Natural hazards: NA
Environment - current issues: NA
Environment - international agreements: party to: Ozone Layer Protection (extended from Portugal) signed, but not ratified: NA
Geography - note: essentially urban; one causeway and two bridges connect the two islands to the peninsula on mainland
@Macau:People
Population: 502,325 (July 1997 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 23% (male 60,270; female 56,803) 15-64 years: 68% (male 169,850; female 171,551) 65 years and over: 9% (male 18,208; female 25,643) (July 1997 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.05% (1997 est.)
Birth rate: 13.78 births/1,000 population (1997 est.)
Death rate: 4.41 deaths/1,000 population (1997 est.)