NA

Negl

Land use:

arable land: 0% permanent crops: 0% other: 100% (2005)

Irrigated land:

NA

Natural hazards:

typhoons

Environment - current issues:

Environment - international agreements:

party to: Marine Dumping (associate member), Ship Pollution (associate member)

Geography - note:

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

People
Macau

Population:

545,674 (July 2008 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 16.5% (male 47,935/female 42,301) 15-64 years: 75.8% (male 193,571/female 220,108) 65 years and over: 7.7% (male 19,340/female 22,419) (2008 est.)

Median age:

total: 35 years male: 35.6 years female: 34.5 years (2008 est.)

Population growth rate:

3.148% (2008 est.)

Birth rate:

8.69 births/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Death rate:

3.43 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate:

26.21 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Sex ratio:

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.13 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 0.88 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female total population: 0.92 male(s)/female (2008 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

total: 3.23 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.39 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.07 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 84.33 years male: 81.36 years female: 87.45 years (2008 est.)

Total fertility rate:

0.9 children born/woman (2008 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: