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<text id=94CT1377><title>Taiwan—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Taiwan<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 21,298,930 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 0.96% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 15.6 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 5.63 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> -0.38 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 5.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 75.25 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 72.01 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 78.66 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 1.81 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Chinese (singular and plural)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Chinese
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Taiwanese 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, aborigine 2%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi> age 15 and over can read and write (1980)
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<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 86%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 93%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 79%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 7.9 million
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> industry and commerce 53%, services 22%, agriculture 15.6%, civil administration 7% (1989)
</list></list></body></article></text>