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title: "Italy vs Taiwan — area, population, currency"
description: "Italy is 301,340 km² with 58,915,656 people; Taiwan is 35,980 km² with 23,600,776. Area, density, currency, languages and time zones side by side."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country-vs/italy-vs-taiwan/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Italy vs Taiwan

**Italy vs Taiwan: Italy is larger; Italy has more people**

301,340 km² vs 35,980 km² · 58,915,656 vs 23,600,776

Italy is 8.4 times larger than Taiwan — 301,340 against 35,980 km². Italy is 2.5 times more populous than Taiwan — 58,915,656 against 23,600,776 people.

## Side by side

|  | Italy | Taiwan |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Capital | Rome | Taipei |
| Area | 301,340 km² | 35,980 km² |
| Population | 58,915,656 (2025) | 23,600,776 (2025) |
| Density | 195.5 /km² | 655.9 /km² |
| Currency | Euro (EUR) | New Taiwan dollar (TWD) |
| Official languages | Italian | Mandarin Chinese |
| Time zones | UTC+01:00 | UTC+08:00 |
| Calling code | +39 | +886 |
| Drives on the | right | right |
| Continent | Europe | Asia |
| ISO codes | IT / ITA | TW / TWN |

## Population density

Taiwan is 3.4 times more densely populated than Italy — 656 against 196 people per km². Density is where area and population interact, and it often reverses the impression the headline figures give — a large country with a small population can feel emptier than a small crowded one by an enormous margin.

## Practical differences

- Different currencies: the Euro and the New Taiwan dollar.
- Different continents — Europe and Asia.

## Italy

Italy has three of Europe's most active volcanoes — Etna, Stromboli and Vesuvius — and Stromboli has been erupting more or less continuously for at least 2,000 years. It has more UNESCO World Heritage sites than any other country. The Alps and Apennines mean about three-quarters of the land is mountain or hill.

## Taiwan

A mountainous island: 268 peaks rise above 3,000 m in an area smaller than Switzerland, and Yushan reaches 3,952 m. Taroko Gorge is cut about 19 km through marble. The island sits on the Ring of Fire and the Tropic of Cancer crosses it, so the south is tropical and the high interior gets snow.

> Neutral facts only. Nothing here addresses politics, government, economics or which country is preferable in any respect — population is the one figure that dates, and it carries its year.

## Common questions

### Is Italy bigger than Taiwan?

Italy is larger — 301,340 km² against 35,980 km².

### Which has more people, Italy or Taiwan?

Italy, with 58,915,656 against 23,600,776.

### What is the time difference between Italy and Taiwan?

Italy is UTC+01:00 and Taiwan is UTC+08:00. Daylight saving shifts the gap during the year in places that observe it.

## Related pages

- [Italy](https://atoneplace.net/country/italy/)
- [Taiwan](https://atoneplace.net/country/taiwan/)
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## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]
- World Bank Open Data — The World Bank (https://data.worldbank.org/) [CC BY 4.0]