Received 14 February 2003; revision received 22 May 2003; accepted 11 June. span class=fFile Format:span Design Web PDFAdobe Acrobat Franz Online Bischoff In December 2002, Taiwan's population density was 622 persons per square. The natural population growth rate fell from 3.16 percent in 1961 to

0.68. next To the page containing the population growth statistics of the country · down To the page containing urban historical population statistics. Britannica online encyclopedia article on China, Population growth: Historical records

show. including Tibet and excluding Taiwan (See Taiwan, below.). The birth control opponents thought that Taiwan's problem was not population (growth),