Taiwan

Facts

Population:  22,370,461 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  21.22% (male 2,470,270; female 2,276,108) 15-64 years:  69.97% (male 7,944,451; female 7,707,250) 65 years and over:  8.81% (male 1,034,230; female 938,152) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.8% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  14.31 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  6 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  -0.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.09 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.09 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  1.1 male(s)/female total population:  1.05 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  6.93 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  76.54 years male:  73.81 years female:  79.51 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  1.76 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  NA
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% (1980 est.); note - literacy for the total population has reportedly increased to 94% (1998 est.) male:  93% (1980 est.) female:  79% (1980 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $386 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  6.3% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $17,400 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  3% industry:  33% services:  64% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  1% (1999 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  1.3% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  9.8 million (2000 est.)
Labor force - by occupation:  services 55%, industry 37%, agriculture 8% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:  3% (2000 est.)
Budget:  revenues:  $42.74 billion expenditures:  $48.8 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (2001 est.)
Industries:  electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing
Industrial production growth rate:  8% (2000 est.)
Electricity - production:  139.676 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  67.26% hydro:  6.32% nuclear:  26.42% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  129.899 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish
Exports:  $148.38 billion (f.o.b., 2000)
Exports - commodities:  machinery and electrical equipment 51%, metals, textiles, plastics, chemicals
Exports - partners:  US 23.5%, Hong Kong 21.1%, Europe 16%, ASEAN 12.2%, Japan 11.2% (2000)
Imports:  $140.01 billion (c.i.f., 2000)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and electrical equipment 51%, minerals, precision instruments
Imports - partners:  Japan 27.5%, US 17.9%, Europe 13.6% (2000)
Debt - external:  $40 billion (2000)
Currency:  new Taiwan dollar (TWD)
Currency code:  TWD
Exchange rates:  new Taiwan dollars per US dollar - 33.082 (yearend 2000), 31.395 (yearend 1999), 32.216 (1998), 32.052 (1997), 27.5 (1996)
Fiscal year:  1 July - 30 June (up to FY98/99); 1 July 1999 - 31 December 2000 for FY00; calendar year (after FY00)

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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