Asia · Eastern Asia
Macau
Wikidata gives 118 km² for Macau, a figure that may include the sea around it. Natural Earth's outline is too coarse to measure it, so no ranking is shown.
- 30.1km²Area, main territory
- 682,000Population
- 0.00In Belgiums
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- Macau
Natural Earth draws Macau with only 31 points, too coarse to measure its land area (30.1 km²). Wikidata gives 118 km², which may include surrounding sea. Treat both figures with caution; Macau is left out of rankings and comparisons.
Facts
| Area, main territory | 30.1 km²11.6 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 118 km²Wikidata · 75% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.00 |
| Population | 682,000Wikidata, 2021 |
| Density | 22,661 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 22°N to 22°N |
| In other languages | Macao Español · Macao Français · マカオ 日本語 · 澳门 中文 · 마카오 한국어 |
| Continent | Asia#51 of 51 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Macau
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 564,126× the size of Macau.
- Macau lies at 22°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.2×.
- Laid out flat, Macau's main territory stretches about 13 km north to south and 6.9 km east to west.
- Natural Earth draws Macau with only 31 points, too coarse to measure its land area (30.1 km²). Wikidata gives 118 km², which may include surrounding sea. Treat both figures with caution; Macau is left out of rankings and comparisons.
- Our measured 30.1 km² is 75% below Wikidata's official figure of 118 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Macau measures up
Macau holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.0% of the people of the 51 countries listed for Asia. In Eastern Asia it is the 8th largest of 8.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Farthest north | 22.2°N | 98th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Macau is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 1 in 1,019 its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 8,099 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 11,883 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 12,409 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 18,201 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 104,676 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 281,484 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 313,866 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 564,126 its size |
Where Macau sits
- Macau's centre lies at 22.2°N, 113.5°E, in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 2,460 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 22°N to 22°N, about 10 km from its southern edge to its northern.
Closest neighbours, by distance between centres
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2021; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11