Taiwan

Presentation

Capital: Taipei

Population

Total Population (million): 23.04

Annual growth rate: 3.80%

Density: 635 inhab./km²

Urban population: 40.00%

Population of Principal cities and urban townships: Taipei (6433936); Kaohsiung (2765727); Taichung (2609996)

Ethnic Origins: Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, Mainland Chinese 14%, indigenous 2%.

Official Language: Mandarin Chinese.

Other languages spoken: Official language: Chinese mandarin, although the Min Nan Hua Taiwanese (dialect of the South of Fujian) and the Hakka (indigenous language) are widely spoken.
Business language: English.

Business language: English

Religion: Taiwan is highly diversified in terms of religious faith, with the practice of Buddhism, Daoism, Christianity, Mormonism, the Unification Church, Islam, and Hinduism, as well as native sects such as Yiguandao and others.

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Country overview

Area: 32,260 km²

Type of State: Taiwan has for all practical purposes been independent for half a century but China considers it as a part of its territory and wants it re-united with the mainland. Legally, most nations and even the United Nations (UN) acknowledge the position of the Chinese government that Taiwan is a province of China. However in reality Taiwan (official name: Republic of China) is an independent republic state based on parliamentary democracy and has a semi-presidential form of government.

Type of economy: Emerging Financial Market

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Note: (*) The HDI, Human Development Index, is an indicator which synthesizes several data such as life expectancy, level of education, professional careers, access to culture etc.

Weather in Taipei

F° | C°

26°

Low: 24° | High: 28°

Humidity: 78% | Wind: 26 km/h
Sunrise: 6:03 am | Sunset: 5:12 pm

Source: Yahoo Weather

Telecommunication

Telephone code:
To call from Taiwan, dial 002
To call in Taiwan, dial 886

Internet suffix: .tw

Computers: 57.5 per 100 inhabitants

Telephone lines: 97.4 per 100 inhabitants

Internet users: 59.7 per 100 inhabitants