Macao SAR, China - Population density

Population density (people per sq. km of land area)

The value for Population density (people per sq. km of land area) in Macao SAR, China was 19,737 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 59 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 21,389 in 2000 and a minimum value of 8,523 in 1961.

Definition: Population density is midyear population divided by land area in square kilometers. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship--except for refugees not permanently settled in the country of asylum, who are generally considered part of the population of their country of origin. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization and World Bank population estimates.

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Year Value
1961 8,523
1962 8,809
1963 9,212
1964 9,678
1965 10,161
1966 10,659
1967 11,171
1968 11,650
1969 12,042
1970 12,310
1971 12,437
1972 12,439
1973 12,347
1974 12,214
1975 12,082
1976 11,954
1977 11,833
1978 11,759
1979 11,772
1980 11,904
1981 12,169
1982 12,558
1983 13,046
1984 13,596
1985 14,175
1986 14,780
1987 15,409
1988 16,039
1989 16,639
1990 17,191
1991 17,681
1992 18,115
1993 18,510
1994 18,890
1995 19,276
1996 19,669
1997 20,068
1998 20,481
1999 20,919
2000 21,389
2001 16,843
2002 16,623
2003 17,043
2004 16,843
2005 17,245
2006 17,266
2007 17,278
2008 17,645
2009 17,844
2010 18,122
2011 18,423
2012 18,864
2013 19,055
2014 19,479
2015 19,806
2016 20,093
2017 20,214
2018 19,199
2019 19,466
2020 19,737

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization