Macau’s population rose by 1,500 year on year to 687,900 at the end of the first quarter, namely due to a rise in the number of non-resident workers (NRWs) living in Macau, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) announced yesterday.
The UN defines population as “all the inhabitants of a given country or area (province, city, metropolitan area etc.) considered together, i.e., the number of inhabitants of a country or area. The definition of population generally refers to the total number of people living in a specific geographic area, regardless of their legal residency status. Consequently, in the case of Macau, it also includes NRWs and others who are not legal residents. UN population estimates typically include everyone present in a country or region, irrespective of their residency and immigration status.
At the end of the first quarter, females accounted for 53.7 percent of Macau’s population.
Live births (750) and mortality (637) dropped by 106 and four respectively year on year, while marriage registrations (717) decreased by 220.
Based on Macau’s total land area of 33.3 square kilometres, its population density amounted to 20,657 inhabitants at the end of the first quarter, one of the world’s highest.
