Japan
Leads 12 of 13 metrics
vs
Taiwan
Leads 1 of 13 metrics
15×
Japan has 15× the
Olympic medals of Taiwan
11×
Japan has 11× the
land area of Taiwan
5.4×
Japan has 5.4× the
GDP (nominal) of Taiwan
Japan
Tale of the tape
Taiwan
126M
Population
JPN
5.3×
23.6M
378K km²
Land Area
JPN
11×
36K km²
$4.23T
GDP (nominal)
JPN
5.4×
$786B
$33,660
GDP per Capita
JPN
1.0×
$33,330
84.6 yrs
Life Expectancy
JPN
1.0×
80.9 yrs
0.925
HDI
JPN
1.0×
0.916
99.0%
Literacy Rate
JPN
1.0×
98.5%
92.7%
Internet Users
TWN
1.0×
92.8%
247K
Active Military
JPN
1.5×
163K
$917B
Exports
JPN
1.9×
$483B
$952B
Imports
JPN
2.1×
$449B
644
Olympic Medals
JPN
15×
42
846 t
Gold Reserves
JPN
2.0×
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).
Japan
Taiwan
Tokyo
Capital
Taipei
Japanese Yen (JPY)
Currency
New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
Japanese
Language
Mandarin Chinese
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Government
Unitary semi-presidential republic