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Population
Due to lack of government regulation in the area, data on demographics within Kowloon Walled City vary wildly. Rough estimates given by government officials through the years were considerably higher than census numbers.


 * 1668 – 30 guards, later 10
 * 1843 – 150 soldiers
 * 1854 – 300 soldiers (rebels)?
 * 1898 – 700 people (500 soldiers, 200 civilians)
 * 1898 – 150 people (afterwards)
 * 1904 – ~0 people ("nothing but desolation")
 * 1924 – ~300 ("a few hundred" people)
 * 1933 – "436 squatter-residents"
 * 1940 – ~0 people (demolished)
 * 1947 – "2,000 squatters"
 * 1971 – 10,004 people
 * 1980s – 33,000 people


 * In 1973, a City District Officer estimated the population at 27,000.
 * In a 1975 report, a government spokesman estimated the population to be between 20,000 and 30,000.
 * A 1981 census of the surrounding area contained a leftover population of 14,617 people that would presumably reside in the Walled City, but a District Officer of Kowloon City at the time estimated 40,000 residents.
 * In 1987, a formal government survey estimated the population at 33,000 people.

Official census numbers, such as the estimated population of 10,004 residents in 1971, were commonly considered to be much too low. However, informal estimates often mistakenly included a nearby village that was not part of the city. Thus, for most of the Walled City's existence, accurate population information was impossible to obtain.

Peak population

 * Front flap – 35,000 people
 * Page 9 – 33,000 people
 * Page 36 – 35,000 people (up to)
 * Page 38 – 33,000 people
 * Page 69 – 35,000 people (over)
 * Page 209 – 33,000 people (census)
 * Page 209 – 40,000 people (estimates, often as high as)

Area

 * Front flap – 100 by 200 meters (No more than)
 * Page 9 – 6.5 acres
 * Page 10 – 2.7 hectares (almost 7 acres)
 * Page 60 – 6.5 acres, 700 by 400 foot parallelogram


 * Based on 6.5 acres: 0.01015625 square miles; 0.0263045667 square kilometers
 * 0.026 km2
 * An area of 6.5 acre.

Density

 * Based on 6.5 acres and 33,000 people:
 * 5076.92 PD/acre
 * 5077 PD/acre
 * 5077 PD/acre
 * 5077 PD/acre
 * 5077 PD/acre


 * Based on the 1987 government survey, the Walled City had a peak population density of approximately 1,255,000/km2 (3,249,000/sq mi).
 * For comparison, Hong Kong as a whole (itself one of the most densely populated areas on earth) has an estimated population density of 6,693.6/km2 (17,336/sq mi).

Miscellaneous standalone

 * The streets of the Walled City were sometimes no more than five feet across. (Other pages for Wesley-Smith: 23, 177, 189, 190)
 * Page 36 – "Boom days" of 60s and 70s
 * Page 48 – "construction boom of the 1960s and early '70s"
 * Page 108 – "1970s' building boom when street patterns and addresses were constantly in flux."
 * Page 60 – Traveling palace in 1277
 * Wall was 13 feet tall, 15 feet wide
 * 1854 Taiping uprising
 * Page 68 – 1959 murder trial
 * Page 69 – 905 raids with 732 arrests in the first five months of 1967
 * Estimated 5,000 drug addicts in 1968
 * Two old cannons found in 1970
 * Page 70 – From 1973–74, "3,685 raids and 2,580 arrests, seizing nearly 500 pounds of heroin and 3,891 pounds of opium"
 * In 1980, a 21-person patrol unit was established
 * Page 71 – By 1983 crime rate supposedly same as rest of Kowloon City
 * Page 174 – 1/3 of residents over age 60 (estimate)
 * Page 209 – 83 entrances

Airport

 * Page 121 – Airport 800m away
 * Page 206 – Planes fly 100m over SW corner

Water

 * Page 10 – 77 wells up to 300 feet deep
 * Page 36 – 8 freshwater standpipes
 * Page 38 – 67 ground wells

Businesses

 * Page 36 – 100s of factories
 * Page 38 – 700 businesses
 * Page 162 – 150+ dentists in heyday
 * Page 209 – 718 businesses
 * "Mostly small food-processing, metal-working, and plastics factories"
 * 170 restaurants and shops
 * 75 medical clinics
 * 86 dentists

Vice

 * Sex
 * 30+ brothels
 * 5 pornographic cinemas
 * 4 strip joints
 * Drugs
 * 19 opium dens
 * 17 heroin dens
 * 4 drug factories
 * Gambling
 * 27 gambling halls
 * 15 unlicenced mahjong parlours
 * Other
 * 3 wine smugglers
 * 20 dog meat stands
 * 4 loan shark companies
 * 3 stolen goods factories (see p. 168)

Buildings

 * Page 10 – ~350 buildings
 * Page 209 – ~350 buildings

Stories

 * Page 7 – 14 stories
 * Page 9 – 10-14 stories
 * Page 209 – 10-14 stories
 * Back flap – 15 stories

Dwellings

 * Page 69 – 2,185 dwellings (1971 census)
 * Page 209 – 8,494 premises
 * Page 209 – 10,742 households

Square footage

 * Page 177 – 200 sq. ft. flats
 * Page 210 – 23 sq. meters (60% of flats)

Compensation

 * Page 177 – $200,000 compensation
 * Page 209 – $2.76 billion package (includes demolition costs)
 * Page 210 – $320-450,000

To put into the article
Due to lack of government regulation within Kowloon Walled City, data on its demographics vary widely. Official census numbers estimated the Walled City's population at 10,004 in 1971 and 14,617 in 1981, but these figures were commonly considered to be much too low. However, informal estimates often mistakenly included a nearby village that was not part of the city. Thus, there was no accurate population information available for much of the Walled City's existence.

In 1987, a more thorough government survey estimated that 33,000 people resided within the Walled City's area of 6.5 acre. Based on the 1987 government survey, the Walled City had a peak population density of approximately 1,255,000/km2 (3,249,000/sq mi). For comparison, Hong Kong as a whole (itself one of the most densely populated areas on earth) has an estimated population density of 6,693.6/km2 (17,336/sq mi).


 * List of exclaves and enclaves

The survey found that the Walled City contained 83 entrances, and was composed of approximately 350 buildings, each between 10 and 14 stories tall.

The survey counted a total of 718 businesses, including many small food processing, metalworking, and plastics factories, as well as 170 restaurants and shops, 75 medical clinics, and 86 dentists.

60% of the flats in the Walled City were 23 m2.

Note

 * China
 * Hong Kong
 * Kowloon
 * Kowloon City District
 * Kowloon City
 * Kowloon Walled City

More specific refs

 * Introduction
 * The Water Supply
 * A Chinese Magistrate's Fort
 * The Walled City: Our Place
 * Chan Hip Ping
 * The Clearance