Taiwan
18 Nov 2010
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General information
(Source: CIA World Factbook)
- Capital: Taipei
- Head of government: WU Den-yih (10 September 2009)
- Inhabitants: 22,974,347
- GDP/per capita: US$ 32,000 (2009)
- Economic growth: -4.0%
- Main languages: Mandarin Chinese
- School life expectancy: 18 years
- Education expenditures: 6.51% of GDP (2009)
- Internet users: 16.1 million
Higher education:
- Number of students in higher education: 1,336,592 (2009-2010)
- Number of institutions: 164 (54 public and 110 private)
- Number of students in the Netherlands: 300
