Its acceptance makes the island distinct from mainland China, and therefore may be seen as a step towards forming a consensus for de jure Taiwan independence.
According to a Central News Agency Report, total births in 2017 were below 200,000.
In 2019, the infant mortality rate was 4.
Guerrilla fighting continued periodically until about 1902 and ultimately took the lives of 14,000 Taiwanese, or 0.
Hostile tribes, and a lack of valuable trade products, meant that few outsiders visited the main island until the 16th century.
Japan renounced its claims to Taiwan and the Pescadores in the in 1952; see , and.