Hong Kong harbour reclamation

Land area of Hong Kong: 1,115 km²
Reclaimed since 1887: 78.4 km²
Victoria Harbour · water: 41.1 km²

October 2025 · Lands Department Geographic Data

Hong Kong Island

7.3 km²

reclaimed since 1887

Kowloon

13.6 km²

reclaimed since 1887

New Territories

28.7 km²

reclaimed since 1887

NT islands

28.8 km²

reclaimed since 1887

Victoria Harbour

Shoreline · Today. Darker fill is later reclamation.

Land by the 1890s
1890s–1927
1927–1947
1947–1963
1963–1970
1970–today

Harbour outlines for today follow the OpenStreetMap coastline (simplified). Earlier chips recede the main fills — West Kowloon, Hung Hom Bay, Kai Tak, Central and Wan Chai — against that shore. Diagram, not a survey. Area figures are Lands Department totals for all of Hong Kong, including fills outside this frame.

Lands Department, Hong Kong Geographic Data (October 2025) · reclamation since 1887. Pre-1887 fills are not in the 78.4 km². Victoria Harbour 41.1 km² is remaining water, not fill.