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Macao
Community
Area 28.2 square kilometres (land area 28.2 square kilometres).� Macao has reclaimed several square kilometres of land from the sea, to join up some of its islands.
Historical area (square kilometres)
15.5 (1935)
17.0 (1980)
21.0 (1990)
27.3 (2005)
Population,
30,000 (1850)
78,627 (1896)
64,000 (1910)
157,000 (1927)
500,000 (1942)1
205,000 (1950)
168,000 (1960) -18.0%
247,000 (1970) +47.0%
238,000 (1980) -3.6%
345,000 (1990) +45.0%
430,000 (2000) +24.6%
537,000 (2010) +24.9%
649,300 (2020) +20.9%
1Population greatly increased by Chinese refugees from the Japanese invasion of China and Hong Kong in 1941
Ethnicity,
|
|
Chinese |
European* |
Philippines |
|
1896 |
95.0 |
5.0 |
|
|
1940 |
98.7 |
0.5 |
|
|
2006 |
92.2 |
|
|
|
2011 |
92.4 |
|
2.0 |
|
2016 |
95.0 |
2.0 |
2.0 |
*Mainly Portuguese
Religion, %
|
|
Animist |
Buddhist |
Christian R C |
No religion |
|
1900 |
82.2 |
10.0 |
6.2 |
0.0 |
|
1970 |
58.8 |
15.3 |
9.4 |
9.9 |
|
2000 |
|
17.0 |
7.0 |
62.0 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1960 |
4.8 |
30.5 (+21.8) |
|
8.7 |
41.8 |
5.0 |
95.2 |
|
1970 |
2.2 |
11.6 (+6.1) |
|
5.5 |
38.2 |
4.6 |
97.0 |
|
1980 |
1.7 |
15.0 (+9.4) |
|
5.6 |
23.7 |
7.6 |
98.5 |
|
1990 |
1.7 |
19.0 (+14.5) |
|
4.5 |
25.5 |
6.5 |
99.8 |
|
2000 |
1.0 |
8.8 (+4.8) |
4.5 |
3.9 |
22.9 |
7.4 |
100 |
|
2010 |
1.1 |
10.0 (+6.3) |
3.2 |
3.7 |
12.7 |
6.8 |
� |
|
2014 |
1.2 |
11.8 (+8.1) |
3.1 |
3.7 |
12.3 |
8.1 |
� |
|
2015 |
1.2 |
12.0 (+8.2) |
|
3.8 |
12.6 |
8.6 |
� |
|
2017 |
1.2 |
11.2 (+7.3) |
|
3.9 |
|
|
� |
|
2018 |
|
|
|
|
13.7 |
10.5 |
100 |
Life expectancy,
64.7 (1960); 63.0 (M), 66.4 (F)
69.3 (1970); 67.4 (M), 71.3 (F)
73.8 (1980); 71.8 (M), 76.0 (F)
77.2 (1990); 74.9 (M), 79.5 (F)
80.3 (2000); 77.8 (M), 82.9 (F)
82.6 (2010); 79.7 (M), 85.6 (F)
84.3 (2020); 81.3 (M), 87.2 (F)
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1982 |
1,130 |
|
4,500 |
|
|
1985 |
1,348 |
0.03 |
4,750 |
26.00 |
|
1990 |
3,221 |
0.06 |
8,060 |
33.65 |
|
1995 |
6,996 |
0.09 |
18,140 |
60.33 |
|
2000 |
6,720 |
0.07 |
15,700 |
43.07 |
|
2005 |
12,100 |
0.09 |
25,050 |
56.54 |
|
2010 |
28,100 |
0.19 |
52,400 |
108.32 |
|
2015 |
45,400 |
0.25 |
75,600 |
134.50 |
|
2016 |
44,800 |
0.24 |
73,200 |
127.38 |
GDP by primary sector, 7.5% of the workforce worked at the casinos (2003)
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1990 |
0.0 |
|
49.0 |
|
51.0 |
|
|
2000 |
0.0 |
|
25.0 |
|
75.0 |
|
|
2016 |
0.0 |
|
12.2 |
|
87.8 |
|
Communications
Language % Official; Portuguese.� Cantonese also spoken
|
|
Cantonese |
English |
Mandarin |
|
2001 |
85.7 |
1.5 |
3.2 |
Literacy,
53.0% (1950)
79.0% (1970)
91.3% (2000); 95.3% (M), 87.8% (F)
96.5% (2015); 98.2% (M), 95.0% (F)
Physical communications � roads
|
|
Roads (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
|
1938 |
89 |
|
|
|
|
1984 |
90 |
|
|
|
|
1985 |
|
|
17,866 |
|
|
1986 |
|
|
|
4,411 |
|
1990 |
|
|
24,722 |
4,240 |
|
2000 |
321 |
|
48,857 |
4,026 |
|
2007 |
|
180,000 |
68,800 |
4,600 |
|
2010 |
413 |
197,000 |
|
|
|
2014 |
424 |
240,000 |
|
|
|
2016 |
|
250,000 |
130,000 |
|
Railways; None
Electronic communications,� TV
broadcasting began 1981
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1939 |
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
4,600 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
4,600 |
|
|
|
|
1974 |
|
|
65,000 |
|
|
|
|
1978 |
12,933 |
|
75,000 |
|
|
|
|
1985 |
38,026 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
93,150 |
2,230 |
120,000 |
|
|
|
|
1992 |
|
|
|
70,000 |
|
|
|
1995 |
|
36,000 |
145,000 |
|
40,000 |
|
|
2000 |
176,800 |
141,000 |
215,300 |
|
70,000 |
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
126,600 |
|
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
115,000 |
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
135,000 |
|
|
2005 |
|
532,800 |
|
|
|
170,000 |
|
2010 |
168,903 |
1,122,000 |
|
|
|
280,000 |
|
2016 |
142,000 |
1,896,000 |
|
|
|
460,000 |
Tourism: Visitors to Macao,
2,500,000 (1973) (1)
2,513,000 (1990)
4,202,000 (1995)
5,197,000 (2000)
9,014,000 (2005)
11,926,000 (2010)
14,308,000 (2015)
(1) Mainly Chinese and Japanese, to visit the gambling casinos