Macau

Eastern Asia, bordering the South China Sea and China

22 10 N, 113 33 E

Southeast Asia

28 sq km

28.2 sq km

0 sq km

Less than one-sixth the size of Washington, D.C.

3 km

China 3 km

41 km

Not specified

Subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers

Generally flat

Alto Coloane 172 m

South China Sea 0 m

NEGL

0% (2022 est.)

0% (2022 est.)

100% (2022 est.)

0 sq km (2012)

Population fairly equally distributed

Typhoons

Primarily urban; an area of land reclaimed from the sea measuring 5.2 sq km (2 sq mi) and known as Cotai now connects the islands of Coloane and Taipa; the island area is connected to the mainland peninsula by three bridges

644,426 (2024 est.)

304,988

339,438

Chinese

Chinese

Chinese 89.4%, Chinese and Portuguese 1%, Portuguese 0.8%, Chinese and non-Portuguese 0.2%, Portuguese and others 0.2%, other 8.5% (2021 est.)

Cantonese 81%, Mandarin 4.7%, other Chinese dialects 5.4%, English 3.6%, Tagalog 2.9%, Portuguese 0.6%, other 1.8% (2021 est.)

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Folk religion 58.9%, Buddhist 17.3%, Christian 7.2%, other 1.2%, none 15.4% (2020 est.)

14.4% (male 47,346/female 45,216)

69.9% (male 210,059/female 240,577)

15.7% (2024 est.) (male 47,583/female 53,645)

43 (2024 est.)

20.5 (2024 est.)

22.5 (2024 est.)

4.5 (2024 est.)

43 years (2025 est.)

41.5 years

43.1 years

0.64% (2025 est.)

8.31 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)

5.02 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)

3.08 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)

Population fairly equally distributed

100% of total population (2023)

1.46% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

682,000 Macau (2023)

1.05 male(s)/female

1.05 male(s)/female

0.87 male(s)/female

0.89 male(s)/female

0.9 male(s)/female (2024 est.)

4.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)

4.5 deaths/1,000 live births

4.3 deaths/1,000 live births

85.3 years (2024 est.)

82.5 years

88.3 years

1.25 children born/woman (2025 est.)

0.61 (2025 est.)

Urban: 100% of population

6.3% of GDP (2020 est.)

18 years

17 years

19 years (2021)

Air pollution; coastal water pollution; solid-waste disposal; noise pollution

Subtropical; marine with cool winters, warm summers

0% (2022 est.)

0% (2022 est.)

100% (2022 est.)

100% of total population (2023)

1.46% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)

1.595 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

-1,239 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

1.358 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

238,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)

377,900 tons (2024 est.)

Macau Special Administrative Region

Macau

Aomen Tebie Xingzhengqu (Chinese)/ Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau (Portuguese)

Aomen (Chinese)/ Macau (Portuguese)

Name derived from the Chinese ama-gao, or “Bay of Ama,” for Ama, the patron goddess of sailors

Executive-led limited democracy; a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China

Special administrative region of the People's Republic of China

Civil law system based on the Portuguese model

Previous 1976 (Organic Statute of Macau, under Portuguese authority); latest adopted 31 March 1993, effective 20 December 1999 (Basic Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China serves as Macau's constitution)

Proposed by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), the People’s Republic of China State Council, and the Macau Special Administrative Region; submittal of proposals to the NPC requires two-thirds majority vote by the Legislative Assembly of Macau, approval by two thirds of Macau's deputies to the NPC, and consent of the Macau chief executive; final passage requires approval by the NPC

See China

18 years of age in direct elections for some legislative positions, universal for permanent residents living in Macau for the past 7 years

President of China XI Jinping (since 14 March 2013)

Chief Executive Sam Hou FAI (since 20 December 2024)

Executive Council appointed by the chief executive

President indirectly elected by National People's Congress for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); chief executive chosen by a 400-member Election Committee for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term)

President: 10 March 2023 chief executive: 13 October 2024

2024: Sam Hou FAI (unopposed; received 394 out of 400 votes) 2019: HO lat Seng (unopposed; received 392 out of 400 votes)

President: March 2028 chief executive: 2029

Legislative Assembly (Regiao Administrativa Especial de Macau)

Unicameral

33 (14 directly elected, 12 indirectly elected, 7 appointed)

Mixed

Full renewal

4 years

9/12/2021

United Citizens Association of Macau (ACUM) (3); Union for Development (UPD) (2); Macau-Guangdong Union (UGM) (2); Union for Promoting Progress (UPP) (2); Alliance for a Happy Home (ABL) (2); New Hope (NE) (2); Association of Synergy of Macau (PS) (1)

September 2025

Court of Final Appeal of Macau Special Administrative Region (consists of the court president and 2 associate justices)

Justices appointed by the Macau chief executive upon the recommendation of an independent commission of judges, lawyers, and "eminent" persons; judge tenure NA

Court of Second Instance; Court of First instance; Lower Court; Administrative Court

Alliance for a Happy Home or ABL Association of Synergy of Macau ("Synergy Power" or Poder da Singeria) or PS Macau-Guangdong Union or UGM New Hope or NE Union for Development or UPD Union for Promoting Progress or UPP or UNIPRO United Citizens Association of Macau or ACUM

None (Special Administrative Region of China)

The US has no offices in Macau; US Consulate General in Hong Kong is accredited to Macau

ICC (national committees), IHO, IMF, IMO (associate), Interpol (subbureau), ISO (correspondent), UNESCO (associate), UNWTO (associate), UPU, WCO, WMO, WTO

None (special administrative region of China)

National Day (anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949)

Description: green with a lotus flower above a stylized bridge and water in white, under an arc of five five-pointed gold stars meaning: the lotus is the national floral emblem, and the three petals represent the country's peninsula and two islands; the five stars echo the Chinese flag

Lotus blossom

Green, white, yellow

"Yiyongjun Jinxingqu" (The March of the Volunteers)

TIAN Han/NIE Er

Official anthem, as a Special Administrative Region of China

High-income, Chinese special administrative region economy; known for apparel exports and gambling tourism; currency pegged to Hong Kong dollar; significant recession due to 2015 Chinese anticorruption campaign; COVID-19 further halved economic activity

$77.524 billion (2024 est.)

$71.248 billion (2023 est.)

$40.699 billion (2022 est.)

8.8% (2024 est.)

75.1% (2023 est.)

-19.6% (2022 est.)

$112,800 (2024 est.)

$105,000 (2023 est.)

$60,100 (2022 est.)

$50.183 billion (2024 est.)

0.5% (2023 est.)

1% (2022 est.)

0% (2021 est.)

5.4% (2023 est.)

91.4% (2023 est.)

29% (2024 est.)

12.2% (2024 est.)

13.8% (2024 est.)

0.7% (2024 est.)

89.8% (2024 est.)

-45.4% (2024 est.)

Pork, chicken, beef, eggs, pork offal, pork fat, pepper, beef offal, cattle hides, goose meat (2023)

Tourism, gambling, clothing, textiles, electronics, footwear, toys

6.8% (2023 est.)

382,100 (2024 est.)

2.5% (2024 est.)

2.3% (2023 est.)

2.5% (2022 est.)

7.2% (2024 est.)

9.4% (2024 est.)

5.6% (2024 est.)

0.2% of GDP (2023 est.)

0.4% of GDP (2022 est.)

0.2% of GDP (2021 est.)

$12.513 billion (2023 est.)

$11.509 billion (2023 est.)

0% of GDP (2016 est.)

22.8% (of GDP) (2023 est.)

$14.38 billion (2023 est.)

$3.476 billion (2022 est.)

$2.705 billion (2021 est.)

$41.839 billion (2023 est.)

$21.097 billion (2022 est.)

$28.163 billion (2021 est.)

Hong Kong 73%, China 6%, USA 6%, Philippines 3%, Singapore 1% (2023)

Jewelry, garments, broadcasting equipment, precious metal watches, video and card games (2023)

$23.205 billion (2023 est.)

$20.923 billion (2022 est.)

$23.77 billion (2021 est.)

China 36%, Hong Kong 17%, USA 6%, France 6%, Japan 5% (2023)

Jewelry, garments, trunks and cases, broadcasting equipment, electricity (2023)

$29.392 billion (2024 est.)

$27.771 billion (2023 est.)

$25.971 billion (2022 est.)

Patacas (MOP) per US dollar -

8.037 (2024 est.)

8.063 (2023 est.)

8.065 (2022 est.)

8.006 (2021 est.)

7.989 (2020 est.)

100% (2022 est.)

427,000 kW (2023 est.)

5.659 billion kWh (2023 est.)

5.327 billion kWh (2023 est.)

161.125 million kWh (2023 est.)

58.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

41.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)

600 metric tons (2023 est.)

7 metric tons (2023 est.)

11,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)

121.747 million cubic meters (2023 est.)

121.716 million cubic meters (2023 est.)

64.641 million Btu/person (2023 est.)

87,000 (2023 est.)

12 (2023 est.)

1.37 million (2023 est.)

175 (2022 est.)

Local government dominates broadcast media; 2 TV stations operated by the government, with one broadcasting in Portuguese and the other in Cantonese and Mandarin; 1 cable TV and 4 satellite TV services available; 3 radio stations broadcasting, of which 2 are government-operated (2019)

.mo

89% (2023 est.)

212,000 (2023 est.)

30 (2023 est.)

B-M

1 (2025)

4 (2025)

5 (2023)

Other 5

1 (2024)

0

1

0

0

1

Macau

Macau Public Security Police Force

Defense is the responsibility of China; the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) maintains a garrison in Macau

Tier 3 — Macau does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, therefore, Macau remained on Tier 3; for more details, go to: https://www.state.gov/reports/2025-trafficking-in-persons-report/macau