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Macao SAR, China — Population
Population, Total for Macao SAR, China, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
685,900
Population, Total · people · +295.8% since 1960
Population for Macao SAR, China was 685,900 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 687,000 in 2024. The lowest was 173,315 in 1960 (about 4.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 2.14% per year.
Macao SAR, China ranks 167 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 77%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 1.42 million, so Macao SAR, China sits below it. It peaked in 2024 and has fallen 0% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 7%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
685,900
First (1960)
173,315
Change
+295.8%
Highest
687,000
in 2024
Lowest
173,315
in 1960
Average
400,100
Annual growth (CAGR)
2.14%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | people |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 685,900 |
| 2024 | 687,000 |
| 2023 | 678,800 |
| 2022 | 677,300 |
| 2021 | 682,500 |
| 2020 | 685,400 |
| 2019 | 672,000 |
| 2018 | 658,900 |
| 2017 | 648,400 |
| 2016 | 652,500 |
| 2015 | 642,900 |
| 2014 | 621,700 |
Reading this correctly. Total population based on the de facto definition, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Figures are in people. 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.TOTL — Population, Total. 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.