Scotland is a country located in Europe and is a part of the United Kingdom, whereas Hong Kong is a metropolitan area and special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China. Today in this article, we will discuss the comparison between Scotland and Hong Kong regarding various aspects.
Size
Is Scotland bigger than Hong Kong?
The total area of Scotland is 77,933 sq km, and the total area of Hong Kong is 1,110.18 sq km. Scotland is bigger than Hong Kong by 76,822.82 sq km. Scotland is around 70.19 times bigger than Hong Kong.
Area of Scotland: 30,090 sq mi ( 77,933 km2 )
Area of Hong Kong: 428.64 sq mi ( 1,110.18 km2 )
Population
According to the Eurostat data, the total population of Scotland as of 2019 was estimated to be around 5.454 Million.
Based on the Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data, the total population of Hong Kong as of 13th July 2021, is 7,560,326.
Here is some more data comparison between Scotland and Hong Kong.
The capital city of Scotland is Edinburgh, and the capital city of Hong Kong is Hong Kong City.
Official Languages
Scotland: English, Scottish Gaelic
Hong Kong: Chinese
Human Development Index
HDI of Scotland as of 2018: 0.913
HDI of Hong Kong as of 2018: 0.949
Scotland Timezone:
UTC (Greenwich Mean Time)
Summer (DST):
UTC + 1 (British Summer Time)
Hong Kong Timezone:
UTC + 8 ( Hong Kong Time Zone)
Geological Coordinates
Coordinates of Scotland:
57° 0′ 0″ N, 4° 0′ 0″ W
Coordinates of Hong Kong:
22° 18′ 0″ N, 114° 12′ 0″ E
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