Hong Kong’s Country Codes
- Telephone: +852
- 2 Letter: HK
- 3 Letter: HKG
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 344
- Internet TLD: .hk
- ICAO Airport Code: VH
- Maritime Identification Digits: 477
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1ED U+1F1F0
- Official Name: The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
How to call Hong Kong (international dialing)
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (sms)
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone numbers begin with ‘5’, ‘6’, or ‘9’.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Hong Kong does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their own call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
How to call within Hong Kong (domestic dialing)
There is no trunk prefix used when calling within Hong Kong. Dial all phone numbers as they are listed.
Local calling (within the same area code)
Dial all eight digits of the phone number.
| eight digits |
| local phone number |
Long distance calling (to a different area code)
Dial all eight digits of the phone number.
| eight digits |
| local phone number |
Mobile calling (to or from a mobile phone)
Dial all eight digits of the phone number.
| eight digits |
| local phone number |
Hong Kong phone numbers explained
Number details
Hong Kong phone numbers are eight digits.
The first digit designates whether a land-line (fixed line) or mobile phone number. Land-line phones begin with ‘2’ or ‘3’.
Mobile numbers being with digits ‘5’, ‘6’, or ‘9’.
An example of a Hong Kong phone number
The Hong Kong Museum of Art lists its phone number in Kowloon as (852) 2721 0116.
Number explanation
| 852 | 2 | 721 0116 |
| country code for Hong Kong | signifies a land-line (fixed line) telephone number | remainder of the phone number |
Local example – calling from another location in Kowloon
Dial all eight digits of the phone number as they are listed.
| 2 | 721 0116 |
| signifies a land-line (fixed line) phone number | remainder of the phone number |
International example – calling from outside Hong Kong (including China, Macau, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom)
To call from outside Hong Kong, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Hong Kong’s country code of ‘852’, followed by the local phone number.
| exit code | 852 | 2 | 721 0116 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for Hong Kong | signifies a land-line (fixed line) phone number | remainder of the phone number |
How to call from Hong Kong
‘001’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from Hong Kong.
Calls to China, Macau, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom are dialed through using the exit code.
Sources and more resources
- Office of the Communications Authority – Hong Kong’s telephone systems regulator.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Hong Kong (country code +852) National Numbering Plan – Details of Hong Kong’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Hong Kong – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Hong Kong. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Hong Kong – Entry for Hong Kong in the British Telecom international directory.