Population 21,908,135 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure
0-14 years: 22% (male 2,543,524; female 2,367,077)
15-64 years: 69% (male 7,730,185; female 7,472,525)
65 years and over: 9% (male 963,797; female 831,027) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate 0.94% (1998 est.)

Birth rate 14.79 births/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate 5.42 deaths/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate -0.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio
at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.16 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate 6.34 deaths/1,000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth
total population: 76.82 years
male: 73.82 years
female: 80.05 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate 1.77 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality
noun: Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Chinese

Ethnic groups Taiwanese (including Hakka) 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
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 86%
male: 93%
female: 79% (1980 est.)
note: literacy for the total population increased to 92.65% in 1997

NOTE: The information regarding Taiwan on this page is re-published from the 1998 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Taiwan People 1998 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Taiwan People 1998 should be addressed to the CIA.