Macau Demographics Profile 2009

Population

559,846 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 16.1% (male 47,853/female 42,019)
15-64 years: 76.2% (male 199,593/female 227,010)
65 years and over: 7.7% (male 20,245/female 23,126) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 35.2 years
male: 35.9 years
female: 34.6 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

1.995% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

8.88 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

3.5 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

14.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 100% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.7% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.14 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.88 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female
total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.22 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 3.37 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.05 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 84.36 years
male: 81.39 years
female: 87.47 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

0.91 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths

NA

Nationality

noun: Chinese
adjective: Chinese

Ethnic groups

Chinese 94.3%, other 5.7% (includes Macanese - mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry) (2006 census)

Religions

Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none or other 35% (1997 est.)

Languages

Cantonese 85.7%, Hokkien 4%, Mandarin 3.2%, other Chinese dialects 2.7%, English 1.5%, Tagalog 1.3%, other 1.6% (2001 census)

Literacy

definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 91.3%
male: 95.3%
female: 87.8% (2001 census)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years
male: 16 years
female: 14 years (2006)

Education expenditures

2.4% of GDP (2005)