Demographics of Macau

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Macau's population is 95% Chinese, primarily Cantonese and some Hakka, both from nearby Guangdong Province. The remainder are of Portuguese or mixed Chinese-Portuguese ancestry. Some Japanese, including descendants of Japanese Catholics who were expelled by shoguns, also live.

The official languages are Portuguese (especially its creole Macanese (Patuá or Macaista Chapado), which is almost extinct) and Mandarin Chinese, though the residents commonly speak Cantonese Chinese. English is spoken in tourist areas. Macau has a number of universities.

Street scene in Macau

Population: 503,000 (2006 Qtr2 est.)

Male and Female Pattern:
Male: 245,600 (2006 Qtr2 est.)
Female: 257,400 (2006 Qtr2 est.)

Age structure:
below age 15: 76,305 15.63%
age 15-24: 82,547 16.91%
age 25-34: 70,965 14.54%
age 35-44: 91,438 18.73%
age 45-54: 87,616 17.95%
age 54-64: 38,924 7.97%
age 65 or above: 40,349 8.27%

Live Birth:
Male: 477 (Qtr2 2006)
Female: 454 (Qtr2 2006)

Death:
Male: 220
Female: 156

Population growth rate: 0.86% (2006 est.)

Birth rate: 8.48 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Death rate: 4.47 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Net migration rate: 4.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 4.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 82.19 years
male: 79.36 years
female: 85.17 years (2006 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.02 children born/woman (2006 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Chinese
adjective: Chinese

Ethnic groups: Chinese 95.7%, Macanese (mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry), Portuguese, other

Religions: Buddhist 79.3%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 5.7% (1997 est.)

Languages: Portuguese, Chinese (Cantonese)

Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.5%
male: 97.2%
female: 92% (2003 est.)

Immigration and Crime:
Persons authorized to reside in Macao: total: 50,159 (by the end of 2005)
Non-resident workers authorized to enter Macao: total: 39,411 (by the end of 2005)
Legal immigrants from Mainland China: 1,133 (Qtr1 2006) 947 (Qtr2 2006)
No. of criminal cases: 2,634 (Qtr1 2006) 2,708 (Qtr2 2006)

Health:
No. of residents per doctor (excluding dentist) 473
No. of residents per nurse 430
No. of residents per hospital bed 496

Main causes of death:
Diseases of the circulatory system: 518 cases 32.1%
Neoplasm: 455 cases 28.2%
Diseases of the respiratory system: 267 cases 16.5%