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.
Press
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http://www.appledaily.com.tw/
Taipei
http://www.cna.com.tw
China News
Taipei
Taipei
http://www.chinapost.com.tw
Commons Daily
Kaohsiung
(Monthly business magazine), Tapei
http://www.cw.com.tw/
Economic Daily News
Taipei
Taiwan in the News
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The people and government of Taiwan are no strangers to natural disaster, and their history has galvanized them to do as much as possible to help bring Haiti to its feet.
Taiwan intends to share its environmental protection initiatives with the international community, working in multilateral collaboration to safeguard both environmental and human health.
The disaster has been a tragic but unifying moment for the people of Taiwan, with rescue workers, volunteers and the international community pulling together for an extraordinary response.
The tremendous efforts mainland China made to successfully host the Beijing Olympics in the spirit of fairness and peaceful athletic competition among people of all races and ethnicities have deeply impressed the world. It is this same spirit that animated the founding of the United Nations, as reflected in the principles enunciated in the UN Charter.
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