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Population630,396 (July 2021 est.)
Nationalitynoun: Chinese

adjective: Chinese
Ethnic groupsChinese 88.7%, Portuguese 1.1%, mixed 1.1%, other 9.2% (includes Macanese - mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry) (2016 est.)
LanguagesCantonese 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.)

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Religionsfolk religion 58.9%, Buddhist 17.3%, Christian 7.2%, other 1.2%, none 15.4% (2010 est.)
Age structure0-14 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 ratiostotal dependency ratio: 35.7

youth dependency ratio: 19.5

elderly dependency ratio: 16.2

potential support ratio: 6.2 (2020 est.)
Median agetotal: 40.8 years

male: 40.7 years

female: 40.9 years (2020 est.)
Population growth rate0.79% (2021 est.)
Birth rate9.41 births/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Death rate4.64 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Net migration rate3.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.)
Population distributionpopulation fairly equally distributed
Urbanizationurban population: 100% of total population (2021)

rate of urbanization: 1.46% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Sex ratioat 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 ratetotal: 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 birthtotal population: 84.81 years

male: 81.89 years

female: 87.86 years (2021 est.)
Total fertility rate1.21 children born/woman (2021 est.)
Drinking water sourceimproved: urban: 100% of population

total: 100% of population

unimproved: urban: 0% of population

total: 0% of population (2017 est.)
Physicians density2.41 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rateNA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDSNA
HIV/AIDS - deathsNA
Education expenditures2.7% of GDP (2018)
Literacydefinition: 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

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