Taiwan Population: 21 908 135 (July 1998 est.) Age structure: 0-14 years: 22% (male 2 543 524; female 2 367 077) 15-64 years: 69% (male 7 730 185; female 7 472 525) 65 years and over: 9% (male 963 797; female 831 027) (July 1998 est.) Population growth rate: 0.94% (1998 est.) Birth rate: 14.79 births/1 000 population (1998 est.) Death rate: 5.42 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.) Net migration rate: -0.02 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.) Sex ratio: at birth: 1.08 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.16 male(s)/female (1998 est.) Infant mortality rate: 6.34 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.82 years male: 73.82 years female: 80.05 years (1998 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.77 children born/woman (1998 est.) 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% male: 93% female: 79% (1980 est.) note: literacy for the total population increased to 92.65% in 1997
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