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Taiwan

country in East Asia
Organization island_country Q865
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Taiwan was established on January 1, 1912 [1][2][3][4]. It has a population of 23.3 million as of 2025 [5] and covers an area of 36,000 square kilometers . The country operates in the UTC+08:00 time zone, also referred to as Asia/Taipei and Taiwan time [6].

Taiwan’s official languages include Taiwanese Hakka, Amis, Paiwan, and the Kinmen dialect [7].

World Factbook

CIA reference data · 4 sections
Geography
Location
Eastern Asia, islands bordering the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, South China Sea, and Taiwan Strait, north of the Philippines, off the southeastern coast of China
Climate
tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); persistent and extensive cloudiness all year
Terrain
eastern two-thirds mostly rugged mountains; flat to gently rolling plains in west
Natural resources
small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, asbestos, arable land
People & Society
Religions
Buddhist 35.3%, Taoist 33.2%, Christian 3.9%, folk religion (includes Confucian) approximately 10%, none or unspecified 18.2% (2005 est.)
Government
Government type
semi-presidential republic
National holiday
Republic Day (National Day), 10 October (1911)
Legal system
civil law system
Economy
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)
$1.743 trillion (2023 est.)
Real GDP per capita
$32,300 (2023 est.)
Real GDP growth rate
1.28% (2023 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
2.2% (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate
3.4% (2024 est.)
Exports - partners
China 20%, USA 17%, Hong Kong 13%, Singapore 9%, Japan 7% (2023)
Imports - partners
China 21%, Japan 13%, USA 11%, S. Korea 9%, Australia 5% (2023)
Source: CIA World Factbook · public domain (US gov work, 17 USC §105) · fetched 2026-05-06

Taiwan

Summary

Taiwan is an island country[1]. Taiwan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Taiwan's religion is recorded as Buddhism[3].
  • Taiwan's religion is recorded as Taoism[4].
  • Taiwan's religion is recorded as Chinese folk religion[5].
  • Taiwan's religion is recorded as Yiguandao[6].
  • Taiwan's religion is recorded as Christianity[7].
  • Taiwan's religion is recorded as Islam[8].
  • Taiwan is in the country of Taiwan[9].
  • Taiwan is on the body of water East China Sea[10].
  • Taiwan is on the body of water Taiwan Strait[11].
  • Taiwan is on the body of water Bashi Channel[12].
  • Taiwan is on the body of water Pacific Ocean[13].
  • Taiwan is on the body of water South China Sea[14].
  • Taiwan is on the body of water Philippine Sea[15].
  • Taiwan's head of government is recorded as Wu Den-yih[16].
  • Taiwan's head of government is recorded as Lien Chan[17].
  • Taiwan's head of government is recorded as Chang Chun-hsiung[18].
  • Taiwan's head of government is recorded as Frank Hsieh[19].
  • Taiwan's head of government is recorded as Vincent Siew[20].
  • Taiwan's head of government is recorded as Cho Jung-tai[21].
  • Taiwan is on the continent of Asia[22].
  • Taiwan's instance of is recorded as island country[23].
  • Taiwan's instance of is recorded as democratic republic[24].
  • Taiwan's instance of is recorded as country[25].
  • Taiwan's instance of is recorded as sovereign state[26].
  • Taiwan's instance of is recorded as state with limited recognition[27].

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Taiwan include 2169 Taiwan[28], an asteroid[29]; Trichochrysea formosana[30], a taxon[31]; Taiwan ramen[32], a food[33]; Taiwan Area[34], a region[35]; and Taiwan mazesoba[36].

Why It Matters

Taiwan has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Taiwan is known by 171 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for Taiwan include 2169 Taiwan[28], an asteroid[29]; Trichochrysea formosana[30], a taxon[31]; Taiwan ramen[32], a food[33]; Taiwan Area[34], a region[35]; and Taiwan mazesoba[36].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [24] ↑ . Constitution of the Republic of China. wikidata.org.
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  13. [27] ↑ . docs.un.org. docs.un.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . taiwan.gov.tw. taiwan.gov.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Infovarius · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Iso 3166-2 code → —
    Isni → 000000012285649X
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P150]]: [[Q63698]], via [[:w:ru:ВП:WE-F|WE-Framework gadget]] from wikidatawiki"
  2. 5d ago · WG0uMSn0dJm5lfrWbgoi · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Significant event → Xinhai Revolution, World War II, 228 Incident +5
    Iso 3166-2 code → —
    Office held by head of state → President of the Republic of China, President of the National Government of the Republic of China, Great President of the Republic of China
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P300]]: CN-71"
  3. 5d ago · WG0uMSn0dJm5lfrWbgoi · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Taipei, Kuang-chou, Ch'ung-ch'ing +5
    Office held by head of state → President of the Republic of China, President of the National Government of the Republic of China, Great President of the Republic of China
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1906]]: [[Q837221]]"
  4. 5d ago · WG0uMSn0dJm5lfrWbgoi · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Capital → Taipei, Kuang-chou, Ch'ung-ch'ing +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ [[Property:P36]]: [[Q1867]]"
  5. 5d ago · WG0uMSn0dJm5lfrWbgoi · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → island country, democratic republic, country +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|6 */ [[Property:P580]]: 1 January 1912"
  6. 5d ago · WG0uMSn0dJm5lfrWbgoi · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Start time → +1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Significant event → Xinhai Revolution, World War II, 228 Incident +5
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Taipei, New Taipei, Kaohsiung +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P580]]: 1 January 1912"
  7. 6d ago · WG0uMSn0dJm5lfrWbgoi · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → island country, democratic republic, country +2
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Taipei, New Taipei, Kaohsiung +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P150]]: [[Q9574038]]"
  8. 6d ago · WG0uMSn0dJm5lfrWbgoi · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → island country, democratic republic, country +2
    Contains the administrative territorial entity → Taipei, New Taipei, Kaohsiung +5
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ [[Property:P31]]: [[Q1045608]]"
  9. 15d ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Icannwiki page id → Taiwan
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12521]]: Taiwan, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/294327917|Taiwan (#294327917)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8064|ICANNWiki]] #mix'n'match"
  10. 26d ago · EPorto (WMB) · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P5008]]: [[Q138638986]]"
  11. 26d ago · EPorto (WMB) · 2026-06-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36747|batch #36747]]: Adding P5008"
  12. 4w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Euronews topic id → taiwan
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13526]]: taiwan, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/214867673|taiwan (#214867673)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7191|Euronews topic]] #mix'n'm"
  13. 6w ago · Supaplex · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+23593794'}, {'amount': '+23412899'}, {'amount': '+23409323'} +1
    Number of households → {'amount': '+9309862'}, {'amount': '+9323985'}, {'amount': '+9837386'}
    Male population → {'amount': '+11427179'}, {'amount': '+11540489'}, {'amount': '+11536982'} +1
    Fandom article id → ['countries:Taiwan', 'cities:Taiwan']
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/33531|batch #33531]]: Taiwan Population 2026-04 Township"
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