World Factbook
Macau
Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu (Chinese)/ Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau (Portuguese)
Last updated: 2026-03-28 (today)
Languages
note
note: Chinese and Portuguese are official languages; Macanese or Patua, a Portuguese-based Creole, is also spoken
Languages
Cantonese 81%, Mandarin 4.7%, other Chinese dialects 5.4%, English 3.6%, Tagalog 2.9%, Portuguese 0.6%, other 1.8% (2021 est.)
major-language sample(s)
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Religions
folk religion 58.9%, Buddhist 17.3%, Christian 7.2%, other 1.2%, none 15.4% (2020 est.)
Sex ratio
at birth
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years
1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years
0.87 male(s)/female
total population
0.9 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
65 years and over
0.89 male(s)/female
Birth rate
8.31 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate
5.02 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Median age
male
41.5 years
total
43 years (2025 est.)
female
43.1 years
Population
male
304,988
total
644,426 (2024 est.)
female
339,438
Nationality
noun
Chinese
adjective
Chinese
Urbanization
urban population
100% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
1.46% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Age structure
0-14 years
14.4% (male 47,346/female 45,216)
15-64 years
69.9% (male 210,059/female 240,577)
65 years and over
15.7% (2024 est.) (male 47,583/female 53,645)
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.)
Dependency ratios
total dependency ratio
43 (2024 est.)
youth dependency ratio
20.5 (2024 est.)
potential support ratio
4.5 (2024 est.)
elderly dependency ratio
22.5 (2024 est.)
Net migration rate
3.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.25 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Drinking water source
improved: urban
urban: 100% of population
Education expenditure
6.3% of GDP (2020 est.)
Infant mortality rate
male
4.5 deaths/1,000 live births
total
4.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
female
4.3 deaths/1,000 live births
Population growth rate
0.64% (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate
0.61 (2025 est.)
Population distribution
population fairly equally distributed
Life expectancy at birth
male
82.5 years
female
88.3 years
total population
85.3 years (2024 est.)
Major urban areas - population
682,000 Macau (2023)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
male
17 years
total
18 years
female
19 years (2021)