DSEC laying the groundwork for 2021 Population Census

The Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) convened meetings with the city’s tertiary institutions and associations to lay the groundwork for the city’s 16th Population Census this year.
Since March, authorities have visited the institutions participating in the decennial Population Census project to jointly discuss the data collection arrangements to ensure a smooth operation.
The institutes include the City University of Macau, the University of Macau, the Macau University of Science and Technology, the Macau Hotel Association, and more.
The data collection for the 2021 Population Census will be carried out in two phases.
The first stage commenced on April 1. It covers the marine population and individuals living in collective quarters like dormitories and staff quarters, and will last until May 31.
The second phase will run from August 7 to 21 to gauge the number of households living in general housing units.
According to official data, Macau’s total population was 683,100 at the end of 2020, up 3,500 year-on-year. Of this, the share of the elderly population increased by 1.0 percentage points year-on-year to 12.9%, while the share of adults dropped by 1.1 percentage points. These numbers point to a continuously aging population in Macau. HT