According to the 2016 census, Islam is practised by 4.1% of the population of Hong Kong, or about 300,000 Muslims. Of this number, 50,000 are Chinese, 150,000 are
Indonesians and 30,000 are Pakistanis, with the rest from other parts of the world.[1] The vast majority of Muslims in Hong Kong are Sunni.[2]
In the new millennium, the largest number of Muslims in the territory are Indonesian, most of whom are female foreign domestic workers. They account for over 120,000 of Hong Kong's Muslim population.[7]
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