---
title: "Taiwan — capital, area, population and currency"
description: "Taiwan: capital Taipei, area 35,980 km², population 23,600,776 (2025), currency New Taiwan dollar. Languages, time zones and calling code."
url: https://atoneplace.net/country/taiwan/
site: "At One Place"
---

# Taiwan

**Taiwan: Capital Taipei**

35,980 km² · 23,600,776 people (2025) · New Taiwan dollar

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.

## The facts

- **Capital:** Taipei
- **Largest city:** New Taipei City
- **Area:** 35,980 km² — 13,892 sq mi
- **Population:** 23,600,776 (2025)
- **Density:** 655.9 people per km²
- **Currency:** New Taiwan dollar (TWD, $)
- **Official language:** Mandarin Chinese
- **Time zone:** UTC+08:00
- **Calling code:** +886
- **Drives on the:** right
- **ISO codes:** TW · TWN
- **Continent:** Asia

> The political status of Taiwan is disputed; this page does not address it and covers only the geographic and statistical facts.

## How it compares

- **By area:** 136 of 200
- **By population:** 60 of 200

> Population is the only figure on this page that dates — it is a 2025 estimate and will drift. Area, capital, currency, languages, calling code and driving side change rarely or never.

## Countries of a similar size

| Country | Area (km²) | Population |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bhutan | 38,394 | 796,682 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 36,125 | 2,249,515 |
| Taiwan ← | 35,980 | 23,600,776 |
| Moldova | 33,851 | 2,360,527 |
| Belgium | 30,528 | 11,941,781 |

## Common questions

### What is the capital of Taiwan?

Taipei

### What currency does Taiwan use?

The New Taiwan dollar (TWD).

### How big is Taiwan?

35,980 km², or 13,892 square miles — 136 of 200 by area.

### Which side of the road does Taiwan drive on?

The right.

## Related pages

- [Bhutan](https://atoneplace.net/country/bhutan/)
- [Guinea-Bissau](https://atoneplace.net/country/guinea-bissau/)
- [Moldova](https://atoneplace.net/country/moldova/)
- [Belgium](https://atoneplace.net/country/belgium/)
- [India](https://atoneplace.net/country/india/)
- [China](https://atoneplace.net/country/china/)
- [Indonesia](https://atoneplace.net/country/indonesia/)
- [Pakistan](https://atoneplace.net/country/pakistan/)
- [Bangladesh](https://atoneplace.net/country/bangladesh/)
- [Japan](https://atoneplace.net/country/japan/)
- [Philippines](https://atoneplace.net/country/philippines/)
- [Vietnam](https://atoneplace.net/country/vietnam/)

## Sources

- The World Factbook — Central Intelligence Agency (https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/) [Public domain (US Government)]