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| Country |
Taiwan |
| Capital |
Taipei |
| Total Area |
13,891.96 sq mi
35,980.00 sq km
(slightly smaller than Maryland and Delaware combined) |
| Population |
22,191,087 (July 2000 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.) |
| Religions |
mixture of Buddhist, Confucian,
and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5% |
| Life Expectancy |
73.62 male, 79.32 female (2000
est.) |
| Government Type |
multiparty democratic regime
headed by popularly elected president |
| Currency |
1 New Taiwan dollar (NT$) = 100
cents |
| GDP (per capita) |
$16,100 (1999 est.) |
| Labor Force (by occupation) |
services 55%, industry 37%,
agriculture 8% (1999 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% |
| Exports |
electronics, electric and
machinery equipment 52%, metals, textiles, plastics, chemicals |
| Imports |
electronics, electric and
machinery equipment 45%, minerals, precision instruments |
| Natural Resources |
small deposits of coal, natural
gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos |
| Current Environmental Issues |
air pollution; water pollution
from industrial emissions, raw sewage; contamination of drinking water
supplies; trade in endangered species; low-level radioactive waste disposal |
| Telephones (main lines in use) |
12 million (October 1999) |
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