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Macau (Macao) Map & Atlas

Political, physical and population maps of Macau with its 1 first-level divisions and largest cities, plus ethnic, religious and language maps.

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Administrative divisions of Macau

Natural Earth admin-1 boundaries · 1 units

Macau is divided into 1 first-level administrative divisions:

Macau

Largest cities in Macau

Urban-area estimates · Natural Earth
#CityPopulation
1Macau568,700

Macau is the largest urban area in Macau with about 568,700 people.

Terrain, rivers & lakes

Terrain tiles · Natural Earth rivers & lakes

Highest terrain in Macau: ≈ 385 m — read from the global elevation model, so summit heights are approximate. The physical map paints elevation bands from green lowlands to brown highlands.

No major named rivers or lakes are mapped for Macau at this map scale.

Ethnic groups in Macau

CIA World Factbook · 2021
Chinese
89.4%Chinese and Portuguese
1%Portuguese
0.8%Chinese and non-Portuguese
0.2%Portuguese and others
0.2%other
8.5%

Chinese 89.4%, Chinese and Portuguese 1%, Portuguese 0.8%, Chinese and non-Portuguese 0.2%, Portuguese and others 0.2%, other 8.5% (2021 est.)

Regionally, Chinese is the most common ethnic group across most of the 1 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2021 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Religions in Macau

CIA World Factbook · 2020
folk religion
58.9%Buddhist
17.3%Christian
7.2%other
1.2%none
15.4%

folk religion 58.9%, Buddhist 17.3%, Christian 7.2%, other 1.2%, none 15.4% (2020 est.)

Regionally, folk religion is the most common religious group across most of the 1 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2020 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

Languages in Macau

CIA World Factbook · 2021
Cantonese
81%Mandarin
4.7%other Chinese dialects
5.4%English
3.6%Tagalog
2.9%Portuguese
0.6%other
1.8%

Cantonese 81%, Mandarin 4.7%, other Chinese dialects 5.4%, English 3.6%, Tagalog 2.9%, Portuguese 0.6%, other 1.8% (2021 est.)

Regionally, Cantonese is the most common language group across most of the 1 divisions.

Source: CIA World Factbook (2021 est.) · regional dominance compiled by Glostats from censuses and surveys

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Sources: boundaries, cities, rivers and lakes from Natural Earth (public domain, 1:10m); elevation from the AWS Open Data terrain tiles (SRTM/GMTED); ethnic, religious and language shares from the CIA World Factbook; regional dominance compiled by Glostats from national censuses and surveys. Page generated 2026-10-19. More about our data.