One in every 978 babies born in the world today is born in Taiwan. Taiwan has about 135,000 births a year, around 0.1% of all births worldwide.
- Births per year
- 135,000
- Share of world births
- 0.1%
- Birth odds
- 1/978
- Life expectancy
- 81 years
- Risk of dying before age 5
- 0.4%
- Income per person, PPP
- US$70,000
- Children per woman
- 0.9
- Urban population
- 80%
Life expectancy in Taiwan is 81 years, which is 8 years longer than the world average.
Of every 1,000 babies born here, about 4 do not reach their fifth birthday. The world average is 37 per 1,000.
Income per person is about US$70,000 in purchasing power. That is 3.1 times the world average.
On average a woman has 0.9 children in her lifetime. The world average is 2.3.
About 80% of the population lives in cities. A baby born here has roughly a 20% chance of being born in the countryside.
Religious makeup
- Folk beliefs44%
- Buddhism21%
- Other beliefs16%
- No religion13%
- Christianity6%
Sample names given to people born in this country in the game
Wei · Hao · Jun · Lei · Mei · Xinyi · Lan · Yutong
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Values are rounded approximations. Sources: UN World Population Prospects 2024, World Bank WDI, Pew Research Center 2020.