Indians make up around 1% of the Hong Kong population & approx population of Indians in Hong Kong as of 2023 is 60,000 (60 thousand).  As of the 2021 by-census, there were at least 101,969 persons of South Asian descent in Hong Kong. Many trace their roots in Hong Kong as far back as when India was still under British colonial rule and as a legacy of the British Empire, their nationality issues remain largely unsettled. 

Indians in Hong Kong include citizens of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and a small number of stateless persons and naturalized citizens of the People’s Republic of China. As a result, many of them also become British nationals (Overseas) or British citizens. According to the statistics of the Republic of India’s High-Level Committee on Indian Diaspora, among Hong Kong residents, there are 22,000 Indian citizens and 28,500 non-citizen Persons of Indian Origin (people with origins in British India, including places which lie outside the today’s Republic of India, and having citizenships of countries other than the Republic of India.

Some famous Indians are Hormusjee Naorojee Mody, Dorabjee Naorojee Mithaiwala, Hari Harilela, and Jehangir Hormusjee Ruttonjee who arrived independently in the course of trade from Bombay, Gujarat, and Karachi (Sindh).