Taiwan--People

CIA FactbookThe World Factbook 1993: Taiwan People

Population: 21,091,663 (July 1993 est.)

Population growth rate: 1% (1993 est.)

Birth rate: 15.88 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Death rate: 5.54 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Net migration rate: -0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 5.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.04 years male: 71.84 years female: 78.39 years (1993 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.81 children born/woman (1993 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: Madarin 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)