Overseas Taiwanese (Chinese: 海外臺灣人), also called "people of Taiwanese descent" (Chinese: 臺裔; pinyin: Táiyì), are people of Taiwanese ancestry or descent who live or were born outside of Taiwan. Overseas Taiwanese may or may not be citizens of the Republic of China, which currently governs Taiwan.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 1,944,178 | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
 United States | 1,002,000[1] |
 Indonesia | 632,000[2] |
 China | 404,000[3] |
 Malaysia | 340,090[1] |
 Japan | 303,000[1] |
 Thailand | 290,200[1] |
 Australia | 190,020[4] |
 Canada | 173,000[5] |
 Vietnam | 99,350[1] |
 Philippines | 99,000[citation needed] |
 United Kingdom | 96,000[6] |
 Brazil | 90,000[1] |
 France | 89,500[1] |
 New Zealand | 89,000[1] |
 Singapore | 81,000[7] |
 South Africa | 75,000[1] |
 Costa Rica | 69,000[1] |
 Argentina | 68,000[1] |
 Brunei | 63,000[1] |
 Germany | 45,000[1] |
 South Korea | 31,000[citation needed] |
| Others | 78,000[citation needed] |
| Languages | |
| Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Formosan languages | |
Voting rights of ROC citizens
editOverseas citizens of the ROC must return to the country to legally vote in elections, as there are no absentee ballots.[8]
In the United States and Canada
editIn the United States, there are 230,382 to 919,000 people of Taiwanese descent living in the country. They are mostly concentrated in California, New York, and Texas.[9][10] There are over 91,000 Taiwanese people in Canada, mainly living in the provinces of British Columbia and Ontario.[11][12]
See also
edit- Taishang, the predominant Taiwanese population group in mainland China
- Taiwanese people
- Han Taiwanese, descendants of Han Chinese people
- Austronesian people, descendants of Taiwanese aborigines in the Pacific and Southeast Asia
References
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- ^ 這兩大因素影響 去年赴中國工作人數創近11年新低. United Daily News. 17 December 2019. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
- ^ "International Migration Database". stats.oecd.org.
- ^ "Overseas Chinese Affairs Council - Taiwan (ROC)" (PDF). OCA Council.
- ^ "僑委會全球資訊網". www.ocac.gov.tw.
- ^ "早报". 早报.
- ^ Mackinen, Julie (13 January 2016). "Americans from Taiwan return home to vote and boost democracy". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ^ "ASIAN ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OR MORE OTHER RACES, AND WITH ONE OR MORE ASIAN CATEGORIES FOR SELECTED GROUPS". United States Census Bureau. United States Department of Commerce. 2011. Archived from the original on 12 February 2020. Retrieved 18 February 2011.
- ^ Numbers of Overseas Taiwanese Archived 2012-09-16 at the Wayback Machine, Overseas Compatriot Affairs Commission, Taiwan, 2010
- ^ "CIC Facts and Figures 2003" (PDF).
- ^ "CIC Facts and Figures 2009". Archived from the original (ASP) on 23 April 2016. Retrieved 4 May 2016.