精英翻譯社轉自https://paper.udn.com/papers.php?pname=POH0054
There are over 23 million people in Taiwan. Because Taiwan is very mountainous, most of its population lives on the western plains. There are over 651 people per square kilometer in Taiwan. Taipei, undoubtedly, has the highest population density in Taiwan, with over 2.6 million people inhabiting this city.
台灣人口超過兩千三百萬。由於台灣多山，大部分人口都居住在西部的平原，每平方公里的人口超過651人。台北無疑是全台人口密度最高的城市，居民超過260萬。
The indigenous peoples were the first people to live on the island. Today, there are officially 16 tribes, and indigenous people make up about two percent of Taiwan's population. The largest tribe is the Amis. The Amis live mostly in Hualien and Taitung. The indigenous peoples depend on farming and fishing for a living.
原住民是島上最早的居民，現在官方認定的有16族。原住民約佔台灣人口的2%，阿美族是最大的一族，大多居住在花蓮和台東。原住民多從事農耕和捕魚為生。
Taiwan's indigenous people were no longer able to live in peace once other peoples began arriving seeking to claim power. In 1624, the Dutch took over Taiwan. They ruled over most of the island until the first large Chinese army arrived in 1661. This army was led by a Chinese general named Koxinga (Zheng Chenggong). He was fighting the Manchu Emperor in China and had to escape to Taiwan. He died soon after he got to Taiwan. Following that, many Chinese people came to live on the island. Most of the indigenous people escaped to the mountains, but some stayed on the plains. The ones who stayed behind married the Chinese settlers. This is why most Taiwanese people are actually a mixture of different races.
外來族群開始抵達台灣並試圖掌權之後，台灣的原住民就再也無法享有平靜的生活。1624年，荷蘭人接管了台灣，統治全島大部分地區，直到1661年中國第一批大軍抵達為止。這支軍隊由中國將領「國姓爺」鄭成功率領，當時他和中國滿清皇帝對抗，逃至台灣。他抵達台灣後不久便過世，隨後又有許多中國人移居台灣，大多數原住民於是逃往山上，但還是有些原住民留在平地，留下來的人就和中國移民通婚，因此大多數台灣人實際上都是不同族群的混血。
Nowadays, the population of Taiwan consists of Taiwanese, also called Hoklo or Holo, mainlanders, and indigenous people. There is also a group of Chinese called Hakka. Hakka people have managed to keep their own language and customs. Most of the mainlanders came to Taiwan in 1949 because of political problems in China. Today, the population of Taiwan is 70% Hoklo or Holo, 15% Hakka, 13% mainlander, and 2% indigenous. Many foreigners also live in Taiwan.
如今，台灣人口包括台灣人（又稱福佬人或河洛人）、外省人和原住民。還有一群來自中國的客家人，努力保存自己的語言和習俗。大多數外省人都是在1949 年時，由於中國的政治問題來到台灣。目前台灣人口有70％是福佬人或河洛人，15％是客家人， 13％是外省人，還有2％是原住民，也有很多外國人住在台灣。
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