🚩 Flag of Taiwan • live waving render
Asia — Eastern Asia
Drives right
🇹🇼 Taiwan
Republic of China (Taiwan)
aka 台灣 — endonym
23.3M
Population
World #59
36,193 km²
Land Area
World #139
$804.9 billion
GDP (USD)
World #22
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Did You Know?
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Taiwan is the world's #59 most populous country out of 242 tracked nations.
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It ranks #139 globally by land area — covering about 0.02% of Earth's total landmass.
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It has no land borders — an island nation surrounded entirely by water.
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Its economy ranks #22 worldwide with a GDP of $804.9 billion USD.
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Population density is 644.8 people per km² — world rank #17.
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The calendar week officially starts on Sunday here.
Quick Facts
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Capital
Taipei
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Phone Code
+886
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Internet TLD
.tw, .台灣, .台湾
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Nationality
Chinese, Taiwanese
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Week Starts
Sunday
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ISO Codes
TW / TWN / 158
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Coordinates
23.50°, 121.00°
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Driving Side
Right-hand traffic
Economy
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GDP (nominal)
$804.9 billion USD
World rank #22 of 188 tracked economies
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GDP per Capita
$34,488
Total output ÷ total population
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Population Density
644.8 /km²
World density rank #17
$
New Taiwan dollar
TWD • official currency
People & Languages
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Total Population
23,337,936
World rank #59 of 242 nations
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Official Languages
1
Chinese
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Demonym
Taiwanese
What its people are called
🗣️ Chinese
Geography & Neighbours
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Land Area
36,193 km²
0.02% of Earth's landmass • World #139
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Land Borders
0 countries
🏝️ Island — no land borders
Timezones (1)
UTC+08:00
Asia/Taipei
CST — China Standard Time
“Taiwan” Around the World
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تايوان
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Taiwan
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Taiwan
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Taiwan
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Taiwan
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台灣
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Codes & Identity
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ISO Alpha-2
TW
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ISO Alpha-3
TWN
3️⃣
ISO Numeric
158
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Status
officially-assigned
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Postal Format
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e.g. regex: ^(\d{3}(?:\d{2,3})?)$
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WikiData ID
Q865
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Also Spelled As
TW • Táiwān • Republic of China • 中華民國 • Zhōnghuá Mínguó • Chinese Taipei
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