Transport and infrastructure in Taiwan
Our listing of the primary types of transport compares the infrastructure of Taiwan with the average of all countries in Asia.In terms of the length of its rail network, Taiwan ranks 94th in the world with 0.07 meters per inhabitant. In total, the rail network is 1,613 kilometers long.
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Road traffic
The network of roads and highways has a total length of 43,206 km. For each of the country's 23.58 million inhabitants, this corresponds to 1.83 meters. This puts Taiwan in 179th place in the global ranking. However, the country's population density must also be taken into account, which is relatively high at around 655 inhabitants per km². The higher the population density of a country, the shorter the average distance traveled. In Taiwan, traffic drives on the right-hand side of the road, i.e. people drive in the right-hand lane and overtake on the left. Oncoming traffic comes toward you on the left side. Here you can also find an overview of all countries with left-hand traffic.Taiwan | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 43,200 km | 1,832.26 km | 1,200.83 m |
| Railroads | 1,600 km | 68.40 km | 44.83 m |
| Waterways | 0 km | 0.00 km | 0.00 m |
| Commercial harbors | 429 | 18.19 | 0.012 |
| Airports | 15 | 0.64 | 0.417 |
Asia | |||
| total | per 1 mio inhabitants | per km² | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways | 16,613,000 km | 3,524.24 km | 519.50 m |
| Railroads | 280,000 km | 59.41 km | 8.76 m |
| Waterways | 260,300 km | 55.21 km | 8.14 m |
| Commercial harbors | 45,998 | 9.76 | 0.001 |
| Airports | 1,012 | 0.21 | 0.000 |
Data sources used
• Global Health Observatory Data Repository (World Health Organization)• UNCTAD
• Internation Union of Railways (UIC)
• CIA Factbook
• OECD Statistics
• Wikipedia (german)
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