| Country (long form) |
none |
| Capital |
Taipei |
| Total Area |
13,891.96 sq mi
35,980.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than Maryland and Delaware combined) |
| Population |
22,370,461 (July 2001 est.) |
| Estimated Population in 2050 |
24,596,527 |
| Languages |
Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects |
| Literacy |
86% total, 93% male, 79% female (1980 est.)
note: literacy for the total population has reportedly increased to 94% (1998 est.) |
| Religions |
mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5% |
| Life Expectancy |
73.81 male, 79.51 female (2001 est.) |
| Government Type |
multiparty democratic regime headed by popularly elected president |
| Currency |
1 New Taiwan dollar (NT$) = 100 cents |
| GDP (per capita) |
$17,400 (2000 est.) |
| Industry |
electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing |
| Agriculture |
rice, corn, vegetables, fruit, tea; pigs, poultry, beef, milk; fish |
| Arable Land |
24% |
| Natural Resources |
small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos |
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