Macau
Macau [also spelled Macao], a Special Administrative region [SAR] of China, was formerly an overseas territory of Portugal and a major trading port. It is on the south coast of China on the Pearl River estuary.
Population: 453,125; Density: 16,068 per sq km; 95.7% ethnically Chinese [largely Cantonese speakers]; 1% Macanese [Eurasian]; 3.3% Other [Portuguese, Filipino, Thai, Russian, other]
Macau is one of the most densely populated areas in the world. Macau City is the commercial and administrative center of the province and is home to more than 80 percent of the total population. The land is 100 percent urban, but does contain some cultivated “green spaces” such as parks.
Religions: Buddhist/Chinese 32.7%; Non-religious/other 60%; Christian 7.3% [Roman Catholic 5.2%, Protestant 2.1%]
There is no state religion.
Macau country profile.pdf
