Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.02 years male: 73.43 years female: 78.82 years (1996 est.)

Total fertility rate: 1.76 children born/woman (1996 est.)

Nationality:
noun: Chinese (singular and plural)
adjective: Chinese

Ethnic divisions: Taiwanese 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: age 15 and over can read and write (1980 est.)
total population: 86%
male: 93%
female: 79%

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Name of country: conventional long form: none conventional short form: Taiwan local long form: none local short form: T'ai-wan

Data code: TW