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  • Population...................................................................23,071,779 (July 2011 est.)
  • Population growth rate .............................................................0.193% (2011 est.)
  • Birth rate.....................................................8.9 births/1,000 population (2011 est.)
  • Death rate................................................7 deaths/1,000 population (2011 est.)
  • Net migration rate...............................0.03 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.)
  • Ethnic groups.......Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, indigenous 2%
Country Profile
Tradition and Progress: Taiwan's Evolving Migration Reality
In a highly selective way, flows of internal migrants within Taiwan have responded quickly to political, economic, and social changes throughout the nation's history, and have spurred development of the countrys industrial, services, and technological industries. In the past 20 years, however, international migration has reemerged in relevance and now includes the immigration of foreign workers and wives and the emigration of some of Taiwan's best and brightest.

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Neighboring Countries

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South Korea

Vietnam

Philippines

Malaysia
Other Resources

Taiwan Population Census Bureau
http://eng.dgbas.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=2

Center for Geographic Information Science
http://gis.rchss.sinica.edu.tw/

National Immigration Agency
http://www.immigration.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=2

Taiwan Ministry of the Interior
http://www.moi.gov.tw/english/index.aspx

Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission
http://www.ocac.gov.tw/english/index.asp

Taiwan Council of Labor Affairs
http://www.cla.gov.tw/cgi-bin/siteMaker/SM_theme?page=48e31c0e

Taiwan Ministry of Education
http://english.moe.gov.tw/mp.asp?mp=1

National Science Council
http://web1.nsc.gov.tw/mp.aspx?mp=7

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