Observatório da Emigração

Macau

21/10/2019

Annual Series

A.1 Foreign-born population, 1991-2017

(individuals)

Years	Total Population		Foreign-born
	Total Population		All foreign-born			Born in Portugal
	N	Change in %	N	As a % of total population	Change in %	N	As a % of total population	As a % of all foreign-born	Change in %
2017	622,567	-4.4	353,654	56.8	-8.3	1,616	0.3	0.5	-19.6
2016	650,834	8.3	385,744	59.3	12.6	2,011	0.3	0.5	28.4
2015	600,942	8.8	342,703	57.0	5.0	1,566	0.3	0.5	-14.7
2011	552,503	2.9	326,376	59.1	2.5	1,835	0.3	0.6	26.0
2010	536,969	7.0	318,506	59.3	10.3	1,456	0.3	0.5	10.6
2006	502,113	4.1	288,879	57.5	3.4	1,316	0.3	0.5	-23.4
2005	482,559	10.9	279,308	57.9	14.4	1,717	0.4	0.6	6.2
2001	435,235	1.7	244,096	56.1	1.4	1,616	0.4	0.7	-18.5
2000	427,979	3.4	240,791	56.3	4.0	1,983	0.5	0.8	-48.5
1996	414,128	16.4	231,652	55.9	8.8	3,852	0.9	1.7	6.3
1991	355,693	..	212,996	59.9	..	3,625	1.0	1.7	..

Last annual update: 16/04/2018

Metadata

Note Under the provisions on the application of the Chinese nationality law, in force since 1999, residents, whether born in Macao or mainland China, of Chinese descent, even if they are holders of a Portuguese passport, are, as a rule, considered Chinese citizens. For comparability purposes, the DSEC recalculated the figures for 1991, if these provisions were in force at the time, and amounted to 20,000 foreigners (i.e., non-Chinese), of which 11,965 would be Portuguese.$$
Although Macao is not a country, it is here distinguished as a "Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China" and because it had Portuguese administration until 20 December 1999; for the variable born abroad, we considered who was born outside Macau; the number of foreigners, in years prior to 1999, corresponds to the number of non-Portuguese citizens; After 1999, the number of foreigners submitted refers to the number of non-Chinese citizens; the percentages of Portuguese in the total number of foreigners for 1991 and 1996 should not be taken into account, since, at that time, citizens of Portuguese nationality were not part of this universe.

Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Directorate of Statistics and Census Service - Government of Macao SAR, (data of 1991 and 1996, information granted upon request); Overall Census results 2001 (data from 2001); Overall intercensus results 2006 (data from 2006); Census 2011, statistic frames, pages 5 and 6; Census 2016; United Nations Statistics Division (estimates).

A.2 Foreign population, 1991-2017

(individuals)

Years	Total population		Foreigners
	Total population		All foreigners			Foreigners with Portuguese citizenship
	N	Change in %	N	As a % of total population	Change in %	N	As a % of total population	As a % of all foreigners	Change in %
2017	622,567	-4.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2016	650,834	8.3	75,249	11.6	..	9,024	1.4	2.3	..
2015	600,942	8.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2011	552,503	2.9	42,715	7.7	..	5,020	0.9	1.5	..
2010	536,969	7.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2006	502,113	4.1	30,850	6.2	..	8,593	1.7	3.0	..
2005	482,559	10.9	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
2001	435,235	1.7	21,035	4.8	..	8,793	2.0	3.6	..
2000	427,979	3.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
1996	414,128	16.4	301,422	72.8	18.5	112,706	27.2	48.7	11.3
1991	355,693	..	254,448	71.5	..	101,245	28.5	47.5	..

Last annual update:16/04/2018

Metadata

A.3 Consular registrations, 2008-2018

(individuals)

Years	All registrations		Registrations by migrants born in Portugal			Registrations by migrants with Portuguese citizenship
Years	N	Change in %	N	As a % of all registrations	Change in %	N	As a % of all registrations	Change in %
2018	125,549	0.2	..	..	..	..	..	..
2017	125,296	-25.9	..	..	..	..	..	..
2016	169,023	1.5	..	..	..	..	..	..
2015	166,593	1.0	..	..	..	..	..	..
2014	165,000	29.1	..	..	..	..	..	..
2012	127,843	-0.1	2,752	2.2	4.8	125,813	98.4	-0.1
2011	127,991	1.8	2,626	2.1	6.8	125,923	98.4	1.9
2010	125,683	1.9	2,459	2.0	5.9	123,615	98.4	1.9
2009	123,372	2.5	2,322	1.9	7.1	121,314	98.3	2.6
2008	120,362	..	2,169	1.8	..	118,305	98.3	..

Last annual update: 21/10/2019

Metadata

Note In the total value there are 38,000 registrations which were transfered from the Portuguese consulate in Hong Kong, after its closing (2003).

Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Portuguese consulates and Consular Management System (DGACCP), data granted upon request.

A.4 Foreign inflows, 2000-2018

(individuals)

Years	Total inflows		Portuguese inflows
Years	N	Change in %	N	As a % of total population	Change in %
2018	1,074	-29.7	117	10.9	17.0
2017	1,527	5.5	100	6.6	-33.3
2016	1,447	-18.9	150	10.4	3.4
2015	1,784	-21.7	145	8.1	-44.7
2014	2,278	-8.6	262	11.5	-1.1
2013	2,491	5.1	265	10.6	22.7
2012	2,371	-15.7	216	9.1	19.3
2011	2,812	-36.9	181	6.4	38.2
2010	4,455	-53.1	131	3.0	-4.4
2009	9,489	19.9	137	1.4	8.7
2008	7,917	29.5	126	1.6	-13.7
2007	6,115	..	146	2.4	156.2
2006	..	..	57	..	-19.7
2005	..	..	71	..	7.6
2004	..	..	66	..	3.1
2003	..	..	64	..	8.5
2002	..	..	59	..	68.6
2001	..	..	35	..	775.0
2000	..	..	4	..	..

Last annual update: 28/05/2019

Metadata

Note The periods of temporary residence permit issued have a duration of eighteen months or more, as can be seen in Administrative Regulation nº 3/2005.

Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Source: Directorate of Statistics and Census Service - Government of Macao SAR, Demographic Statistics 2008 (data from 2007 and 2008), Demographic Statistics 2010 (data from 2009 and 2010) (accessed in 25/08/2011),Demographic Statistics from 2011 onwards (accessed in 26/05/2017).

A.6 Remittances, 2000-2018

(euros, thousands)

Years	Inward flows (thousand euros) (a)		Outward flows (thousand euros) (b)		Balance (a/b)
Years	N	Change in %	N	Change in %	Balance (a/b)
2018	50	-44.4	0	..	n.d.
2017	90	80.0	0	..	n.d.
2016	50	-44.4	20	100.0	2
2015	90	50.0	10	0.0	9
2014	60	-98.6	10	-91.7	6
2013	4,110	-10.3	120	0.0	34
2012	4,580	8.5	120	-20.0	38
2011	4,220	74.4	150	150.0	28
2010	2,420	-19.9	60	0.0	40
2009	3,020	-19.9	60	-68.4	50
2008	3,770	-54.7	190	-82.1	20
2007	8,320	92.6	1,060	63.1	8
2006	4,320	29.4	650	441.7	7
2005	3,340	20.6	120	100.0	28
2004	2,770	0.4	60	-40.0	46
2003	2,760	-60.0	100	-37.5	28
2002	6,900	-51.1	160	6.7	43
2001	14,100	-23.4	150	-42.3	94
2000	18,410	..	260	..	71

Last annual update: 27/02/2019

Metadata

Source Table by Observatório da Emigração [Emigration Observatory], data from Banco de Portugal, BP stat, Exploração multidimensional, Quadros predefinidos, Estatísticas de balança de pagamentos, Remessas de emigrantes/imigrantes.

Census

Notes

[ .. ]	data not available, residual data, not applicable
e	estimate

Data

United Nations, DESA, Population Division: international migrant stock (the 2015 revision)

Highlights

In 2015 fewer Portuguese entered Macau

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