Irrigated land: NA sq km
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 of Coloane and Taipa to the peninsula on mainland
@Macau:People
Population: 429,152 (July 1998 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 25% (male 54,845; female 51,354) 15-64 years: 68% (male 138,871; female 153,801) 65 years and over: 7% (male 12,139; female 18,142) (July 1998 est.)
Population growth rate: 1.91% (1998 est.)
Birth rate: 12.76 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)