What is the population of Macau?
Macau has a city population of 649,335. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
22.201, 113.546
About Macau
The sole listed city in Macao holds 94.7% of the country's population at 649,335. Three neighbouring cities lie within 2 km — Santo António (129,800), Nossa Senhora de Fátima (126,000), and São Lázaro (33,100) — while Zhuhai, with a population of 2,207,090, sits 9 km away.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Capital
National capital
Elevation
28 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Macau
Coordinates
22.201, 113.546
Record updated
2024-08-27
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 1 in MacaoClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Macau | 649K |
Macau Population FAQ
Where is Macau?
Macau is in Macao. Its coordinates are 22.201, 113.546.
How big is Macau compared with other cities in Macao?
It is the 1st largest of the 1 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Macao, holding 94.7% of the national population.