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Macao: map and facts

Macao is in Eastern Asia. It has 685,900 people (2025). It covers 33 km². That is about 20,785 people per km². Its highest point is Alto Coloane, at 176 m.

Macao and the land around it. The triangle marks its highest point, Alto Coloane. Boundaries follow India’s official position.

Facts

Population: 685,900 (2025, World Bank)
Area: 33 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 30 km².
Highest point: Alto Coloane, 176 m (Natural Earth)

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

Alto Coloane: 176 m (its highest point)

Land

Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): towns and cities 64.1%, savanna 17.9%, water 7.7%, wetland 7.7%, grassland 2.6%.

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): hills 100%.

Neighbours

Macao shares land borders with China on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.

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