Environment - international agreements:
party to: none of the selected agreements because of Taiwan's
international status
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements because of
Taiwan's international status
Geography - note:
strategic location adjacent to both the Taiwan Strait and the Luzon
Strait
People Taiwan
Population:
22,749,838 (July 2004 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 19.9% (male 2,359,467; female 2,167,438)
15-64 years: 70.7% (male 8,149,231; female 7,924,774)
65 years and over: 9.4% (male 1,091,473; female 1,057,455) (2004
est.)
Median age: total: 33.7 years male: 33.3 years female: 34.1 years (2004 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.64% (2004 est.)
Birth rate:
12.7 births/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Death rate:
6.29 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.)