Demographics of Macau
| Demographics of Macau | |
|---|---|
Population pyramid of Macau in 2020 | |
| Population | 644,426 (2024 est.) |
| Growth rate | 0.67% (2024 est.) |
| Birth rate | 8.6 births/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
| Death rate | 4.9 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
| Life expectancy | 85.3 years |
| • male | 82.5 years |
| • female | 88.3 years (2024 est.) |
| Fertility rate | 1.24 children born/woman (2024 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 3.1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
| Age structure | |
| 0–14 years | 14.4% (male 47,346/female 45,216) |
| 15–64 years | 69.9% (male 210,059/female 240,577) |
| 65 and over | 15.7% (male 47,583/female 53,645) (2024 est.) |
| Sex ratio | |
| Total | 0.9 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| Under 15 | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 65 and over | 0.89 male(s)/female |
| Nationality | |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Major ethnic | Cantonese people |
| Language | |
| Official | Cantonese 81%, Mandarin 4.7%, other Chinese dialects 5.4%, English 3.6%, Tagalog 2.9%, Portuguese 0.6%, other 1.8% (2021 est.) |
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Demographic features of the population of Macau include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Macau's population is 95% Chinese ethnicity, primarily Cantonese and some Hakka, both from the nearby Guangdong Province. The majority of the remainder are of Portuguese or mixed Chinese-Portuguese ancestry. Some Japanese, including descendants of Japanese Catholics who were expelled by the shogunate, also live in Macau.
The official languages are Portuguese and Chinese. Most residents (85.7%) speak Cantonese; on the other hand, Mandarin is spoken by 3.2% at home, and about 40% are able to communicate in standard Mandarin. English and Portuguese are spoken as a first language by 1.5% and 0.6% respectively, while English is widely taught as a second language. The other popular topolect is Hokkien, spoken by a small percentage of the population. The creole Macanese language (Patuá or Macaista Chapado) is almost extinct.