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. Some Japanese, including descendants of Japanese Catholics who were expelled by shoguns, also live. The official languages are Portuguese (especially its creole Patu or Macaista Chapado, which is almost extinct) and Mandarin Chinese, though the residents commonly speak Cantonese Chinese. 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:
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.) 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:
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.) Infant mortality rate: 4.49 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.) Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 81.6 years
male: 78.8 years
female: 84.55 years (2000 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.3 children born/woman (2000 est.) Nationality:
noun: Chinese
adjective: Chinese 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:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 90%
male: 93%
female: 86% (1981 est.) See also : Macau

 

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