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Macao SAR, China — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Macao SAR, China, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
-0.16%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -3571.7% since 1961
Population growth for Macao SAR, China was -0.16% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 21.43% in 1964. The lowest was -3.96% in 1971 (about 24.7× the latest value).
Macao SAR, China ranks 184 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 85%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 0.64%, so Macao SAR, China sits below it. It peaked in 1964 and has fallen 101% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 105%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
-0.16%
First (1961)
0.00%
Change
-3571.7%
Highest
21.43%
in 1964
Lowest
-3.96%
in 1971
Average
2.12%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.16% |
| 2024 | 1.2% |
| 2023 | 0.22% |
| 2022 | -0.76% |
| 2021 | -0.42% |
| 2020 | 1.97% |
| 2019 | 1.97% |
| 2018 | 1.61% |
| 2017 | -0.63% |
| 2016 | 1.48% |
| 2015 | 3.35% |
| 2014 | 4.91% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.