澳门近十年人口自然增长概况

The Natural Growth of Macaos Population in the Past Decade

澳门是一个面积不到 2 4平方公里的地方 ,其人口在过去十年增加了近三成。人口的增加主要来源于移民 ,特别是来自中国内地的移民 ,他们同时亦对澳门人口的自然增长带来很大的影响 ,原因是来自中国内地的移民有较高的生育率。本文简单地介绍了这一现象 ,以及澳门人口自然增长的其他情况。

Macao is a city of less than 24 km-2, but its population grew by 30% in the past decade, which is mainly due to immigrants, especially those from China's Mainland. The immigrants also play very great important roles in Macao's natural Population growth, for the immigrants from mainland have a rather higher birth rate.