Eastern Asia
Flag of Taiwan
A mountain island wired to the world's chips.
Colours, by share of the flag
- #f00000 75%
- #000090 20%
Measured from the flag artwork itself, so shares are approximate and emblems get folded into the nearest tone.
Flags people confuse it with
Taiwan in numbers
| Official name | Republic of China (Taiwan) |
|---|---|
| Capital | Taipei |
| Region | Eastern Asia, Asia |
| Population | 23,503,349 |
| Area | 36,193 km² · 649 people per km² |
| Currency | New Taiwan dollar (TWD) |
| Languages | Chinese |
| Country codes | TW · TWN · .tw |
| Coastline | Has a coast |
Things worth knowing
- Despite its modest size, Taiwan is one of the most mountainous places on Earth, with more than two hundred peaks rising above three thousand metres along its central spine.
- Most of the population is squeezed onto the flat western plain, because the steep, forested eastern half drops almost straight into the Pacific.
- The island sits where two tectonic plates collide, a clash that both raised its dramatic ranges and makes earthquakes a routine fact of life.
Did you know
Taiwan's foundries turn out the overwhelming majority of the world's most advanced semiconductors, so the brains inside the phone or laptop you are reading this on were almost certainly born here.
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Country data from the mledoze/countries dataset under ODbL 1.0. Flag artwork from the same dataset. All 196 flags.