| Population | 630,396 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Chinese adjective: Chinese |
| Ethnic groups | Chinese 88.7%, Portuguese 1.1%, mixed 1.1%, other 9.2% (includes Macanese - mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry) (2016 est.) |
| Languages | Cantonese 80.1%, Mandarin 5.5%, other Chinese dialects 5.3%, Tagalog 3%, English 2.8%, Portuguese 0.6%, other 2.8%; note - Chinese and Portuguese are official languages; Macanese, a Portuguese-based Creole, is also spoken (2016 est.) major-language sample(s): ????,???????????? (Cantonese) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | folk religion 58.9%, Buddhist 17.3%, Christian 7.2%, other 1.2%, none 15.4% (2010 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 13.43% (male 42,449/female 40,051) 15-24 years: 10.45% (male 33,845/female 30,354) 25-54 years: 49% (male 134,302/female 166,762) 55-64 years: 14.57% (male 44,512/female 45,007) 65 years and over: 12.56% (male 36,223/female 40,953) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 35.7 youth dependency ratio: 19.5 elderly dependency ratio: 16.2 potential support ratio: 6.2 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 40.8 years male: 40.7 years female: 40.9 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.79% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.41 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 4.64 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 3.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | population fairly equally distributed |
| Urbanization | urban population: 100% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.46% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.12 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.81 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female total population: 0.9 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 4.69 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.77 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 84.81 years male: 81.89 years female: 87.86 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.21 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Physicians density | 2.41 physicians/1,000 population (2010) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Education expenditures | 2.7% of GDP (2018) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.5% male: 98.2% female: 95% (2016) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2019) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
