This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for France and Taiwan. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
General information
| France | Taiwan | |
|---|---|---|
| Region: | Western Europe | East Asia |
| Area: | 549,087 km² | 35,980 km² |
| National language: | French | Chinese |
| Government form: | Semi-presidential republic | Semi-presidential republic |
| Capital: | Paris | Taipei |
Population
| France | Taiwan | |
|---|---|---|
| Population: | 67,750,000 | 23,581,000 |
| Inhabitants/km²: | 123.4 | 655.4 |
| Average age: | Ø 41.7 years | Ø 42.3 years |
| Migrationrate: | 1.06 ‰ | 0.85 ‰ |
Economy
| France | Taiwan | |
|---|---|---|
| Currency: | euro (1 EUR = 100 Cent) | New Taiwan dollar (1 TWD =100 Cents) |
| Unemployment rate: | 7.9 % | 3.7 % |
| Corruption index: | 28 (good) | 32 (moderate) |
| FRA: total | per 1000 inh. | TWN: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exported goods: | 920,864 M US$ | 13.59 M US$ | 388,490 M US$ | 16.47 M US$ |
| Imported goods: | 957,717 M US$ | 14.14 M US$ | 308,744 M US$ | 13.09 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for France and Taiwan| FRA: total | per 1000 inh. | TWN: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways: | 1,053,215 km | 15.55 km | 43,206 km | 1.83 km |
| Railways: | 29,640 km | 0.44 km | 1,613 km | 0.07 km |
| Harbours: | 548 | 0.0081 | 429 | 0.0182 |
| Passenger airports: | 61 | 0.0009 | 15 | 0.0006 |
Energy balance
Details for France and Taiwan| FRA: total | per 1000 inh. | TWN: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy consumption: | 450.80 bn kWh | 6.65 m kWh | 237.40 bn kWh | 10.07 m kWh |
| Energy production: | 529.10 bn kWh | 7.81 m kWh | 246.10 bn kWh | 10.44 m kWh |
| Energy export: | 61.41 bn kWh | 906,425.59 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh |
| Energy imports: | 19.90 bn kWh | 293,728.53 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh |
| CO2 emissions: | 300.52 m t | 4,435.74 t | 348.80 m t | 14,791.75 t |
Telecommunication
| France | Taiwan | |
|---|---|---|
| International dialing: | +33 | +886 |
| Internet domain: | .fr | .tw |
| FRA total | FRA per 1000 inh. | TWN total | TWN per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landlines: | 37,759,000 | 557 | 12,971,900 | 550 |
| Mobile cellulars: | 72,751,000 | 1074 | 29,291,500 | 1242 |
| Internet server: | 17,266,000 | 255 | 6,272,000 | 266 |
| Internet users: | 58,329,375 | 861 | 21,158,750 | 897 |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: France and Taiwan
| France | Taiwan | |
|---|---|---|
| Daytime temperatures: | 16.9 °C | 26.9 °C |
| Nighttime temperatures: | 7.9 °C | 20.3 °C |
| Water temperature: | 15.4 °C | 24.0 °C |
| Rel. humidity: | 78 % | 79 % |
| Rain days: | 8.9 | 10.5 |
| Sunshine hours per day: | 5.5 | 4.3 |
Native languages
| France | Taiwan | |
|---|---|---|
| French: | 93.6 % | n/a |
| Chinese: | n/a | 87.5 % |
| Hakka: | n/a | 10.2 % |
| Arabic: | 2.5 % | n/a |
| Portuguese: | 1.2 % | n/a |
| Ami: | n/a | 0.6 % |
| Italian: | 0.4 % | n/a |
| Spanish: | 0.4 % | n/a |
| Turkish: | 0.4 % | n/a |
| Atayal: | n/a | 0.4 % |
| Paiwan: | n/a | 0.3 % |
| other: | 1.5 % | 1.0 % |
Religions
| France | Taiwan | |
|---|---|---|
| Christianity: | 64.0 % | 4.5 % |
| Buddhism: | 0.6 % | 49.0 % |
| Taoism: | n/a | 44.0 % |
| Nondenominational: | 24.0 % | n/a |
| Islam: | 8.0 % | n/a |
| Jewry: | 0.7 % | n/a |
| other: | 2.7 % | 2.5 % |