Demographics of Taiwan

The total population of Taiwan is 23,694,089 people. People in Taiwan speak the Standard Mandarin language. The linguistic diversity of Taiwan is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Taiwan is 0.5028. The median age is approximately 39.2 years. The female fertility rate in Taiwan is 1.2. Around 18% of the population of Taiwan are obese. The ethnic diversity is diverse according to a fractionalization scale which for Taiwan is 0.2744. To find out specifics of language, religion, age, gender distribution, and advancement of people in Taiwan see the sections below, as well as visit the section concerning the education in the country.

Population

In Taiwan, the population density is 647 people per square kilometer (1683 per square mile). Because of this statistic, this country is considered to be very densely. The total population of Taiwan is 23,694,089 people. Taiwan has approximately 637,843 foreign immigrants. Immigrants in Taiwan represent 2.7 percent of the total number of immigrants in the world. The ethnic diversity of Taiwan is diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on ethnicity. Ethnic fractionalization (EF) deals with the number, sizes, socioeconomic distribution, and geographical location of distinct cultural groups, usually in a state or some otherwise delineated territory. Specific cultural features might refer to language, skin color, religion, ethnicity, customs and traditions, history, or other distinctive criteria, alone or in combination. Frequently, these features are used for social exclusion and the monopolization of power. The index of ethnic fractionalization in Taiwan is 0.2744. This means that a certain diversity is present in Taiwan, although all people can still be divided into a relatively small number of major ethnic groups. EF is usually measured as 1 minus the Herfindahl concentration index of ethnolinguistic group shares, which reproduces the probability that two randomly drawn individuals from the population belong to different groups. The theoretical maximum of EF of 1 means that each person belongs to a different group. Read below for statistics of Taiwan on median age and gender distribution at various ages.

Age

The median age is approximately 39.2 years. The median age for men is 38.5, while the median age for women is 39.9.

Gender

The sex ratio, or the number of males for each female (estimated at birth), is 1.09. It can be further divided into the following categories: sex ratio under 15 - 1.08; sex ratio from 15 to 64 - 1.02; sex ratio over 64 - 0.94; total sex ratio - 1.02. Total sex ratio is different from sex ratio estimated at birth. This is due to the fact that some newborns are considered in the sex ratio estimated at birth but pass away within the first weeks of their life and are not included in the total sex ratio.

Religion

The majority religion of Taiwan is folk religions, the followers of which comprise 44.2% of all religious believers in the country. Folk religions are a form and expression of religion that are deemed distinct from the official doctrines and practices of organized religion. Besides folk religions, there are some followers of Christianity in Taiwan. The religious diversity of Taiwan is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of religions in Taiwan. The index of religious fractionalization in Taiwan is 0.6845. This score means that there are several major religions distributed evenly within Taiwan.

General development

Taiwan is considered to be a developed nation. The developmental stage of a nation is determined by a number of factors including, but not limited to, economic prosperity, life expectancy, income equality, and quality of life. As a developed nation, Taiwan is able to provide its citizens with social services like public education, healthcare, and law enforcement. Citizens of developed nations enjoy a high standard of living and longer life expectancies than citizens of developing nations. In Taiwan, 80 in every 100 people use internet. The migration rate in Taiwan is 0.89%. In Taiwan, 1.5% of the population lives below the poverty line. The percentage of citizens living below the poverty line in Taiwan is low, indicating that it has a stable economy. Investors should consider Taiwan to be a safe location for investments and other financial ventures.

Language

People in Taiwan speak the Standard Mandarin language. The linguistic diversity of Taiwan is rather diverse according to a fractionalization scale based on the number of unrelated languages spoken in Taiwan. The index of linguistic fractionalization in Taiwan is 0.5028. This means that there are several major languages spoken in Taiwan. Unrelated languages share few characteristics of grammatical structure, vocabulary, and etymological heritage. Linguistic diversity often results in issues of social and cultural fractionalization that can impact a country’s political circumstance and public policies.