Demographics of Macao

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date24 Jul 2024

There are 332k males and 389k females in Macao. The percentage of the male population is 46.05%, compared to 53.95% of the female population. Macao has 57k more females than males. The sex ratio in Macao in 2024 will be 85.361 males per 100 females. Macao is in the 5th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Macao population

Year Population Growth (%)
1950196,6543.07
1955195,442-1.40
1960173,315-2.65
1965265,631-1.06
1970257,3962.69
1975223,9401.35
1980246,0971.98
1985291,2773.80
1990351,1233.29
1995398,6932.13
2000437,3091.56
2005495,4112.67
2010562,8062.35
2015622,1791.93
2020683,0671.75
2021694,4021.54
2024720,2620.39
  • Total
  • Crude

Macao death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19502,1749,36011.05647.599
19552,0527,91010.49740.471
19601,6395,7789.45533.335
19651,7074,3256.42716.283
19701,4442,6415.61210.261
19752,34093310.4494.167
19801,7703,3587.19213.643
19851,6887,1575.79624.573
19901,6516,9434.70319.774
19951,7285,8204.33414.598
20001,8163,8494.1538.802
20052,0513,7524.1407.574
20102,3265,4524.1349.687
20152,5167,0214.04311.285
20202,6005,7083.8068.357
20213,0675,2044.4177.495
20224,0604,5165.7656.412
20233,4234,5154.7956.325
20243,4264,6004.7566.387
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Macao

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
1950190,3736,11096.890
1955182,2047,25796.169
1960159,8927,90495.289
1965195,4627,76996.177
1970238,8877,30897.032
1975236,5335,09597.891
1980234,5923,52698.519
1985281,8131,76899.377
1990343,11981699.763
1995385,33934799.910
2000427,9790100.000
2005482,5590100.000
2010536,9690100.000
2015600,9420100.000
2020651,8750100.000
2021661,8380100.000
2022671,8580100.000
2023681,8760100.000
2024691,7480100.000
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Macao population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 14,043 13,357 27,400 3.80 105.136
05-09 19,220 18,480 37,700 5.23 104.004
10-14 18,169 16,920 35,089 4.87 107.382
15-19 14,394 14,932 29,326 4.07 96.397
20-24 17,706 22,082 39,788 5.52 80.183
25-29 23,494 27,462 50,956 7.07 85.551
30-34 31,058 36,844 67,902 9.43 84.296
35-39 33,953 39,553 73,505 10.21 85.842
40-44 26,250 32,644 58,893 8.18 80.413
45-49 20,509 27,192 47,701 6.62 75.423
50-54 23,750 30,556 54,306 7.54 77.726
55-59 18,047 27,555 45,602 6.33 65.494
60-64 21,860 27,462 49,322 6.85 79.601
65-69 20,961 22,333 43,294 6.01 93.857
70-74 14,156 15,024 29,180 4.05 94.223
75-79 8,389 8,239 16,628 2.31 101.821
80-84 3,260 3,769 7,030 0.98 86.495
85-89 1,639 2,461 4,101 0.57 66.599
90-94 644 1,250 1,894 0.26 51.520
95-99 178 411 590 0.08 43.309
100+ 9 44 53 0.01 20.455
Total 331,689 388,570 720,260 85.361