Macau’s population totalled 649,100 people at the end of March 2016, a real increase of 2,300 people compared to the fourth quarter of 2015, the Statistics and Census Bureau reported.

At the end of the first quarter there were 181,400 non-resident workers in Macau, a decrease of 210 individuals from the previous quarter.

In the first three months of 2016 there were still 2,695 Chinese immigrants, an additional 514 on a quarterly basis and 339 individual were authorised to reside in Macao 339 individuals, 55 fewer than in the previous quarter. (macauhub/MO)