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🇹🇼 Taiwan

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3TWN
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2TW
UN M49 numeric158
IOC codeTPE
Official nameRepublic of China (Taiwan)
Native name(s)zho: official: 中華民國; common: 台灣
Alt spellingsTW, Táiwān, Republic of China, 中華民國, Zhōnghuá Mínguó, Chinese Taipei
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentNo
UN memberNo

Geography

RegionAsia
SubregionEastern Asia
UN regional group
CapitalTaipei
Area (km²)36,193
Lat / Lng23.5000, 121.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.tw, .台灣, .台湾
Calling coderoot: +8; suffixes: 86

Demographics

Population (World Bank)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)
Languageszho: Chinese
Demonymseng: f: Taiwanese; m: Taiwanese; fra: f: Taïwanaise; m: Taïwanais
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)
GDP per capita (current USD)
Unemployment rate (%)
CurrenciesTWD: name: New Taiwan dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19507,596,530
19517,862,796
19528,148,990
19538,451,371
19548,767,773
19559,104,134
19569,465,710
19579,850,525
195810,246,156
195910,644,175
196011,046,258
196111,453,500
196211,866,672
196312,285,722
196412,706,674
196513,124,802
196613,537,707
196713,901,470
196814,215,585
196914,523,594
197014,815,745
197115,121,137
197215,450,612
197315,772,697
197416,082,325
197516,365,267
197616,671,499
197717,020,097
197817,373,728
197917,735,781
198018,086,520
198118,412,827
198218,723,985
198319,022,625
198419,306,763
198519,571,687
198619,805,980
198720,015,819
198820,223,647
198920,418,906
199020,594,906
199120,781,750
199220,982,088
199321,174,682
199421,357,140
199521,534,495
199621,709,276
199721,885,328
199822,049,226
199922,203,781
200022,332,870
200122,446,257
200222,566,901
200322,664,125
200422,745,431
200522,824,931
200622,914,634
200723,006,924
200823,086,239
200923,164,361
201023,224,049
201123,273,076
201223,345,961
201323,416,875
201423,472,816
201523,529,254
201623,586,143
201723,632,948
201823,659,305
201923,674,138
202023,663,459
202123,558,333
202223,420,111
202323,317,145

Full raw record (JSON)

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