China
Leads 8 of 13 metrics
vs
Taiwan
Leads 5 of 13 metrics
267×
China has 267× the
land area of Taiwan
60×
China has 60× the
population of Taiwan
24×
China has 24× the
GDP (nominal) of Taiwan
China
Tale of the tape
Taiwan
1.41B
Population
CHN
60×
23.3M
9.6M km²
Land Area
CHN
267×
36K km²
$19.5T
GDP (nominal)
CHN
24×
$816B
$13,862
GDP per Capita
TWN
2.5×
$34,953
78.0 yrs
Life Expectancy
TWN
1.0×
80.9 yrs
0.768
HDI
TWN
1.2×
0.916
96.7%
Literacy Rate
TWN
1.0×
98.5%
91.6%
Internet Users
TWN
1.0×
92.8%
2.04M
Active Military
CHN
12×
163K
$3.75T
Exports
CHN
7.8×
$483B
$3.22T
Imports
CHN
7.2×
$449B
819
Olympic Medals
CHN
20×
42
2,280 t
Gold Reserves
CHN
5.4×
424 t
Bars are scaled to the larger value of each metric. The chip marks the leading country
(for cost of living, the lower index leads).
China
Taiwan
Beijing
Capital
Taipei
Renminbi (Yuan, CNY)
Currency
New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
Mandarin Chinese
Language
Mandarin Chinese
Unitary one-party socialist republic
Government
Unitary semi-presidential republic