Geography - note:
strategic location adjacent to both the Taiwan Strait and the Luzon
Strait
People Taiwan
Population:
22,603,001 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 20.1% (male 2,366,560; female 2,175,886)
15-64 years: 70.6% (male 8,095,741; female 7,871,954)
65 years and over: 9.3% (male 1,074,112; female 1,018,747) (2003
est.)
Median age: total: 33.2 years male: 32.9 years female: 33.6 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
0.65% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
12.74 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
6.2 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.1 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 1.05 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2003 est.)