Form of Government: China's Special Administrative Region
Area: 30.5 sq km
Population: 653 100 inhab. (estimate 2017)
Density: 21 413.12 inhab./sq km
Coordinates: lat. 22° N; long. 113° E
Capital:
Currency: pataca (100 avos)
Chief Executive: Fernando Chui Sai On, since 20 December 2009
Internet: www.dsec.gov.mo (Direcção dos Serviços de Estatística e Censos)
Member of WTO

Macau

Macau, Aomen

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Politics and current affairs

A Portuguese trading colony since 1557, Macau was declared an overseas territory in 1954. In 1976 it was given special independent administrative status. As established by an agreement drawn up in 1987, on 20 December 1999, Macau was returned to China. For 50 years it will have a high degree of autonomy, similar to that of Hong Kong.
It comprises the island of Macau (8.7 km²) and the city of the same name, as well as the islands of Taipa and Coloane.

Administrative division

Parish	AREA	INHABITANTS	YEAR
Nossa Senhora de Fátima	3.2 sq km	246 600 inhab.	2017
Santo António	1.1 sq km	137 200 inhab.	2017

Cities

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Macau	520 700	inhab.	2017

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Population

Population by age and gender (% - 2017)

75+

60-74

45-59

30-44

15-29

0-14

MALE

AGE

FEMALE

Demographic statistics

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Birth rate	10.1	‰	2017
Death rate	3.3	‰	2017

Ethnic groups

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Chinese	88.4	%	2016
other Asian	4.7	%	2016

Religions

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Buddhist	80	%	2006
nonreligious/atheist	15	%	2006

Languages

DESCRIPTION
Chinese
Portuguese

Population by selected age groups

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
0-14 years	14.1	%	2017
15-29 years	20	%	2017

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Economy

Economy.
The economy is based on the manufacturing and construction industries. Another important factor in the local economy is the number of casinos on the island, attracting large numbers of tourists.

Economy - General data

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Agricultural prod. index (2004-06=100)	90	index	2016
Balance of trade	-8 045	M US$	2017

GDP	49 802	M US$	2017
GDP annual growth rate	9.258	%	2017
GDP per capita	77 451	US$	2017
GDP per capita, purchasing power parity (PPP)	111 629	international dollars	2017
GNI	41 776	M US$	2015
GNI per capita	67 802	US$	2016
GNI per capita, purchasing power parity (PPP)	96 570	international dollars	2016
Hi-tech exports	0.163	% of exported products	2014
Industrial prod. index (2005=100)	41.6	index	2012
Industrial prod. index (2010=100)	132.7	index	2015
Inflation	1.224	%	2017

Economy - Employment

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Active population	382 379	units	2017
Active population, Females	49.1	%	2017

Economy - Unemployment

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Unemployment rate	2	%	2017
Unemployment rate, Females	36.5	%	2017

Economy - State budget

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Expenses	61 618.6	M LCU	2017
Revenues	117 907.8	M LCU	2017

Employment by economic activity

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
agriculture	0.5	%	2017
industry	20.6	%	2017

GDP by economic activity

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
industry	6.6	%	2015
services	93.4	%	2015

Financial data

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Currency in circulation	16.2	BN LCU	2016
International reserves	19 489.3	M US$	2016

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Agriculture

Agriculture - products - Aromatics

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
pepper	0.228	1000 t	2016

Agriculture - areas harvested - Aromatics

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
pepper	0.138	1000 ha	2016

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Forests-Livestock-Fishing

Forestry

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
timber	8 038	m³	2016

Livestock - Poultry

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
birds	768	1000 heads	2016

Livestock - Livestock products

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
eggs	0.427	1000 t	2016
hides and skins	0.048	1000 t	2013

Fishing

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
crustaceans and molluscs	480	t	2016
marine fishes	1 020	t	2016

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Energy

Electric energy - Generated

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
- thermal	904	M kWh	2015
non-renewable electricity generation	100	%	2015

Electric energy - Installed capacity

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
- thermal	472	1000 kW	2015

Electric energy - Total production and capacity

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
total net generation	904	M kWh	2015
total installed capacity	472	1000 kW	2015

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Industry

Industry - Textiles

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
wool yarn	0.4	1000 t	2003

Industry - Clothing and footwear

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
footwear	12 131 000	pairs	2003

Industry - Food and beverages

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
soft drinks, excluding mineral waters	6	1000 hl	2003

Industry - Tobacco

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
tobacco	41	t	2001

Industry - Various

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
food, beverages and tobacco production	66.7	M US$	2013
manufacturing production	270	M US$	2016

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Trade

Composition of goods exports

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
ores and metals	1.044	% of goods exports	2016
food products	0.738	% of goods exports	2016

International trade by country - Merchandise Export

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Hong Kong	264.8	M US$	2010
China	99.2	M US$	2010

International trade by country - Merchandise Import

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
China	1 714	M US$	2010
Hong Kong	578.3	M US$	2010

Merchandise Export

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
2017	1 405.823	M US$	-
2016	1 256.603	M US$	-

Merchandise Import

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
2017	9 450.673	M US$	-
2016	8 924.466	M US$	-

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Tourism

International Tourism

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Expenditures	1 314	M US$	2016
Number of arrivals	15 703 600	units	2016

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Communications

Communication - Transport

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Civil aviation, passengers carried	2 767.9	1000 units	2017
Merchant fleet	1	units	2018

Communication - Media and telecommunication

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Broadband subscribers	290.703	per 1000 pop.	2016
Computers	384.1	per 1000 pop.	2006

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Social and welfare

Social statistics - Education

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Expected years of schooling	15.6	years	2016
Graduates	7 292	units	2016

Social statistics - Students and Teachers by level

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Teachers, primary level	1 908	units	2016
Teachers, secondary level	2 696	units	2016

Social statistics - Social protection

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Social protection spending	25.2	% of total expenses	2016

Social statistics - Health

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Hospital beds	2.3	per 1000 pop.	2015
Physicians	2.6	per 1000 pop.	2015

Social statistics - Diseases

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Tuberculosis (prevalence)	49	per 100 000 pop.	2008

Research

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Research and development spending	0.24	% of GDP	2016

Other social indicators

DESCRIPTION	VALUE	UNITS	YEAR
Access to electricity	100	%	2016
Alcohol consumption per capita	6.1	litres	2008

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São Lázaro	0.6 sq km	33 300 inhab.	2017
São Lourenço	1 sq km	54 200 inhab.	2017
Sé	3.4 sq km	49 400 inhab.	2017
Co Tai	6 sq km	-	2017
Coloane Island	7.6 sq km	26 700 inhab.	2017
Macao Peninsula	9.3 sq km	520 700 inhab.	2017
Taipa Island	7.6 sq km	104 700 inhab.	2017
MACAO	30.5 sq km	653 100 inhab.	2017

30-44 years	24.7	%	2017
45-59 years	24.7	%	2017
60-74 years	12.2	%	2017
75+ years	4.3	%	2017

Daily newspapers	377	per 1000 pop.	2001
Internet users	831.740	per 1000 pop.	2017
Mobiles	3 218.030	per 1000 pop.	2016
Radios	754	per 1000 pop.	2006
Ratio of mobile to fixed telephone lines	13.873	units	2016
Telephone lines	231.962	per 1000 pop.	2016
TVs	95.7	% of households	2006

Calories available per capita/day	3 252	units	2014-16
CO2 emissions	2.011	M t	2015
CO2 emissions per capita	3.110	t	2015
Electricity consumption per capita	8 350	kWh	2017
PM10 emissions	33.165	µg/m³	2011
Population undernourished	6.3	%	2014-16

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Macau

Macau

Administrative division

Population

Economy

Agriculture

Forests-Livestock-Fishing

Energy

Industry

Trade

Tourism

Communications

Social and welfare

Divorce rate	2.3	‰	2017
Females	53	%	2017
Fertility rate	1.1	units	2016
Household number	191 500	units	2017
Household size	3	units	2017
Infant mortality rate	2.3	‰	2017
Life expectancy	83.3	years	2017
Life expectancy, Females	86.4	years	2017
Life expectancy, Males	80.3	years	2017
Males	47	%	2017
Marriage rate	6	‰	2017
Natural increase rate	6.8	‰	2017
Population < 15 years	14.1	%	2017
Population > 60 years	16.6	%	2017
Population at latest census	650 834	pop.	2016 (census)
Population growth rate	1.6	%	2015-2020
Sex ratio, males per 100 females	88.7	units	2017
Urban population	100	%	2016

United States	95.6	M US$	2010
Vietnam	23.5	M US$	2010
Germany	17.4	M US$	2010
Japan	13.2	M US$	2010
France	8.8	M US$	2010
Italy	1.8	M US$	2010
Switzerland	0.51	M US$	2010

France	504.8	M US$	2010
Japan	477.8	M US$	2010
Switzerland	417.6	M US$	2010
United States	383.8	M US$	2010
Italy	258.9	M US$	2010
Germany	165.5	M US$	2010
Vietnam	14.3	M US$	2010

2015	1 339.024	M US$	-
2014	1 241.342	M US$	-
2013	1 138.268	M US$	-
2012	1 021.31	M US$	-
2011	869.446	M US$	-
2010	869.794	M US$	-
2009	961.002	M US$	-
2008	1 997.41	M US$	-
2007	2 542.67	M US$	-
2006	2 557.28	M US$	-
2005	2 476	M US$	-
2004	2 812	M US$	-
2003	2 581	M US$	-
2002	2 356	M US$	-
2001	2 300	M US$	-
2000	2 539	M US$	-
1999	2 200	M US$	-
1998	2 141	M US$	-
1997	2 148	M US$	-
1996	1 996	M US$	-
1995	1 997	M US$	-
1994	1 866	M US$	-
1993	1 787	M US$	-
1992	1 766	M US$	-
1991	1 665	M US$	-
1990	1 701	M US$	-

2015	10 602.837	M US$	-
2014	11 262.138	M US$	-
2013	10 140.307	M US$	-
2012	8 982.053	M US$	-
2011	7 926.842	M US$	-
2010	5 629.45	M US$	-
2009	4 750.943	M US$	-
2008	5 879.855	M US$	-
2007	6 044.742	M US$	-
2006	5 235.525	M US$	-
2005	4 514.271	M US$	-
2004	4 093.754	M US$	-
2003	3 232.323	M US$	-
2002	3 009.120	M US$	-
2001	2 823.500	M US$	-
2000	2 625.222	M US$	-
1999	2 040	M US$	-
1998	1 955	M US$	-
1997	2 082	M US$	-
1996	2 000	M US$	-
1995	2 042	M US$	-
1994	2 001	M US$	-
1993	2 025	M US$	-
1992	1 968	M US$	-
1991	1 852	M US$	-
1990	1 539	M US$	-

Merchant fleet, gross tonnage	2 007	t	2018
Motor vehicles	119 695	units	2015
Motor vehicles per 1000 pop.	185	per 1000 pop.	2015
Passenger cars	108 600	units	2015
Passenger cars per 1000 pop.	168	per 1000 pop.	2015
Roads	427	km	2015

Gross enrolment ratio, primary - Female	105	index	2016
Gross enrolment ratio, primary - Male	106	index	2016
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary - Female	99	index	2016
Gross enrolment ratio, secondary - Male	100	index	2016
Illiteracy rate, adult	3.5	%	2016
Public spending on education	3	% of GDP	2015
Students	87 151	units	2016
Teachers	6 619	units	2016

Teachers, tertiary level	2 015	units	2016
Students, primary level	26 436	units	2016
Students, secondary level	28 745	units	2016
Students, tertiary level	31 970	units	2016

Catholic	4	%	2006
Protestant	1	%	2006