How many people live in Macao right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
723,468
| Today | In 2026 | |
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| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
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2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 168 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.0087%
- Median age
- 40.3 years
- Children per woman
- 0.70
- Life expectancy
- 83.6 years
- People per km²
- 22,600
According to UN estimates, about 723,468 people live in Macao right now. It ranks 168th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Bhutan and Luxembourg, and it is home to one in every 11,500 people on the planet.
Every day, about 12 people are born there and about 10 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 830 people a year. Overall, it gains about 1,700 people a year.
In 1950, about 196,654 people lived there. Today there are 3.7 times as many. The UN expects it to peak around 2031, at about 727,318, and then begin to fall. By 2050 it is projected to have about 668,860 people (8% fewer than today), and by 2100 about 331,168.
Half of its people are younger than 40 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 0.70 children each, below the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 84 years (worldwide, 74). There are 22,600 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of Macao in 2026?
- Macao has about 723,468 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 723,188.
- How many people are born each day in Macao?
- About 12 a day (4,400 a year). About 10 people die each day (3,600 a year).
- Is the population of Macao growing?
- Yes: it grows by 0.23% a year, or about 1,700 people.
- What will the population of Macao be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 668,860, with a peak around 2031 at about 727,318.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
- Solomon Islands 864,513
- Guyana 842,511
- Bhutan 803,810
- Luxembourg 689,603
- Suriname 646,933
- Montenegro 625,164
More countries in Asia
- India 1,480,584,521
- China 1,411,889,049
- Indonesia 288,549,999
- Pakistan 260,627,418
- Bangladesh 178,484,138
- Japan 122,207,112
- Philippines 118,018,769
- Vietnam 102,351,254
- Iran 93,380,175
- Turkey 88,012,234
- Thailand 71,536,980
- Myanmar 55,285,207
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.