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Taiwan People 1996

Population:

21,500,583 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years:

24% (female 2,543,134; male 2,665,878)

15-64 years:

68% (female 7,191,964; male 7,482,814)

65 years and over:

8% (female 734,535; male 882,258) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

0.93% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

15.33 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

5.71 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

-0.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

5.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

75.47 years

male:

72.17 years

female:

78.93 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

1.81 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Chinese (singular and plural)

adjective:

Chinese

Ethnic divisions:

Taiwanese 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, aborigine 2%

Religions:

mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%

Languages:

Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1980)

total population:

86%

male:

93%

female:

79%

Labor force:

7.9 million

by occupation:

industry and commerce 53%, services 22%, agriculture 15.6%, civil administration 7% (1989)

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