Macau vs. China
Demographics
| Macau | China | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 630,396 (July 2021 est.) | 1,397,897,720 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 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.) | 0-14 years: 17.29% (male 129,296,339/female 111,782,427) 15-24 years: 11.48% (male 86,129,841/female 73,876,148) 25-54 years: 46.81% (male 333,789,731/female 318,711,557) 55-64 years: 12.08% (male 84,827,645/female 83,557,507) 65 years and over: 12.34% (male 81,586,490/female 90,458,292) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 40.8 years male: 40.7 years female: 40.9 years (2020 est.) | total: 38.4 years male: 37.5 years female: 39.4 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.79% (2021 est.) | 0.26% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.41 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 11.3 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 4.64 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 8.26 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 3.17 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | -0.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at 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.) | at birth: 1.11 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.16 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.17 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 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.) | total: 11.15 deaths/1,000 live births male: 11.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 10.64 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 84.81 years male: 81.89 years female: 87.86 years (2021 est.) | total population: 76.31 years male: 74.23 years female: 78.62 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.21 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 1.6 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA | NA |
| Nationality | noun: Chinese adjective: Chinese | noun: Chinese (singular and plural) adjective: Chinese |
| Ethnic groups | Chinese 88.7%, Portuguese 1.1%, mixed 1.1%, other 9.2% (includes Macanese - mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry) (2016 est.) | Han Chinese 91.6%, Zhuang 1.3%, other (includes Hui, Manchu, Uighur, Miao, Yi, Tujia, Tibetan, Mongol, Dong, Buyei, Yao, Bai, Korean, Hani, Li, Kazakh, Dai, and other nationalities) 7.1% (2010 est.) note: the Chinese Government officially recognizes 56 ethnic groups |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA | NA |
| Religions | folk religion 58.9%, Buddhist 17.3%, Christian 7.2%, other 1.2%, none 15.4% (2010 est.) | folk religion 21.9%, Buddhist 18.3%, Christian 5.2%, Muslim 2%, Hindu < 0.1%, Jewish < 0.1%, other 0.7% (includes Daoist (Taoist)), unaffiliated 51.8% (2020 est.) note: officially atheist |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA | NA |
| Languages | Cantonese 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.) major-language sample(s): ????,???????????? (Cantonese) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. | Standard Chinese or Mandarin (official; Putonghua, based on the Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghainese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, Hakka dialects, minority languages (see Ethnic groups entry); note - Zhuang is official in Guangxi Zhuang, Yue is official in Guangdong, Mongolian is official in Nei Mongol, Uighur is official in Xinjiang Uygur, Kyrgyz is official in Xinjiang Uygur, and Tibetan is official in Xizang (Tibet) major-language sample(s): ???? - ??????????? (Mandarin) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.5% male: 98.2% female: 95% (2016) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 96.8% male: 98.5% female: 95.2% (2018) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 16 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2019) | total: 14 years male: 14 years female: 14 years (2015) |
| Education expenditures | 2.7% of GDP (2018) | NA |
| Urbanization | urban population: 100% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.46% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 62.5% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.78% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) note: data do not include Hong Kong and Macau |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 97.7% of population rural: 87.8% of population total: 92.8% of population unimproved: urban: 2.3% of population rural: 12.2% of population total: 7.2% of population (2017 est.) |
| Physicians density | 2.41 physicians/1,000 population (2010) | 1.98 physicians/1,000 population (2017) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 35.7 youth dependency ratio: 19.5 elderly dependency ratio: 16.2 potential support ratio: 6.2 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 42.2 youth dependency ratio: 25.2 elderly dependency ratio: 17 potential support ratio: 5.9 (2020 est.) data do not include Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan |
Source: CIA Factbook
