Overseas Taiwanese Explained
| Group: | Overseas Taiwanese |
| Total: | 1,944,178 |
| Region1: |  United States |
| Pop1: | 1,002,000 |
| Ref1: | [1] |
| Region2: |  Indonesia |
| Pop2: | 632,000 |
| Ref2: | [2] |
| Pop3: | 404,000 |
| Ref3: | [3] |
| Region4: |  Malaysia |
| Pop4: | 340,090 |
| Region5: |  Japan |
| Pop5: | 303,000 |
| Region6: |  Thailand |
| Pop6: | 290,200 |
| Region7: |  Australia |
| Pop7: | 190,020 |
| Ref7: | [4] |
| Region8: |  Canada |
| Pop8: | 173,000 |
| Ref8: | [5] |
| Pop9: | 99,350 |
| Region10: |  Philippines |
| Pop10: | 99,000 |
| Region11: |  United Kingdom |
| Pop11: | 96,000 |
| Ref11: | [6] |
| Region12: |  Brazil |
| Pop12: | 90,000 |
| Region13: |  France |
| Pop13: | 89,500 |
| Region14: |  New Zealand |
| Pop14: | 89,000 |
| Region15: |  Singapore |
| Pop15: | 81,000 |
| Ref15: | [7] |
| Region16: |  South Africa |
| Pop16: | 75,000 |
| Region17: |  Costa Rica |
| Pop17: | 69,000 |
| Region18: |  Argentina |
| Pop18: | 68,000 |
| Pop19: | 63,000 |
| Region20: |  Germany |
| Pop20: | 45,000 |
| Pop21: | 31,000 |
| Region22: | Others |
| Pop22: | 78,000 |
| Languages: | Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Formosan languages |
Overseas Taiwanese, also called "people of Taiwanese descent", 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.
Voting rights of ROC citizens
Overseas 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
In 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
Notes and References
- Web site: 僑委會全球資訊網. https://web.archive.org/web/20120916092810/http://www.ocac.gov.tw/public/public.asp?selno=9429&no=9429&level=C. 16 September 2012.
- Web site: 僑委會全球資訊網. https://web.archive.org/web/20110517033514/http://www.ocac.gov.tw/stat/chinese/global/canada/ca_pop_tw-sex%26age%26gen-01.xls. 17 May 2011.
- News: https://udn.com/news/story/7238/4232538 . zh: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 . 2019-12-17 . 2020-02-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200207091633/https://udn.com/news/story/7238/4232538 . 2020-02-07 . live .
- Web site: International Migration Database. stats.oecd.org.
- Web site: Overseas Chinese Affairs Council - Taiwan (ROC). OCA Council.
- Web site: 僑委會全球資訊網. www.ocac.gov.tw.
- Web site: 早报. 早报.
- News: Mackinen. Julie. Americans from Taiwan return home to vote and boost democracy. 8 March 2017. Los Angeles Times. 13 January 2016.
- Web site: ASIAN ALONE OR IN COMBINATION WITH ONE OR MORE OTHER RACES, AND WITH ONE OR MORE ASIAN CATEGORIES FOR SELECTED GROUPS . https://archive.today/20200212213039/http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_SF1_PCT7&prodType=table . dead . 12 February 2020 . 2011 . . . 18 February 2011.
- http://www.ocac.gov.tw/public/public.asp?selno=9429&no=9429&level=C Numbers of Overseas Taiwanese
- Web site: CIC Facts and Figures 2003 .
- Web site: CIC Facts and Figures 2009 . ASP . 2016-05-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160423183137/http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/resources/statistics/facts2009/permanent/10.asp . 2016-04-23 . dead .
