639,971 (2023 est.)
noun: Chinese
adjective: Chinese
Chinese 89.4%, Chinese and Portuguese 1%, Portuguese 0.8%, Chinese and non-Portuguese 0.2%, Portuguese and others 0.2%, other 8.5% (2021 est.)
Cantonese 81%, Mandarin 4.7%, other Chinese dialects 5.4%, English 3.6%, Tagalog 2.9%, Portuguese 0.6%, other 1.8%; note - Chinese and Portuguese are official languages; Macanese, a Portuguese-based Creole, is also spoken (2021 est.)
major-language sample(s):
世界概况, 必須擁有的基本資料参考书 (Cantonese)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Cantonese audio sample:
folk religion 58.9%, Buddhist 17.3%, Christian 7.2%, other 1.2%, none 15.4% (2020 est.)
0-14 years: 14.42% (male 47,202/female 45,056)
15-64 years: 70.73% (male 211,278/female 241,366)
65 years and over: 14.86% (2023 est.) (male 44,657/female 50,412)
2023 population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio: 36.9
youth dependency ratio: 20
elderly dependency ratio: 16.9
potential support ratio: 5.9 (2021 est.)
total: 42 years (2023 est.)
male: 41.2 years
female: 42.5 years
0.71% (2023 est.)
8.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
4.8 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
3.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
population fairly equally distributed
urban population: 100% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 1.46% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
682,000 Macau (2023)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.88 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
total population: 0.9 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
total: 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
male: 4.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births
total population: 85.2 years (2023 est.)
male: 82.3 years
female: 88.2 years
1.23 children born/woman (2023 est.)
0.6 (2023 est.)
N/A
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: N/A
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: N/A
total: 0% of population (2020)
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53.5% (2023 est.)
6.3% of GDP (2020 est.)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 97.1%
male: 98.5%
female: 95.9% (2021)
total: 18 years
male: 17 years
female: 19 years (2021)
NOTE: The information regarding Macau on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Macau 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Macau 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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