Demographics of Macau
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. The official languages are Portuguese and Chinese (Cantonese). English is spoken in tourist areas. Macau has only one university (University of Macau[?]); most of its 7,700 students are from Hong Kong.
Population:
445,594 (July 2000 est.)
Age structure:
Population growth rate:
1.83% (2000 est.)
Birth rate:
12.54 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death rate:
3.64 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Net migration rate:
9.41 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex ratio:
Infant mortality rate:
4.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate:
1.3 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Nationality:
Ethnic groups:
Chinese 95%, Macanese (mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry), Portuguese, other
Religions:
Buddhist 50%, Roman Catholic 15%, none and other 35% (1997 est.)
Languages:
Portuguese, Chinese (Cantonese)
Literacy:
0-14 years:
23% (male 53,986; female 50,379)
15-64 years:
69% (male 146,474; female 162,672)
65 years and over:
8% (male 12,932; female 19,151) (2000 est.)
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
0.9 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.68 male(s)/female
total population:
0.92 male(s)/female (2000 est.)
total population:
81.6 years
male:
78.8 years
female:
84.55 years (2000 est.)
noun:
Chinese
adjective:
Chinese
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
90%
male:
93%
female:
86% (1981 est.)