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TAIWAN
Population
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Nationality:
noun:
Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective:
Chinese
Ethnic
groups: Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, aborigine
2%
Population:
22,191,087 (July 2000 est.)
Taiwan
is the second most densely populated area in the world, with an average
of 606 persons per square kilometer. Taipei is Taiwan's most populous
city (2.64 million), followed by Kaohsiung (1.46 million). (Ministry
of Interior, 1999)
Ethnic
groups are primarily Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84% and mainland Chinese
14%, with a few aboriginal inhabitants 2%. Although they live together
amicably, there is some tension among the groups.
The more
than 18 million "native" Taiwanese are descendants of Chinese who migrated
from
Fujian
and Guangdong Provinces on the mainland, primarily in the 18th and 19th
centuries. The "mainlanders," who arrived on Taiwan after 1945, came
from all parts of mainland China. About 370,000 aborigines inhabit
the mountainous central and eastern parts of the island and are believed
to be of Malayo-Polynesian origin. The aborigines comprise nine major
tribes: the Ami, the Atayal, the Paiwan, the Bunun, the Puyuma, the
Rukai, the Tsou, the Saisiyat, and the Yami (Ministry of Interior).
Age
structure:
0-14
years: 22% (male 2,485,421; female 2,292,901)
15-64
years: 70% (male 7,869,939; female 7,629,195)
65 years
and over: 8% (male 1,013,074; female 900,557) (2000 est.)
Population
growth rate: 0.81% (2000 est.)
Birth
rate: 14.42 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Death
rate: 5.91 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)
Sex
ratio: 1.05 male(s)/female (2000 est.) total population
Infant
mortality rate: 7.06 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)
Life
expectancy at birth: 76.35 years total population
male:
73.62 years
female:
79.32 years (2000 est.)
Total
fertility rate: 1.76 children born/woman (2000 est.)
Links
to More Information
World
Population
CIA
World Factbook: Taiwan People Taiwan's
Demographics
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Sources:
Central
Intelligence Agency |
