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Taiwan
Republic of China (Taiwan)
Quick facts
- Capital
- Taipei
- Population
- 24 m
- Area
- 36,193 km²
- Region
- Eastern Asia
- Languages
- Chinese
- Currency
- New Taiwan dollar ($)
- Demonym
- Taiwanese
- UN member
- No
How Taiwan compares
Economy size$801 B
22nd of 179 worldwide · 4th of 5 in Eastern Asia
Income per person$34,252
35th of 179 worldwide · 2nd of 5 in Eastern Asia
Highlights
GDP
$801 B
Gross Domestic Product — the total market value of all goods and services produced in a year, at current prices.
GDP per capita
$34,252
GDP divided by population — a rough measure of average economic output per person.
The history journey
An Austronesian island colonised in turn by Dutch, Spanish, Ming-loyalist, Qing and Japanese hands, and now the seat of a self-governing polity at the centre of an unresolved cross-strait dispute.
Pilot a cinematic, sourced journey through its eras — moment by moment.