What is the total number of people in Taiwan?

The total number of people in Taiwan in 2021 is 23.375 million, and the area is about 36,000 square kilometers. The number was 23.375 million, a decrease of nearly 186,000 compared with 2020.

Taiwan Province consists of two major island groups, Taiwan Island, the largest island in China, and its surrounding islands, as well as the Penghu Islands. It consists of more than 80 islands, with a total area of ??36,000 square kilometers and a population of 23,487,509 ( 2021), more than 70% are concentrated in the five western metropolitan areas, of which the Taipei Metropolitan Area with Taipei as the center is the largest.

Taiwanese folk culture

Taiwan combines the folk customs of the Fujian and Guangdong immigrants who immigrated during the Ming and Qing Dynasties and the people from other provinces who came to Taiwan after World War II. It can be called the epitome of Chinese folk culture. The Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, and Mid-Autumn Festival are the three major festivals in Taiwan. During traditional festivals such as the Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Festival, Ghost Festival, and Chinese Valentine's Day, people also have the same or similar celebration customs as those in mainland China.

In addition, there are a number of folk celebrations with Chinese cultural characteristics, such as welcoming Mazu, salt water bee firecrackers, sky lanterns releasing in Pingxi, burning the royal boat in Donggang, and robbing orphans in Toucheng, etc.

Each ethnic group of Taiwan’s ethnic minority (Gaoshan ethnic group) has its own unique traditional annual ritual culture.