People's Republic of China 1,000,000[1] United States 364,595[3] Brazil 70,000[5] | Indonesia 510,000[2] Thailand 140,000[4] Canada 66,455[6] | |
Overseas Taiwanese (Chinese: 海外臺灣人), also called "people of Taiwanese descent" (Chinese: 臺裔; pinyin: taiyi), are people who are living outside of Republic of China on Taiwan but are of Taiwanese ancestry or descent. Overseas Taiwanese may live in other territories such as the People's Republic of China and are not necessarily Republic of China nationals.
Overseas Taiwanese may not have been born in or lived in the Republic of China. Some Overseas Taiwanese also consider themselves Overseas Chinese. In November 2014 the Taipei Times cited an estimate of 1 million Taiwanese living in mainland China.
Overseas citizens must return to Taiwan to legally vote in elections, as Taiwan does not use absentee ballots.
In the United States, there are 230,382 to 919,000 people of Taiwanese descent living in the country. They are mostly concentrated in California, New York, and Texas. There are over 91,000 Taiwanese people in Canada, mainly living in the provinces of British Columbia and Ontario.