Saturday, February 18, 2017

A few Quebec-Hong Kong comparisons



Road network

Quebec - Rural: 116,393 km (all roads, all jurisdictions)
Quebec - Urban: 28,310 km (all roads, all jurisdictions)
Hong Kong: 2,078 km
http://www.bv.transports.gouv.qc.ca/mono/0950935.pdf
http://www.aud.gov.hk/pdf_e/e57ch05.pdf

GDP
Quebec (2015):  $291,153,000 USD. Per capita: $35,252 USD
Hong Kong (2015): $308,877,550,000 USD. Per capita: $42,277 USD

Population
Quebec (2015):  8,259,500, Annual growth rate 0.5%
Hong Kong (2015): 7,324,800. Annual growth rate 0.8%


Population density


In blue is the mass transit network (MTR)


Aviation
Hong Kong Airport - Passenger (2015): 68,496,000
Hong Kong Airport - Air traffic movements (2015): 406,000


Hong Kong Airport - Passenger (2015): 16,623,438
Hong Kong Airport - Air traffic movements (2015): 238,523


Pollution



http://www.economist.com/blogs/graphicdetail/2016/08/daily-chart?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/

Hong Kong doesn't have heavy industry, and has less cars than Montreal. Yet, more heavily polluted... thanks mainland China!