23,588,613 (2023 est.)
noun: Taiwan (singular and plural)
adjective: Taiwan (or Taiwanese)
note: example - he or she is from Taiwan; they are from Taiwan
Han Chinese (including Holo, who compose approximately 70% of Taiwan's population, Hakka, and other groups originating in mainland China) more than 95%, indigenous Malayo-Polynesian peoples 2.3%
note 1: there are 16 officially recognized indigenous groups: Amis, Atayal, Bunun, Hla'alua, Kanakaravu, Kavalan, Paiwan, Puyuma, Rukai, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Seediq, Thao, Truku, Tsou, and Yami; Amis, Paiwan, and Atayal are the largest and account for roughly 70% of the indigenous population
note 2: although not definitive, the majority of current genetic, archeological, and linguistic data support the theory that Taiwan is the ultimate source for the spread of humans across the Pacific to Polynesia; the expansion (ca. 3000 B.C. to A.D. 1200) took place via the Philippines and eastern Indonesia and reached Fiji and Tonga by about 900 B.C.; from there voyagers spread across the rest of the Pacific islands over the next two millennia
Mandarin (official), Min Nan, Hakka dialects, approximately 16 indigenous languages
major-language sample(s):
世界概況 – 不可缺少的基本消息來源 (Mandarin)
The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Mandarin audio sample:
Buddhist 35.3%, Taoist 33.2%, Christian 3.9%, folk religion (includes Confucian) approximately 10%, none or unspecified 18.2% (2005 est.)
0-14 years: 12.22% (male 1,482,120/female 1,399,336)
15-64 years: 69.72% (male 8,211,973/female 8,233,667)
65 years and over: 18.07% (2023 est.) (male 1,922,365/female 2,339,152)
2023 population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio: 40.2
youth dependency ratio: 17.8
elderly dependency ratio: 22.4
potential support ratio: 4.5 (2021 est.)
total: 44 years (2023 est.)
male: 43 years
female: 45 years
0.03% (2023 est.)
7.3 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
8 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
1 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
distribution exhibits a peripheral coastal settlement pattern, with the largest populations on the north and west coasts
urban population: 80.1% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.65% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
4.504 million New Taipei City, 2.754 million TAIPEI (capital), 2.319 million Taoyuan, 1.553 million Kaohsiung, 1.369 million Taichung, 863,000 Tainan (2023)
at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.82 male(s)/female
total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
total: 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
male: 4.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.6 deaths/1,000 live births
total population: 81.4 years (2023 est.)
male: 78.4 years
female: 84.5 years
1.09 children born/woman (2023 est.)
0.53 (2023 est.)
75.2% (2016)
note: percent of women aged 20-52
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51% (2023 est.)
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.5%
male: 99.7%
female: 97.3% (2014)
NOTE: The information regarding Taiwan on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Taiwan 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Taiwan 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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