Population, age 21, total in Macao
Macao: Population, age 21, total was 6,943 in 2015. ▲ Rising
Population, age 21, total in Macao, 1990–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for population, age 21, total in Macao is 6,943, measured in 2015.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 12.0% on the previous year and down 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, age 21, total in Macao peaked at 8,908 in 2009 and was at its lowest, 5,206, in 1998.
That places Macao 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,582 | 5,206 | 6,133 | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,444 | 5,483 | 8,908 | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,135 | 6,943 | 8,862 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Macao
More education data for Macao
- Duration of pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 71.2% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 13.7% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 89.8% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 2,896 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 0.676 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 89.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population, age 21, total in Macao?
- Population, age 21, total in Macao was 6,943 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest population, age 21, total recorded in Macao?
- The highest recorded value was 8,908 in 2009.
- What is the lowest population, age 21, total recorded in Macao?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,206 in 1998.
- How does Macao rank for population, age 21, total?
- Macao ranks 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is population, age 21, total rising or falling in Macao?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Macao data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 21, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Age population, total refers to total population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.