| Population | 23,572,052 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Taiwan (singular and plural) adjective: Taiwan (or Taiwanese) note: example - he or she is from Taiwan; they are from Taiwan |
| Ethnic groups | 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 |
| Languages | Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min Nan), Hakka dialects, approximately 16 indigenous languages major-language sample(s): ???? – ??????????? (Mandarin) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Religions | Buddhist 35.3%, Taoist 33.2%, Christian 3.9%, folk religion (includes Confucian) approximately 10%, none or unspecified 18.2% (2005 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 12.42% (male 1,504,704/female 1,426,494) 15-24 years: 11.62% (male 1,403,117/female 1,339,535) 25-54 years: 45.51% (male 5,351,951/female 5,389,112) 55-64 years: 14.73% (male 1,698,555/female 1,778,529) 65 years and over: 15.72% (male 1,681,476/female 2,029,576) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 40 youth dependency ratio: 17.8 elderly dependency ratio: 22.2 potential support ratio: 4.5 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 42.3 years male: 41.5 years female: 43.1 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.04% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 7.43 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 7.8 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 0.75 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | distribution exhibits a peripheral coastal settlement pattern, with the largest populations on the north and west coasts |
| Urbanization | urban population: 79.3% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.65% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 4.435 million New Taipei City, 2.731 million TAIPEI (capital), 2.272 million Taoyuan, 1.542 million Kaohsiung, 1.338 million Taichung, 857,000 Tainan (2021) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 0.99 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.83 male(s)/female total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 4.03 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.35 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 80.95 years male: 77.93 years female: 84.14 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.07 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Education expenditures | NA |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.5% male: 99.7% female: 97.3% (2014) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
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