Facts and Figures

Full name: Taiwan

Nationality 
        noun: Taiwan (singular and plural)
        adjective: Taiwan

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Area
        total: 35,980 sq km
        land: 32,260 sq km
        water: 3,720 sq km 

Population: 22,894,384

Ethnic groups 
        Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%
        mainland Chinese 14%
        aborigine 2%

Capital: Taipei - 2,700,000

Largest Cities  
        Kao-hsiun -1,465,000
        Teague - 920,000
        Tai-nan - 730,000

Official Language
        Mandarin Chinese (official)
        Taiwanese (Min)
        Hakka dialects

Religion
        mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist 93%
        Christian 4.5%
        other 2.5%

Political system: multiparty democratic regime headed by popularly-elected president and unicameral legislature

GDP: purchasing power parity - $576.2 billion

GDP per head: purchasing power parity - $25,300

Annual growth: 6%

GDP - composition by sector  
        agriculture: 1.7%
        industry: 30.9%
        services: 67.4% (2004 est.)

Inflation: 1.7%

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