Macao, China (SAR)

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    632,418 1
    Urban
    100.0% 1
    Rural
    0.0% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    62.1% 2
    Homicides
    0.44 per 100,000 people (global median: 5.8) 3
    Internet Users
    88% 6
    Religious Freedom: Government Restrictions Index (GRI)
    0.4 - Low
    Religious Freedom: Social Hostilities Index (SHI)
    0 - Low

    These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

    Baptized Catholics
    32,000
    Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
    4.66
    Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
    195
    Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
    114
    First Communions per Year
    123
    Confirmations per Year
    125
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
    13,409
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
    10,017
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
    1,408
    Church Marriages per Year
    48
    Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
    7
    Priests
    79
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    154
    Catholics per Priest
    401
    Parishes
    9
    Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
    10