Macau People - 2024

Population

639,971 (2023 est.)

Nationality

noun: Chinese

adjective: Chinese

Ethnic groups

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.)

Languages

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:

Religions

folk religion 58.9%, Buddhist 17.3%, Christian 7.2%, other 1.2%, none 15.4% (2020 est.)

Age structure

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:

Dependency ratios

total dependency ratio: 36.9

youth dependency ratio: 20

elderly dependency ratio: 16.9

potential support ratio: 5.9 (2021 est.)

Median age

total: 42 years (2023 est.)

male: 41.2 years

female: 42.5 years

Population growth rate

0.71% (2023 est.)

Birth rate

8.8 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Death rate

4.8 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Net migration rate

3.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)

Population distribution

population fairly equally distributed

Urbanization

urban population: 100% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: 1.46% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

Major urban areas - population

682,000 Macau (2023)

Sex ratio

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.)

Infant mortality rate

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

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 85.2 years (2023 est.)

male: 82.3 years

female: 88.2 years

Total fertility rate

1.23 children born/woman (2023 est.)

Gross reproduction rate

0.6 (2023 est.)

Contraceptive prevalence rate

N/A

Drinking water source

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)

Current health expenditure

N/A

Physicians density

N/A

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

N/A

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

53.5% (2023 est.)

Education expenditures

6.3% of GDP (2020 est.)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 97.1%

male: 98.5%

female: 95.9% (2021)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 18 years

male: 17 years

female: 19 years (2021)