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Taiwan Area: Taiwan Area People Profile 2011

2010/07/08

Population

Value:

23 024 956

Date:

July 2009

Comparison to the world:

Age structure

Age:

0-14 years

Value:

16.2% (male 1,936,232/female 1,788,419)

Year:

2009

Age:

15-64 years

Value:

73% (male 8,476,685/female 8,336,600)

Age:

65 years and over

Value:

10.8% (male 1,192,496/female 1,294,524)

Median Age

Name:

total

Value:

37 years

Year:

2009

Name:

male:

Value:

36.4 years

Name:

female

Value:

37.7 years

Population growth rate

Value:

0,213%

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

182

Birth rate

Value:

8.97 births/1,000 population

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

222

Death rate

Value:

6.87 deaths/1,000 population

Date:

July 2010

Comparison to the world:

144

Net migration rate

Value:

0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

Sex ratio

Range:

at birth

Value:

1.086 male(s)/female

Year:

2009

Range:

under 15 years

Value:

1.08 male(s)/female

Range:

15-64 years

Value:

1.02 male(s)/female

Range:

65 years and over

Value:

0.92 male(s)/female

Range:

total population

Value:

1.02 male(s)/female

Infant mortality rate

Total value:

5.26 deaths/1,000 live births

Comparison to the world:

186

Male value:

5.53 deaths/1,000 live births

Female value:

4.96 deaths/1,000 live births

Year:

2009

Life expectancy at birth

Total value:

78.15 years

Comparison to the world:

Male value:

75.34 years

Female value:

81.2 years

Year:

2009

Total fertility rate

Value:

1.15 children born/woman

Year:

2009

Comparison to the world:

220

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

Value:

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

Value:

HIV/AIDS - deaths

Value:

Ethnic groups

Value:

<p> Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, indigenous 2%</p>

Religions

Value:

mixture of Buddhist and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%

Languages

Languages info:

Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects

Literacy

Definition:

age 15 and over can read and write

Total population:

96%

Male:

Female:

Year:

2002

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

Female:

15 years

Education expenditures

Value:

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