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The population of Taiwan peaked at 23.6 million in 2019 and has been continuously decreasing ever since, raising fears of an aging population. Most Taiwanese speak Mandarin. Around 70% of the people also speak Taiwanese Hokkien and 10% speak Hakka.
Taiwan, [II][j] officially the Republic of China (ROC), [I][k] is a country [27] in East Asia. [n] The main island of Taiwan, also known as Formosa, lies between the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
The history of the island of Taiwan dates back tens of thousands of years to the earliest known evidence of human habitation. [ 1 ][ 2 ] The sudden appearance of a culture based on agriculture around 3000 BC is believed to reflect the arrival of the ancestors of today's Taiwanese indigenous peoples. [ 3 ]
Taiwanese indigenous peoples, also known as Formosans, Native Taiwanese or Austronesian Taiwanese, [ 3 ][ 4 ] and formerly as Taiwanese aborigines, Takasago people or Gaoshan people, [ 5 ] are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 600,303 or 3% of the island 's population.
Today, the bulk of the contemporary Taiwanese indigenous population reside in the mountains and the major cities. The total population of recognized indigenous peoples on Taiwan is approximately 533,600, or approximately 2.28% of Taiwan's population. [41] The cities of Yilan, Hualien, and Taitung are known for their communities.
1945–present. Taiwan. History of. Taiwan portal. v. t. e. As a result of the surrender and occupation of Japan at the end of World War II, the islands of Taiwan and Penghu were placed under the governance of the Republic of China (ROC), [note 1] ruled by the Kuomintang (KMT), on 25 October 1945. Following the February 28 massacre in 1947 ...
Statistics showed a population growth rate of 0.988 to 2.835% per year throughout Japanese rule. In 1905, the population of Taiwan was roughly 3 million. [157] By 1940 the population had grown to 5.87 million, and by the end of World War II in 1946 it numbered 6.09 million. As of 1938, around 309,000 people of Japanese origin lived in Taiwan.
July. The Dutch occupy Keelung [ 25 ] September. Qing commander Shi Lang leads a fleet of warships to invade Taiwan but is turned back by bad weather [ 25 ] Chinese population in Taiwan rises to 50,000 [ 26 ] 1665. May. Shi Lang attempts to invade Taiwan but his fleet is scattered by a storm [ 25 ] 1666.