🇲🇴 Macau Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇲🇴 Macau MO / MAC #196

Nomad Score 59.0

Cities 3

Region Sinosphere, Asia, Asia, Eastern Asia

Currency MOP

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 712.7K

Density 22,736.7/km²

HDI 0.934 (Very High)

Life Expectancy (2024) 83.3 yrs

Fertility Rate (2024) 0.58

Urban Population (2024) 100.0%

Literacy Rate (2016) 96.5%

Labor Force (2025) 79.0%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
Portuguese	Português
Chinese	中文 (Zhōngwén)

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
Chinese	88.4%
Filipino	4.6%
Vietnamese	2.4%
Portuguese	1.7%
Others	2.8%

Demonym (male) Macanese

Demonym (female) Macanese

National Anthem March of the Volunteers

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		13.9%
15-64 Working		71.8%
65+ Elderly		14.3%

Dependency Ratio 39.2%

Profile Mature

Urban Pop. (2024) 100.0%

Birth Rate (2024) 5.3 /1000

Death Rate (2024) 3.6 /1000

Largest City (2025) 100.0%

Fertility Rate (2024) 0.58

Tourism (2020) 5.9M

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2024) 83.3 yrs

Nurses (2018) 3.79/1000

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Literacy Rate (2016) 96.5%

Education Spending (2023) 3.5% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 561

Internet Users (2024) 89.8%

Mobile Subscriptions (2024) 201.1/100

Broadband (2023) 29.7/100

Secure Servers (2024) 6,587/1M

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2023) 29.7

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 30 km²

Continent Asia

Region Asia

Subregion Eastern Asia

Landlocked No

Driving Side Left

Timezones UTC+08:00

Calling Codes +853

TLD .mo

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

Borders 🇨🇳 China

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Macau is green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, under an arc of five five-pointed gold stars.