The resident population of Macao totaled a record 525,500 at the
end of the first half of this year, according to official
statistics issued Monday.
The figures from the government-run Statistics and Census
Service (SCS) showed that some 993 live births were logged in the
second quarter, seeing a year-on-year rise of 6.6 percent.
Macao's annual rate of population growth in the past five years
averaged 2.9 percent, according to official statistics released
earlier.
(Xinhua News Agency August 28, 2007)