Due to the socio-economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, Macau's population fell by 10,700 quarter-on-quarter to 685,400 at the end of the second quarter, according to data released by the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) today.
A DSEC statement attributed the decrease to the reduced number of non-resident workers in Macau during the March-June period.
At the end June, Macau's number of non-resident workers - mostly mainland Chinese, Filipinos, Indonesians and Vietnamese - amounted to 186,427, down by 3,091 from the end of March.
Females accounted for 52.3 percent of the population.
In the first half of the year, 1,409 live births were delivered in the second quarter, an increase of 26 quarter-on-quarter. Male babies totalled 723, resulting in a sex ratio at birth of 105.4, or 105.4 male babies per 100 female ones. In the first half of the year, 2,792 live births were recorded, down by 83 year-on-year.
Based on Macau's land area of 32.9 square kilometres, the special administrative region's population density amounted to 20,832 people per square kilometre.
Macau's economy has been hard hit by the impact of the novel coronavirus pandemic, its tourism, gaming, retail and media sectors in particular.
