!!!Taiwan: People & Society ||Population|23,464,787 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Taiwan (singular and plural) \\ ''adjective'': Taiwan (or Taiwanese) \\ \\ ''__note__'': example - he or she is from Taiwan; they are from Taiwan \\ ||Ethnic groups|Taiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, indigenous 2% ||Languages|Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects ||Religions|mixture of Buddhist and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5% ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 13.13% (male 1,588,679/female 1,493,419) \\ ''15-24 years'': 13.17% (male 1,585,222/female 1,505,004) \\ ''25-54 years'': 46.74% (male 5,477,446/female 5,490,829) \\ ''55-64 years'': 13.89% (male 1,593,024/female 1,665,354) \\ ''65 years and over'': 13.07% (male 1,408,367/female 1,657,443) (2016 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 40.2 years \\ ''male'': 39.5 years \\ ''female'': 40.9 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|0.2% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|8.4 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|7.3 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|0.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Major urban areas - population|TAIPEI (capital) 2.666 million; Kaohsiung 1.523 million; Taichung 1.225 million; Tainan 815,000 (2015) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.07 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.96 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.86 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.99 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 4.8 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 4 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 80.1 years \\ ''male'': 77 years \\ ''female'': 83.5 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|1.12 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|NA ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|NA ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 98.5% \\ ''male'': 99.7% \\ ''female'': 97.3% (2014 est.) \\