Taiwan is a multiethnic society. Fig-ures released by the Ministry of the Interior in mid-February show that the total Aboriginal population at the end of 2007 came to 484,174, up by 1.95 % from 2006, a faster growth rate than the overall population at 0.36 %. Aborigines made up 2.1 % of the total population, and this figure is on the rise.
台灣是個多族群社會，根據內政部 2 月中發佈的統計，至 2007 年底，我國原住民人口數達到 48 萬 4,174 人，比 2006 年底增加 1.95 %，遠高於總人口成長率之 0.36 %；原住民佔總人口比例為 2.1 %，且在逐年增加中。