Taiwan

Key facts

Capital

Taipei

Region

Asia, Eastern Asia

Population

23,451,837

Area

35,980 km²

Currency

New Taiwan dollar (TWD)

Languages

Chinese, Min Nan Chinese, Hakka Chinese

Calling code

+886

Internet domain

.tw, .台灣, .台湾

ISO codes

TW, TWN, 158

Time zone

UTC+8:00

United Nations

Not a member

Postal code pattern

##### (# = digit, @ = letter)

Land and position

Taiwan covers about 35,980 square kilometres. By area it ranks 140th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Guinea-Bissau and a little larger than Moldova. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 24° north, 121° east, in the northern hemisphere.

People

About 23.5 million people live in Taiwan (GeoNames figure, year not stated). That makes it the 60th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure, with about 0.29 percent of the world's people. On average there are 652 people to each square kilometre. Languages listed for it: Chinese, Min Nan Chinese, Hakka Chinese. A person from Taiwan is called Taiwanese.

Money and economy

The currency is the New Taiwan dollar (code TWD, symbol $).

Time

Taiwan uses one time zone, UTC+8:00 (Asia/Taipei). Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.

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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.

Largest cities

City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.

More in Eastern Asia

China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea. See the whole region.

Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.