Han Taiwanese
Han Taiwanese, Taiwanese Han (Chinese: 臺灣漢人), Taiwanese Han Chinese, or Han Chinese are Taiwanese people of full or partial ethnic Han ancestry. According to the Executive Yuan of Taiwan, they comprise 95 to 97 percent of the Taiwanese population, which also includes Austronesians and other non-Han people. Major waves of Han immigration occurred since the 17th century to the end of Chinese Civil War in 1949, with the exception of the Japanese colonial period (1895–1945). Han Taiwanese mainly speak three languages of Chinese: Mandarin, Hokkien and Hakka.
| Total population | |
|---|---|
| c. 23 million | |
| Languages | |
| Taiwanese Mandarin, Taiwanese Hokkien and Taiwanese Hakka | |
| Religion | |
| Han folk religions, Taoism, Mahayana Buddhism, Christianity, Non-religious, etc | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Han people Bai people • Hui people Austronesian Taiwanese |
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