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MAC · East Asia & Pacific

Macao SAR, China

685,900

Latest official population · 2025

Annual change-1.1K2024 to 2025
Growth since 2000+59.3%from 430.6K
Life expectancy83.3 years2024
Fertility rate0.58births per woman · 2024
Urban population100.0%2025
RegionEast Asia & PacificHigh income

A country at every age

How Macao SAR, China is shaped by age.

Most people are in the working ages, with the younger and older generations shaping what comes next.

Latest shared source year: 2025
Ages 0–1413.7%Children and early teens
Ages 15–6471.2%Working-age population
Ages 65+15.1%Older population

The population pulse

How the population changes.

Births and deaths show natural change. Migration shows how movement across borders also changes the population.

Birth rate5.3births per 1,000 · 2024
Death rate3.6deaths per 1,000 · 2024
Natural balance+1.7births minus deaths per 1,000
Net migration-328net people estimate · 2025

UN medium projection

What could Macao SAR, China look like in 2050?

If current demographic patterns evolve along the UN's medium scenario, the population could be 668.86K in 2050—7.1% smaller than the 2024 UN estimate.

A projection is a scenario, not a prediction or live count.
  1. 2024720.26K
  2. 2050668.86K
  3. 2100331.17K
Median age in 205056.2years
Births in 20503.24Kduring the year
Deaths in 20508.29Kduring the year
Life expectancy87.1years in 2050

Long view

Population through time

Official World Bank annual observations, shown at decade intervals with the latest published year.

  1. 1960173.32K
  2. 1970257.4K
  3. 1980239.65K
  4. 1990334.95K
  5. 2000430.6K
  6. 2010537K
  7. 2020685.4K
  8. 2025685.9K
SourceWorld Bank Open DataPopulation total · SP.POP.TOTL
Latest population year2025Official annual observation
Future sourceUN WPP 2024Medium projection · 2024–2100
DeliveryReliable snapshotChecked 9/20/2026

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