Macao: population and ages

In mid-1950 there were 197,000 people, so the population is now 3.7 times as large.

The UN projects 4,440 births and 3,590 deaths in 2026, 840 more births than deaths.

The UN projects the first year with more deaths than births in 2030.

More people move in than leave: net migration in 2026 is projected at plus 830.

The median age is 40.3, which is 9.2 years above the world’s 31.1.

14% of the people are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older (world: 24% and 11%).

People aged 65 and over have outnumbered children under 15 since 2025.

Women have 0.7 children on average at today’s rates (world: 2.2), against 5.6 in 1950.

Life expectancy at birth is 83.6 years, above the world’s 73.8. In 1950 it was 58.3.

For mid-2050 the UN projects 669,000 people, 7.5% fewer than now, with a median age of 56.2.

By the death rates of 2023, life expectancy at birth was 83.1 years. People who had reached 65 could expect 22.2 more years for women and 19.2 for men.

On 1 January 2026, there are 21.9 people aged 65 or more for every 100 aged 15 to 64. For 2050, the UN projects 56.7.

For 2100 the UN projects a population of 331,000, with a 95 percent prediction interval of 55,300 to 1.69 million.

Life expectancy at birth is a period measure. It sums up the death rates of one year and is not a forecast of how long the babies born that year will live.

In mid-2024, 427,000 international migrants lived here, 59.3% of the population.

In mid-2024, 149,000 people from here lived in other countries.