(DATE AND SOURCE) |
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Registered population of Taiwan |
22,722,559 | jun 2005 - (1) |
Indigenous population |
397,535 | 2000 - (1) |
Number of foreigners living in Taiwan |
405,284 | 2003 - (3) |
Percent of marriages during the first five months of 2005 that were to a foreigner |
20.4 | jul 2005 - (1) |
Percent of babies born in 2004 to foreign mothers ("foreign" includes China, Hong Kong, and Macau) |
13.2 | 2005 - (1) |
GDP per capita |
$13,156 | 2003 - (1) |
Percent of households that have water on tap |
91.93 | dec 2003 - (4) |
Average life expectancy (m/f) |
73/79 | 2003 - (5) |
Percent of population over 12 years of age that uses the internet |
~66% | jan 2005 - (1) |
Average hours of exercise per week by those 15-44 years old |
1.06 | 2000 - (1) |
Average hours of exercise per week by those 65 years and older |
6.94 | 2000 - (1) |
Number of registered cars |
5,494,856 | may 2005 - (2) |
Number of registered scooters |
12,901,356 | may 2005 - (2) |
Average number of scooters registered per registered household |
1.75 | dec 2003 - (1/2) |
Number of small stands (80% of which sell something edible or drinkable) |
291,064 | aug 2003 - (1) |
Percent of stands that sell snacks |
52 | aug 2003 - (1) |
Average relative humidity in Taipei |
76% | 2003 - (2) |
Average number of days per year it rained in Taipei over 1993-2003 |
160.8 | 2003 - (2) |
Number of typhoons that have hit Taiwan in the last ten years |
59 | may 2005 - (6) |
Number of earthquakes in Taiwan in the last five years which could be felt in more than just the local area (generally over 4.0 on Richter Scale) |
895 | may 2005 - (6) |
Average number of times an earthquake was felt per year in Hualian (on Taiwan's east coast) over 1993-2003 |
499.6 | 2003 - (2) |
Year Taiwan left the United Nations just before a vote to force it out |
1971 | |
Number of years Taiwan was under Japanese rule |
50 (1895-1945) |
*statistics are most recent available as of July 7, 2005
Sources:
(1) - Directorate-General of Budget, Accounting, and Statistics, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
(2) - Ministry of Transportation and Communications, R.O.C.
(3) - Department of Statistics, Ministry of the Interior, R.O.C.
(4) - Department of Statistics, Ministry of Economic Affairs, R.O.C.
(5) - Department of Health, Executive Yuan, R.O.C.
(6) - Central Weather Bureau, R.O.C.