2008 Macao in Figures
TERRITORIAL OVERVIEW
 
                
POPULATION:(30/06/2008)
                
551,900  residents.
               
                 
CURRENCY:
                
Macao Pataca (pegged to Hong Kong dollar)
                
                 
LANGUAGE:
                
Chinese and Portuguese are the official languages and English is also widely spoken.        
                 
GEOGRAPHY:
                
The Macao Special Administrative Region, part of the territory of China, is situated at the Pearl River Delta on the southeast coast of Mainland China, 60km southwest of Hong Kong. The total land area of 29.2  km2 consists of the Macao Peninsula and the islands of Taipa and Coloane. The Macao Peninsula is linked to the Taipa Island by three bridges and the two islands are linked by the CoTai reclamation area. The highest hill, measuring 170.6m in altitude, is situated at the Coloane Island.
  
                 
CLIMATE:
                
The weather of Macao is subtropical to temperate, with an average temperature of 23.2o Celsius in 2007. It is humid and rainy in Spring and Summer, but relatively dry in Autumn and Winter. The typhoon season lasts from May to October and more frequent in July to September.
In 2007, there were 115 rainy days with a total rainfall of 1,466 mm, which was 667 mm less than the 30-year average observed from 1971 to 2000. For the whole year of 2007, one tropical depression, one tropical storm and one severe tropical cyclone were recorded.
  
                 
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX
   
2001r
2002r
2003r
2004r
2005
  
   
               
Human development index 0.906   0.913   0.919
0.920
0.930  
Life expectancy index
 0.922   0.928   0.933
 
 0.937
 
 0.935  
Education index
 0.898   0.912   0.925   0.925   0.918  
GDP index 0.897   0.900   0.900   0.899   0.936  
          
Note: Data on population have been revised in accordance with the results of By-census 2006  
r Rectified data
 

POPULATION AND VITAL STATISTICS               
      2005
 
 2006
 
 2007  
                 
End-year population (1,000)     484.3   513.4   538.1  
Male
     233.5   252.5   265.7  
Female
     250.7   261.0   272.4  
Distribution by age group (%)
                
under 15
    16.1   14.7   13.5  
15 - 64
    76.6   78.3   79.5  
65 and over
     7.3   7.0   7.1  
                 
Annual population growth (%)
     4.6   5.8   4.7  
Aging ratio (%)
     45.3   47.8   52.4  
Dependency ratio (%)
     30.5   27.7   25.9  
                 
Crude birth rate()
     7.8   8.1   8.6  
Crude mortality rate()
     3.4   3.1   2.9  
Rate of natural increase()
     4.3   5.0   5.7  
Infant mortality rate()
     3.3   2.7   2.4  
Sex ratio at birth (%)
     106.4   108.6   106.7  
                 
Marriages per 1,000 population (no.)
     3.7   4.2   3.9  
Divorces per 1,000 population (no.)
     1.2   1.2   1.3  
Population density(1,000/km²)
     17.2   18.0   18.4  
No. of householdsa (1,000)
     ~    170.5   175.9   
                 
      2001-2004
r
 2002-2005
r
 2003-2006  
Life expectancy at birth (years)  
81.2
 
 81.1
 
 81.5  
                 
a Excluding collective living quarters such as hospitals, student dormitory, etc             
r Rectified data                
~ No figure provide                
                 
LAW AND ORDER            
      2005   2006   2007  
                 
Total no. of crimes
 
10,538   10,855   12,921  
Crime against property
     5,715   5,506   6,835  
Crime against person
     2,376   2,520   2,760  
Crime against life in society     935   1,278   1,420  
Crime against the territory
     702   702   888  
Others
     810   849   1,018  
                 
No. of prisoners (end-year)
     897   859   812  
Male     811   773   724  
Female     86   86   88  
                 

EDUCATION
      2004/2005   2005/2006   2006/2007  
                 
School/Institution                
Regular education
                
Pre-primary education     61   56   60  
Primary education     79   77   76  
Secondary education     58   58   60  
Vocational-technical (secondary education)     4   5   5  
Higher education     12   12   12  
                 
Special education                
Pre-primary education     1   1   1  
Primary education     2   2   2  
Secondary education     1   1   1  
Special class     11   10   8  
                 
Adult education     129   133   129  
                 
Students per teacher
                
Regular education     18.2   17.7   16.4  
Special education     5.3   5.1   4.9  
Adult education     53.9   60.0   79.9  
                 
No. of students
                
Regular education
     108,407   107,325   104,577  
Pre-primary education     11,128   10,216   9,453  
Primary education     37,216   35,187   32,674  
Secondary education     43,851   43,751   42,776  
Vocational-technical (secondary education)
     2,245   2,244   2,212  
Higher education     13,967   15,927   17,462  
                 
Special education     555   514   492  
                 
Adult education     89,480   103,553   119,350  
                 
Students per 1,000 population
     234   222   204  
                 

HEALTH
      2005   2006   2007  
                 
Health care establishments (no.)
                
Hospital care
     2   3   3  
Primary health care (clinics, health centres)
     425   434 r  547  
Chinese medicine and therapy services
     211   214 r 265  
                 
Doctors per 1 ,000 population
     2.1   2.2   2.3
 
Nurses per 1,000 population
     2.3   2.4   2.5  
Hospital beds per 1,000 population
     2.0   1.9   1.9  
                 
Underlying causes of death (%)
                
Neoplasms
     29.1 r  33.5   32.2  
Diseases of the circulatory system
     27.1 r  24.3   23.9  
Diseases of respiratory system