Macau’s total population – comprising residents and non-resident workers – amounted to 686,600 at end of the third quarter, unchanged from the same period of last year, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced.
According to a DSEC statement yesterday, the Chinese special administrative region’s population rose by 700 people, or 0.1 percent quarter on quarter.
Females accounted for 53.9 percent of the population at the end of the third quarter.
Macau continued to have the highest population density per square kilometre of any country and territory (but not city) in the world, at 20,618 per km2, ahead of Monaco, which has a population of 38,423 on 2.084 km2, resulting in a population density of 18,437 per km2, according to the latest available official statistics from the Monegasque government.
The Macau Special Administrative Region’s (MSAR) land area stood at 33.3 km2 at the end of the third quarter, according to official data. In December 1999, when Macau returned from Portuguese to Chinese administration, its land area measured 23.8 km2. Land reclamation has massively increased its land area since the early 20th century.
Caption: This photo taken from Lake View Tower today shows one of the densely built-up areas of the Macau Peninsula. - Photo: Carl Leong
