Urban population share in Macao SAR, China

100.0% of people in Macao SAR, China lived in urban areas in 2025.

Measure: Urban population share Unit: % of total population Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Macao SAR, China, 2025 100.0% % of total population
Change from 2024 0percentage points 2024: 100.0%
World, 2025 57.8% Official aggregate
Position in 2025 12th of 217 See the full ranking

Urban population share in Macao SAR, China over time

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% of total population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Urban population share (% of total population), 2001 to 2025
Period Macao SAR, ChinaWorld
2025 100.0% 57.8%
2024 100.0% 57.6%
2023 100.0% 57.3%
2022 100.0% 57.1%
2021 100.0% 56.8%
2020 100.0% 56.4%
2019 100.0% 56.1%
2018 100.0% 55.8%
2017 100.0% 55.3%
2016 100.0% 54.9%
2015 100.0% 54.4%
2014 100.0% 53.9%
2013 100.0% 53.4%
2012 100.0% 52.9%
2011 100.0% 52.5%
2010 100.0% 51.8%
2009 100.0% 51.4%
2008 100.0% 50.9%
2007 100.0% 50.4%
2006 100.0% 49.9%
2005 100.0% 49.4%
2004 100.0% 48.9%
2003 100.0% 48.4%
2002 100.0% 47.8%
2001 100.0% 47.3%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 100.0%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Macao SAR, China has the 12th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2025 was 57.8%.

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Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Macao SAR, China
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Urbanization Prospects