Overseas Taiwanese

Overseas Taiwanese

Total population
23,944,178
Regions with significant populations
United States	1,002,000[1]
Indonesia	632,000[2]
China	404,000[3]
Malaysia	340,090[1]
Japan	303,000[1]
Thailand	290,200[1]
Australia	190,020[4]
Canada	173,000[5]
Vietnam	99,350[1]
United Kingdom	96,000[6]
Brazil	90,000[1]
France	89,500[1]
New Zealand	89,000[1]
Singapore	81,000[7]
South Africa	75,000[1]
Costa Rica	69,000[1]
Argentina	68,000[1]
Brunei	63,000[1]
Germany	45,000[1]
South Korea	31,000[citation needed]
Others	78,000[citation needed]
Languages
Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Formosan languages

Overseas Taiwanese (Chinese: 海外臺灣人， 中華民國人，華人), also called "Overseas Chinese from the democratic Republic of China", are people of Taiwanese R.O.C. ancestry or Republic of China descent who live or were born outside of Taiwan. Overseas Taiwanese may hold Taiwan R.O.C. passport or may hold passports of other countries. Some Overseas R.O.C. Taiwan passport holders are decendants of former British Hongkong nationals. In order to distinguish democratic Republic of China nationals from the People's Republic of China (a.k.a. Mainland Chinese), R.O.C. Overseas Chinese are now referred to as Taiwanese in the English documentation of their nationality in other countries.