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Taiwan: area, population and density
Taiwan has 36,197 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 23,299,132; calculated population density is 644 people/km².
Sources: Taiwan Ministry of the Interior — Land area statistics · 2023 · Taiwan Statistical Yearbook 2025 — year-end population · 2025.
Taiwan ranks 133rd of 196 by land area, 60th by population and 10th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 36,197 sq kmTaiwan Ministry of the Interior — Land area statistics · 2023
- Population
- 23,299,132Taiwan Statistical Yearbook 2025 — year-end population · 2025
- Calculated density
- 644 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Taiwan in the country comparison set
Taiwan has 36,197 sq km of land area and a population value of 23,299,132 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 133rd by land area, 60th by population, and 10th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
Country outline: Natural Earth Admin 0 at 1:10m. The drawing is fitted to this profile panel; use a comparison page for a shared-area scale.
Browse a separate Taiwan first-level divisions map and list. It includes generalized reference boundaries and approximate outline-area comparisons, not official regional population or land-area statistics.
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