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Country Market: Statistical Discussion
Taiwan comprises 86 islands. The island of Taiwan is 60% mountainous with only one-quarter of the island arable, of which most lies along the west coast. The population at the end of 1995 was estimated at more than 21 million. It is the second most densely populated nation after Bangladesh (Tyson, 1996).
Life expectancy at birth in 1990 was 71 years for men and 77 years for women. The birth rate has fallen steadily to 16 per 1,000 in 1993 from 35 per 1,000 in the 1960s. The death rate fell steadily in the 1950s and 1960s and more slowly afterward. At the end of 1992, 25.8% of the population was under 15 years of age and 6.8% was over the age of 65, so that 32.6% of the population was of a dependant age. The ratio of dependents to people of working age at the end on 1992 was 48.3%, what had steadily fallen from 94% in 1962 (Taiwan Statistical Data Book, 1994).
GNP per capita is estimated $12,439 in 1995 (Tyson, 1996). In 1991 the distribution of total personal income in Taiwan was divided into 5 separate quintiles. 38% of households were in the highest quintile, 22% in the next highest quintile, 17.5% in the next highest, 13.25% in the second lowest, and 7.76% in the lowest quintile (Taiwan Statistical Data Book, 1994).
The climate in Taiwan has been described as sub-tropical. Hottest months are in July with the coldest month in February. The driest month is November and the month with most rain is August (Economist Intelligence Unit, 1994).
The total GNP in Taiwan in 1995 was $263.6 billion with GNP per capita at $12,439 (Tyson, 1996). Taiwan's economy is dominated by foreign trade on the demand side and manufacturing on the supply side. Exports accounted for 45.2% of current price GDP in 1993 while imports were 43.5%. Nearly all exports are manufactures and the manufacturing sector accounted for 31.6% of GDP in 1993. ...