Fact · religious · 2025
Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries count (2025)
道觀及佛寺數目（2025 年）
Figure and reference date
Over 600
超過 600 間
Notes and definition
AMO religious building grading list.
Other figures in this group (religious)
Figures in the same group are not necessarily additive — check the basis note above first. the statistics index (same group).
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Christian churches count (2025) 基督教教堂數目（2025 年） | Over 1,600 超過 1,600 間 GovHK religious statistics estimate. | 2025 | Hong Kong Fact Sheet: Religion and Custom |
Verified questions that cite this figure
Hong Kong culture is a layering of Lingnan traditions, colonial-era urban culture and contemporary pop. Cantonese opera was inscribed on the UNESCO ICH Representative List in 2009; Hong Kong cinema has had global influence since the 1980s; and the everyday texture of the city is shaped by cha chaan teng, street food, dim sum, wuxia, comics and video games.
What are the main religions in Hong Kong? How are temples, churches and mosques distributed?
Hong Kong is religiously diverse. Most Chinese residents practise Buddhism, Taoism or Chinese folk beliefs (Tin Hau, Guanyin, Kwan Tai, Wong Tai Sin, Che Kung); Christianity (Catholic and many Protestant denominations), Islam, Hinduism, Sikhism and Judaism also have long histories. The AMO religious building grading list records over 600 entries.
Why doesn’t the site record indie music, underground theatre or KOL ecosystems?
Indie music, underground theatre and KOL ecosystems are contemporary non-mainstream culture without unified official counts or certification, involving real-time change and grassroots voices, which do not meet the rule that every figure must carry an official source and date. They are deliberately left out.
（已核對問題頁目前只有中文版；上面嘅英文標題同答案本身係資料檔嘅官方英文欄位。）
How to cite this figure
Hong Kong Story, “Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries count (2025)”, https://hongkongstory.org/en/facts/temples-count-2025, data as at 2025 (retrieved ＿).
中文：香港紀事館，〈道觀及佛寺數目（2025 年）〉，https://hongkongstory.org/facts/temples-count-2025，資料時點 2025（查閱日期 ＿）。
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Registered source
Antiquities and Monuments Office
Antiquities and Monuments Office
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