headcount.earth -6,544,849

Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak

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Specimen · MAC

China, Macao SAR

Asia · Eastern Asia

China, Macao SAR is recorded at 720.3k people in 2024, with total annual change of +2,790 under the WPP medium variant.

PLATE 446 · MAC

China, Macao SAR

MAC · MO
HOLDING
population 720.3k
annual change +2,790
natural change +1,174
fertility 0.68
migrant share 59.3%

Early Warning · peak 2031 · generated 2026-06-26

IMS 2024 · foreign citizens · stock 426.9k

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population decomposition

2024

Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.

Population decomposition for China, Macao SAR in 2024
Births 4,600
Deaths -3,426
Natural change +1,174
Net migration +1,620
Total change +2,790
time anchors

-389,094

Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.

Time anchors for China, Macao SAR
This year +2,790
Since peak -7,055 since 2031
Projected 2100 331.2k
Vanishing Point

not applicable

Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.

migrant share

59.3%

foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.

PROVISIONAL

Latest reported

No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.

population pyramid

Observed / 2050 / 2100

WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.

Observed 2023 713.9k

China, Macao SAR 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 100.6k, ages 15-64 517.1k, ages 65+ 96.2k.

0-14
100.6k
15-64
517.1k
65+
96.2k
2050 2050 668.9k

China, Macao SAR 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 48.5k, ages 15-64 392.4k, ages 65+ 228.0k.

0-14
48.5k
15-64
392.4k
65+
228.0k
2100 2100 331.2k

China, Macao SAR 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 26.1k, ages 15-64 145.9k, ages 65+ 159.2k.

0-14
26.1k
15-64
145.9k
65+
159.2k
stage

Early Warning

Stage since 1970.

crossover

1974

First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.

working-age support

5.03

Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2024.

source

POP/DB/WPP/Rev.2024/GEN/F01/Rev.1

Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.

Selected annual series preview · WPP 2024 medium variant
Year Population Change Births Deaths TFR
2024 720.3k 2,790 4.6k 3.4k 0.68
2030 726.7k 487 4.0k 4.1k 0.74
2050 668.9k -4,042 3.2k 8.3k 0.91
2080 463.6k -8,084 2.0k 10.4k 1.08
2100 331.2k -4,648 1.5k 6.4k 1.15