Demographics of Macau
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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 and Mandarin Chinese, though the residents commonly (85.7%) speak Cantonese Chinese, Mandarin is spoken by 3.2% at home, about 40% are able to communicate in standard Mandarin. English and Portuguese are spoken as a first language by 1.5% and 0.6% respectively. The other popular dialect is Hokkien (Min Nan), spoken bya small percentage of the population.The creole Macanese language (Patuá or Macaista Chapado) is almost extinct.
| Residents' usual language spoken at home[1] |
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|---|---|
| Language | Percentage of population |
| Cantonese | 85.7% |
| Mandarin | 3.2% |
| Other Chinese dialects |
6.7% |
| Portuguese | 0.6% |
| English | 1.5% |
| Others | 2.3% |
Macau has a number of universities.
Population: 503,000 (2006 Qtr2 est.)
Male and Female Pattern:
Male: 245,600 (2006 Qtr2 est.)
Female: 257,400 (2006 Qtr2 est.)
Age structure:
below age 15: 76,305 15.63%
age 15-24: 82,547 16.91%
age 25-34: 70,965 14.54%
age 35-44: 91,438 18.73%
age 45-54: 87,616 17.95%
age 54-64: 38,924 7.97%
age 65 or above: 40,349 8.27%
Live Birth:
Male: 477 (Qtr2 2006)
Female: 454 (Qtr2 2006)
Death:
Male: 220
Female: 156
Population growth rate: 0.86% (2006 est.)
Birth rate: 8.48 births/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Death rate: 4.47 deaths/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Net migration rate: 4.56 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2006 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 4.35 deaths/1,000 live births (2006 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 82.19 years
male: 79.36 years
female: 85.17 years (2006 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.03 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Nationality:
noun: Chinese
adjective: Chinese
Ethnic groups: Chinese 95.7%, Macanese (mixed Portuguese and Asian ancestry), Portuguese, Religions: Buddhist 85%, Roman Catholic 7%, none and other 8% (2006 est.)
Languages: Portuguese, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin)
Literacy:
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.5%
male: 97.2%
female: 92% (2003 est.)
Immigration and Crime:
Persons authorized to reside in Macau: total: 50,159 (by the end of 2005)
Non-resident workers authorized to enter Macau: total: 39,411 (by the end of 2005)
Legal immigrants from Mainland China: 1,133 (Qtr1 2006) 947 (Qtr2 2006)
No. of criminal cases: 2,634 (Qtr1 2006) 2,708 (Qtr2 2006)
Health:
No. of residents per doctor (excluding dentist) 473
No. of residents per nurse 430
No. of residents per hospital bed 496
Main causes of death:
Diseases of the circulatory system: 518 cases 32.1%
Neoplasm: 455 cases 28.2%
Diseases of the respiratory system: 267 cases 16.5%
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