Taiwan

Facts

Population: 22,858,872 (July 2007 est.).

Age structure: 0-14 years: 17.8% (male 2,117,051/female 1,954,709) 15-64 years: 72% (male 8,306,351/female 8,141,268) 65 years and over: 10.2% (male 1,150,001/female 1,189,492) (2007 est.).

Population growth rate: 0.304% (2007 est.).

Birth rate: 8.97 births/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Death rate: 6.54 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Net migration rate: 0.61 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.).

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.09 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.083 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.967 male(s)/female total population: 1.026 male(s)/female (2007 est.).

Infant mortality rate: total: 5.54 deaths/1,000 live births male: 5.86 deaths/1,000 live births female: 5.19 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.).

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 77.56 years male: 74.65 years female: 80.74 years (2007 est.).

Total fertility rate: 1.12 children born/woman (2007 est.).

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: NA.

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: NA.

HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA.

Nationality: noun: Taiwan (singular and plural) note: example - he or she is from Taiwan; they are from Taiwan adjective: Taiwan.

Ethnic groups: Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, indigenous 2%.

Religions: mixture of Buddhist 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: 96.1% male: NA% female: NA% (2003).

GDP (purchasing power parity): $680.5 billion (2006 est.).

GDP - real growth rate: 4.6% (2006 est.).

GDP - per capita (PPP): $29,500 (2006 est.).

GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 1.5% industry: 25.2% services: 73.3% (2006 est.).

Labor force: 10.46 million (2006 est.).

Labor force - by occupation: agriculture: 5.5% industry: 36% services: 58.5% (2005 est.).

Population below poverty line: 0.9% (2006 est.).

Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 6.7% highest 10%: 41.1% (2002 est.).

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1% (2006 est.).

Unemployment rate: 3.9% (2006 est.).

Budget: revenues: $67.33 billion expenditures: $77.93 billion (2006 est.).

Agriculture - products: rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish.

Industries: electronics, petroleum refining, armaments, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing, vehicles, consumer products, pharmaceuticals.

Industrial production growth rate: 6.5% (2006 est.).

Electricity - production: 189.7 billion kWh (2005).

Electricity - consumption: 175.3 billion kWh (2005).

Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2005).

Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2005).

Exports: $215 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Exports - commodities: computer products and electrical equipment, metals, textiles, plastics and rubber products, chemicals (2002).

Exports - partners: China 22.5%, Hong Kong 15.7%, US 15%, Japan 7.3% (2006 est.).

Imports: $205.3 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.).

Imports - commodities: machinery and electrical equipment 44.5%, minerals, precision instruments (2002).

Imports - partners: Japan 23%, China 11.9%, US 10.9%, South Korea 7.2%, Saudi Arabia 4.9% (2006 est.).

Debt - external: $93.06 billion (2006 est.).

Currency (code): new Taiwan dollar (TWD).

Exchange rates: new Taiwan dollars per US dollar - 32.534 (2006), 31.71 (2005), 34.418 (2004), 34.575 (2003), 33.8 (2002).

Fiscal year: 1 July - 30 June.

Statistics: C.I.A. World Factbook. Updated: July 20, 2007.

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