Taiwanese People

Taiwanese people
(Chinese character)
Táiwān-rén (Mandarin)
Tâi-oân-lâng (臺灣儂; Hokkien)
Thòi-vàn-ngìn (Hakka)

Total population
25,260,000
Regions with significant populations
Republic of China	23,508,362[1]
People's Republic of China	1,000,000[2]
United States	230,382[3]
Canada	556,000[4]
Indonesia	510,000[5]
Thailand	140,000[6]
Brazil	70,000[7]
Japan	61,000[8]
Vietnam	60,000[9]
Singapore	60,000[10]
Malaysia	45,000[11]
Brunei	38,000[12]
Australia	28,000[13]
Philippines	22,213
South Korea	20,981
Costa Rica	14,000[14]
France	11,000[15]
Argentina	11,000[16]
New Zealand	10,000[17]
South Africa	10,000[18]
Germany	7,000[19]
United Kingdom	6,000[20]
Others	33,000[21]
Languages
Mandarin Taiwanese Hokkien Hakka Indigenous Taiwanese languages
Religion
Predominantly Mahayana Buddhism Confucianism Taoism Minority Protestantism Roman Catholicism other religions
Related ethnic groups
Han Chinese people Austronesian people Taiwanese aborigines

Taiwanese people
Traditional Chinese	/
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Táiwān rén Bopomofo ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ ㄖㄣˊ Gwoyeu Romatzyh Tair'uan ren Wade–Giles T'ai²-wan¹ jen² Tongyong Pinyin Táiwan rén MPS2 Táiwān rén Hakka Romanization Thòi-vàn ngìn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Toi4 Waan1 jan4 Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tâi-oân-lâng Tâi-lô Tâi-uân lâng Eastern Min Fuzhou BUC Dài-uăng ìng
Alternative Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	/
Transcriptions Southern Min Hokkien POJ Tâi-oân-lâng Tâi-lô Tâi-uân lâng

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Táiwān rén
Bopomofo	ㄊㄞˊ ㄨㄢ ㄖㄣˊ
Gwoyeu Romatzyh	Tair'uan ren
Wade–Giles	T'ai²-wan¹ jen²
Tongyong Pinyin	Táiwan rén
MPS2	Táiwān rén
Hakka
Romanization	Thòi-vàn ngìn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Toi4 Waan1 jan4
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Tâi-oân-lâng
Tâi-lô	Tâi-uân lâng
Eastern Min
Fuzhou BUC	Dài-uăng ìng

Transcriptions
Southern Min
Hokkien POJ	Tâi-oân-lâng
Tâi-lô	Tâi-uân lâng

Taiwanese people (Mandarin: 臺灣人 (traditional), 台湾人 (simplified) (pinyin: Táiwān rén; Wade–Giles: T'ai2-wan1-jen2; /tʰaɪ wän ʐən/); Minnan: 臺灣儂 (Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-oân-lâng; /Tai uan laŋ/); Hakka 臺灣人 (Romanization: Thòi-vàn ngìn)) are people from the island of Taiwan (officially known as the Republic of China) who share a common Taiwanese culture and speak Mandarin Chinese, Hokkien, or Aboriginal languages as a mother tongue. Taiwanese people may also refer to individuals who either claim or are imputed cultural identity focused on Taiwan or areas under the control of the Government of the Republic of China since 1945, including Penghu, Kinmen, and Matsu islands (see Taiwan Area). At least three competing (occasionally overlapping) paradigms are used to identify someone as a Taiwanese person: nationalist criteria, self-identification (including the concept of "New Taiwanese") criteria, and socio-cultural criteria. These standards are fluid, and result from evolving social and political issues. The complexity resulting from competing and evolving standards is compounded by a larger dispute regarding Taiwan's identity, the political status of Taiwan, and its potential de jure Taiwan independence or political integration with China.

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