According to statistics from the foreign affairs division of the National Police Administration, at the end of July 2001 there were nearly 50,000 foreign brides holding valid ROC alien residence certificates, and the largest nationality group among them was Vietnamese, at over 28,000. However, these figures do not include foreign wives who have already acquired ROC citizenship.
根據警政署外事組統計，截至九十年七月底止，除已取得中華民國國籍的外籍新娘，持有效外僑居留證的外籍新娘人數將近五萬人，其中以越南新娘兩萬八千多人為最大宗。