Geography - note:
strategic location adjacent to both the Taiwan Strait and the Luzon
Strait
People Taiwan
Population:
22,894,384 (July 2005 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 19.7% (male 2,349,077/female 2,156,755)
15-64 years: 70.7% (male 8,205,933/female 7,980,056)
65 years and over: 9.6% (male 1,107,708/female 1,094,855) (2005 est.)
Median age:
total: 34.14 years
male: 33.71 years
female: 34.57 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate:
0.63% (2005 est.)
Birth rate:
12.64 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Death rate:
6.38 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 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: 1.01 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2005 est.)