MACAO - Macao will carry out a new round of census from April 1 to Aug 21 this year, according to the special administrative regional (SAR) government.

This round of census, carried out once in a decade, will cover the areas administered by the Macao SAR, according to a draft regulation the SAR government finished discussing on Friday.

Information will be collected via paper or electronic questionnaires.

Figures released by the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) in the third quarter of 2020 showed the population of Macao was 682,800, of whom 319,000 were male and 363,800 were female.