Macau's population rose to 681,300 at the end of the third quarter, an increase by 2,500 quarter on quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) has announced today.
A DSEC statement said that the increase was mainly due to a rise in the number of non-resident workers (NRWs), informally known as blue-card holders, living in Macau. The number of NRWs, mostly mainland Chinese, Filipinos and Vietnamese, at the end of the third quarter stood at 171,744, a quarter-on-quarter growth of 6,471.
Based on Macau's land area of 33.3 square kilometres, its population density stood at 20,459 per square kilometre at the end of September, one of the world's highest.
Women accounted of 53.4 percent of the population at the end of September.
A total of 844 live births were delivered in the third quarter, a drop of 76 quarter on quarter. The sex ratio at birth stood at 105.4, i.e., 105.4 male babies per 100 female babies.
Mortality dropped by 78 deaths quarter on quarter to 529 in the third quarter. The top three underlying causes of death were neoplasms (180), diseases of the circulatory system (129), and diseases of the respiratory system (98).
Thanks to large-scale land reclamation projects, Macau's land area has risen by 39.9 percent since December 1999, when the Macau Special Administrative Region (MSAR) was established by the People's Republic of China (PRC). At the end of 1999, Macau's land area amounted to 23.8 square kilometres, according to official statistics.
Since December 1999, when Macau's population stood at 430,500, its population has risen by 58.2 percent, according to official demographics.
