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Macau: Macau’s population totals 582,000 people at end of 2012

2013/03/07

The estimated people of Macau at the end of 2012 was 582,000 people, an increase of 4.4 % against 2011, the region’s Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said.

According to figures published, 51.8 % of the people was female and 7.7 % of the people was aged over 65, 11.6 % were under 14 and the remaining 80.8 % of the people was between 15 and 64 years old.

At the end of 2012, there were 110,552 non-resident workers in the region, or 16,524 additional than at the end of 2011.

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