The number of Fujianese in Macau increased after the 1999 handover. ===Nationality=== Analysed by nationality, 509,788 (92.3% of the total population) were of Chinese nationality, down by 2.9 percentage points from the 2001 Census; meanwhile, only 0.9% was of Portuguese nationality, a decrease of 1.1 percentage points.
Analysed by place of birth, 255,186 (46.2%) were born in Mainland China, down by 1.2 percentage points from 2001.
The number of Fujianese in Macau increased after the 1999 handover. ===Nationality=== Analysed by nationality, 509,788 (92.3% of the total population) were of Chinese nationality, down by 2.9 percentage points from the 2001 Census; meanwhile, only 0.9% was of Portuguese nationality, a decrease of 1.1 percentage points.
Another survey conducted between 2005, 2007 and 2009 has found that 30% of the population follows folk faiths, 10% are adherents of Buddhism or Taoism, 5% are Christians, and the remaining part do not declare religious adherence. ===Languages=== Portuguese and Chinese are official languages.
Very few speak Portuguese. ===Literacy=== definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.5% male: 97.2% female: 92% (2003 est.) ===Immigration and crime=== Persons authorized to reside in Macau: total: 50,159 (by the end of 2005) Non-resident workers authorized to enter Macau: total: 39,411 (by the end of 2005) Legal immigrants from Mainland China: 1,133 (Qtr1 2006) 947 (Qtr2 2006) No.
Very few speak Portuguese. ===Literacy=== definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.5% male: 97.2% female: 92% (2003 est.) ===Immigration and crime=== Persons authorized to reside in Macau: total: 50,159 (by the end of 2005) Non-resident workers authorized to enter Macau: total: 39,411 (by the end of 2005) Legal immigrants from Mainland China: 1,133 (Qtr1 2006) 947 (Qtr2 2006) No.
of criminal cases: 2,634 (Qtr1 2006) 2,708 (Qtr2 2006) ===Health=== No.
Another survey conducted between 2005, 2007 and 2009 has found that 30% of the population follows folk faiths, 10% are adherents of Buddhism or Taoism, 5% are Christians, and the remaining part do not declare religious adherence. ===Languages=== Portuguese and Chinese are official languages.
Another survey conducted between 2005, 2007 and 2009 has found that 30% of the population follows folk faiths, 10% are adherents of Buddhism or Taoism, 5% are Christians, and the remaining part do not declare religious adherence. ===Languages=== Portuguese and Chinese are official languages.
Results of the 2011 Population Census indicated that 326,376 (59.1% of the total population) were born outside Macau, an increase of 3.0 percentage points over the last ten years.
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