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- <text id=94CT0854><title>Macau—People</title>
- <article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
- <hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Macau<nl>People</hdr><body>
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- <item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 484,557 (July 1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 1.35% (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 14.78 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 4.12 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 2.83 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 5.5 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 79.75 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 77.33 years
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 82.3 years (1994 est.)
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- <item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 1.46 children born/woman (1994 est.)
- <item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Macanese (singular and plural)
- <item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Macau
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- <item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Chinese 95%, Portuguese 3%, other 2%
- <item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Buddhist 45%, Roman Catholic 7%, Protestant 1%, none 45.8%, other 1.2% (1981)
- <item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Portuguese (official), Cantonese is the language of commerce
- <item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1981)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 90%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 93%
- <item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 86%
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- <item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 180,000 (1986)
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- <item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> NA
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