This article is about the demographic features of the population in Taiwan, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.The population in Taiwan is approximately 23.4 million, spread across a total land area of about 36,000 km2; it is the sixteenth most densely populated country in the world with a population density of about 650 inhabitants per square kilometer.The original population of the island of Taiwan and its associated islands, i.e.