according to the Census and Statistics Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government on Thursday.A natural decrease of 29,500 was recorded between the end of 2021 and the end of 2022, with 32,500 births and 62,100 deaths.