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How many babies are born in Macao?

4.44 thousand babies born in Macao in 2026. That is 0.00% of all births worldwide, and the 180th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Macao: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Macao’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1800 ~670 ~17.3K 38.7 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~2.48K ~64K 38.7 Historical reconstruction
1950 9.36K 197K 47.6 UN estimate
2000 3.85K 437K 8.8 UN estimate
2023 4.51K 714K 6.3 UN estimate
2026 4.44K 723K 6.1 UN projection
2050 3.24K 669K 4.9 UN projection
2075 2.05K 504K 4.1 UN projection
2100 1.52K 331K 4.6 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Macao among estimates through 2023 were in 1940, at about ~12K. That is roughly 564 times the estimated ~21 births a year in 1555.

At 0.70 children per woman, fertility in Macao is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Macao each year?

An estimated 4.44 thousand babies are born in Macao in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 12 a day and 0.00% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Macao?

Macao has an estimated 6.1 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 0.70 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.