Situation
Macao Special Administrative Region is Chinese territory partially, be located in southeast chinese mainland coastal, be located in Pearl River delta on the west bank, border Guangdong is saved, with Hong Kong apart 60 kilometers, be apart from 145 kilometers of Guangzhou. This locality time is earlier than Greenwich meridian time 8 hours.
Area
Because the gross area of Macao is coastal fill the sea to make the land and expand all the time, already expanded stage by stage by the 10.28 square kilometer of 19 centuries to the 27.3 square kilometer now, the area is Hong Kong about 1/40, 1/23 of Singapore. Does Macao include Macao peninsula, ? Young and road link leave an island twice. Peninsula in be linked together with chinese mainland, does You Jiale part to shelter south big bridge, friendship big bridge and on the west bay big bridge and? Young join; As to Dang young and road link, criterion by full-length the road of drive a vehicle of 2.2 kilometers, 6 lines is coherent highway is conterminous.
Population
It is by September 2005, macao dweller has 482 thousand person about. Every square kilometer exceeds population density 17, 000 people. Area of Macao peninsula north more one of the city zone with world population highest density.
Macao population grows nearly 20 years quickly, increase in order to approach the range of 4% every year. The fluidity of population is quite great. Annual population sheds momentum to be as high as 2, 5 million person-time.
According to the statistic by 2004, among Macao population, 52% for the female. The respect is fastened in age group, 17.1% be 15 years old or the following, 74.8% interpose at 15 arrive 64 years old, 8.1% be 65 years old or above. Bisexual average life expectancy all exceeds 78 years old.
2001 census show, in 435 thousand living population, chinese book dweller is occupied 95% , pu citizenship is occupied 2% reach Philippine book to occupy 1% .