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<text id=93CT1435>
<title>
Taiwan--People
</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Taiwan
People</hdr><body>
<p>Population: 21,091,663 (July 1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Population growth rate: 1% (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Birth rate: 15.88 births/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Death rate: 5.54 deaths/1,000 population (1993 est.)
</p>
<p>Net migration rate: -0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993
est.)
</p>
<p>Infant mortality rate: 5.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1993
est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Life expectancy at birth:</l>
<l> total population: 75.04 years</l>
<l> male: 71.84 years</l>
<l> female: 78.39 years (1993 est.)</l>
</list>
<p>Total fertility rate: 1.81 children born/woman (1993 est.)
</p>
<list>
<l>Nationality:</l>
<l> noun: Chinese (singular and plural)</l>
<l> adjective: Chinese</l>
</list>
<p>Ethnic divisions: Taiwanese 84%, mainland Chinese 14%,
aborigine 2%
</p>
<p>Religions: mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%,
Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%
</p>
<p>Languages: Madarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka
dialects
</p>
<list>
<l>Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1980)</l>
<l> total population: 86%</l>
<l> male: 93%</l>
<l> female: 79%</l>
</list>
<p>Labor force: 7.9 million
</p>
<p> by occupation: industry and commerce 53%, services 22%,
agriculture 15.6%, civil administration 7% (1989)
</p></body></article></text>