Demography of Taiwan

The Taiwanese population was estimated at 22.911.292 inhabitants in July 2007, making of Taiwan the fourteenth country densément populated with 635 h/km It is made up of 98% of Chinese Han and 2% of Aborigènes; 26% of the Han population of the island would have indigenous ancestors. Taiwan suffers from a délicit of births and birth rate fell to 1,12 child per woman.

Demographic data

Source the CIA World Factbook 2005

Population: 22.894.384
Structure of the ages: 0-14 years: 19,7% (men 2 349 077/femmes 2 156 755), 15-64 years: 70,7% (men 8 205 933/femmes 7 980 056) 65 years and more: 9,6% (men 1 107 708/femmes 1 094 855)
Middle Age: 34.14 years (men: 33,71 years, women: 34,57 years)
Rate of increase: 0,63%
Births: 12,64 naissances/1,000
Death: 6,38 décès/1000
Infant mortality: 6,4 /1000
Life expectancy: 77,26 years (men: 74,49 years, women: 80,28 years)
Fertility rate: 1,57 child/woman

Fertility rate fell at 1,12 in 2006

Population

Evolution of the population

When the Dutchmen settle in Taiwan in 1624, the island is mainly populated Aboriginals, but there is already of the Han Chinese of which some are married with Aboriginals. The Dutchmen them even will make come from the Chinese of the continent to work the ground. In 1661, after the fall of the Ming, Koxinga takes refuge in Taiwan with approximately 30.000 soldiers and the Dutchmen drive out some. In spite of prohibition to cross the strait issued by the government Qing to avoid nourishing on the island a hearth of sedition, the continuous migration towards Taiwan: the Chinese population is estimated at 120.000 people at that time. Thereafter, the Qing government will again authorize the emigration towards Taiwan and one considers the population Chinese on the island at nearly 2 million in 1810, and with nearly 3 million in 1860. At the time of the census made by the Japanese in 1906, one counts 3,12 million people in 2006 the number of the foreign couple or of foreign origin (384 0000 people, is more than 1,6% of the population) that of the Aboriginals exceeded. The Asian couple, who constitute the vast majority of the unit, come mainly from popular China (nearly 65%). Other nationalities are Vietnamese (~ 24,5%), indonésienne (~ 4%), inhabitant of Thailand (~ 3,5%), Filipino (~ 1,5%). 10% of the 142.669 marriages celebrated into 2006 implied a spouse resulting from popular China and 7% a spouse resulting from another Asian country. 40% of these marriages took place in the urban area of large the Taipei (city and Comté of Taipei, Comté of Taoyuan), but the areas where the proportion of mixed marriages is most important are Jinmen (37,42%) and Mazu (34.67%) - in marriages majority with Chinese exits of the Fujian near - follow-ups of the county of Miaoli (20,19%). In 2007, the fertility rate of the foreign wives is of approximately 1,5, a little more than average rate of 1,21.

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