| Population :
| 22,749,838 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Age structure 0-14 % :
| 19,90%.
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| Age structure 0-14.m :
| 2 359 467.
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| Age structure 0-14.f :
| 2 167 438.
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| Age structure 15-64 % :
| 70,70%.
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| Age structure 15-64.m :
| 8 149 231.
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| Age structure 15-64.f :
| 7 924 774.
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| Age structure 65 % :
| 9,40%.
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| Age structure 65.m :
| 1 091 473.
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| Age structure 65.f :
| 1 057 455.
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| Age structure est :
| 2004 est..
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| Median age total :
| 33.7 years .
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| Median age male :
| 33.3 years .
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| Median age female :
| 34.1 years (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate :
| 0.64% (2004 est.) .
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| Population growth rate note :
| .
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| Birth rate :
| 12.7 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Death rate :
| 6.29 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Net migration rate :
| 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) .
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| Sex ratio at birth :
| 1.1 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio under 15 :
| 1.09 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 15-64 :
| 1.03 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio 65 :
| 1.03 male(s)/female .
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| Sex ratio total :
| 1.04 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Infant mortality rate male :
| 7.21 deaths/1,000 live births .
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| Infant mortality rate female :
| 5.77 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) .
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| Life expectancy at birth total :
| 77.06 years .
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| Life expectancy at birth male :
| 74.31 years .
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| Life Expectancy at birth female :
| 80.08 years (2004 est.) .
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| Total fertility rate :
| 1.57 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| hiv aids :
| NA .
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| hiv aids people :
| NA .
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| hiv aids deaths :
| NA .
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| Nationality noun :
| Chinese/Taiwanese (singular and plural) .
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| Nationality adjective :
| Chinese/Taiwanese .
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| Ethnic groups :
| Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, aborigine 2% .
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| Religions :
| mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5% .
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| Languages :
| Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects .
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| Literacy definition :
| age 15 and over can read and write .
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| Literacy total :
| 96.1% (2003) .
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| Literacy male :
| .
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| Literacy female :
| .
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| Government type :
| multiparty democratic regime headed by popularly-elected president and unicameral legislature .
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| Independence :
| .
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| National holiday :
| Republic Day (Anniversary of the Chinese Revolution), 10 October (1911) .
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| Suffrage :
| 20 years of age; universal .
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| Economy overview :
| Taiwan has a dynamic capitalist economy with gradually decreasing guidance of investment and foreign trade by government authorities. In keeping with this trend, some large government-owned banks and industrial firms are being privatized. Exports have pro.
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| Population below poverty line :
| 1% (2000 est.) .
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| Labor force by occupation :
| agriculture 7.5%, industry 35%, services 57% (2001 est.) .
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| Agriculture products :
| rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk, fish .
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| Industries :
| electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing .
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| Exports commodities :
| computer products and electrical equipment, metals, textiles, plastics and rubber products, chemicals (2002) .
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| Exports partners :
| China 25.3%, US 20.5%, Japan 9.2% (2002 est.) .
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| Imports commodities :
| Republic Day (Anniversary of the Chinese Revolution), 10 October (1911) .
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| Imports partners :
| Republic Day (Anniversary of the Chinese Revolution), 10 October (1911) .
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| Internet users :
| 8.83 million (2003) .
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| Hymne :
| San-min-chu-i, Wu-tang so tsung ;
i-chien min-kuo, i-chin ta-t'ung.
Tzu erh to-shih, wei min ch'ien-feng ;
su-yeh fei-hsieh, chu-i shih ts'ung.
Shih ch'in shih yung, pi hsin pi chung ;
i-hsin i-te, kuan-ch'e shih-chung.
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Traduction en Anglais :
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Our aim shall be to found a free land.
World peace be our stand.
Lead on, comrades, vanguards ye are.
Hold fast your aim, by sun and star.
Be earnest and brave, your country to save.
One heart, one soul, one mind, one goal !.
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