This country comparison is a concise, tabular overview of numerous data from our respective country pages for Taiwan and United States. There, we provide many explanations and details per country that go far beyond this comparison.
General information
| Taiwan | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Region: | East Asia | North America |
| Area: | 35,980 km² | 9,831,510 km² |
| National language: | Chinese | English |
| Government form: | Semi-presidential republic | Federal presidential republic |
| Capital: | Taipei | Washington, D.C. |
Population
| Taiwan | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Population: | 23,581,000 | 331,894,000 |
| Inhabitants/km²: | 655.4 | 33.8 |
| Average age: | Ø 42.3 years | Ø 38.5 years |
| Migrationrate: | 0.85 ‰ | 3.02 ‰ |
Economy
| Taiwan | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Currency: | New Taiwan dollar (1 TWD = 100 Cents) | US dollar (1 USD =100 Cents) |
| Unemployment rate: | 3.7 % | 5.5 % |
| Corruption index: | 32 (moderate) | 33 (moderate) |
| TWN: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Exported goods: | 388,490 M US$ | 16.47 M US$ | 2,556,638 M US$ | 7.70 M US$ |
| Imported goods: | 308,744 M US$ | 13.09 M US$ | 3,401,688 M US$ | 10.25 M US$ |
Infrastructure
Details for Taiwan and the United States| TWN: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roadways: | 43,206 km | 1.83 km | 6,586,610 km | 19.85 km |
| Railways: | 1,613 km | 0.07 km | 293,564 km | 0.88 km |
| Harbours: | 429 | 0.0182 | 3,627 | 0.0109 |
| Passenger airports: | 15 | 0.0006 | 436 | 0.0013 |
Energy balance
Details for Taiwan and the United States| TWN: total | per 1000 inh. | USA: total | per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Energy consumption: | 237.40 bn kWh | 10.07 m kWh | 3.902 tn kWh | 11.76 m kWh |
| Energy production: | 246.10 bn kWh | 10.44 m kWh | 4.095 tn kWh | 12.34 m kWh |
| Energy export: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 9.70 bn kWh | 29,211.16 kWh |
| Energy imports: | 0.00 kWh | 0.00 kWh | 72.72 bn kWh | 219,106.27 kWh |
| CO2 emissions: | 348.80 m t | 14,791.75 t | 4.82 bn t | 14,515.85 t |
Telecommunication
| Taiwan | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| International dialing: | +886 | +1 |
| Internet domain: | .tw | .us |
| TWN total | TWN per 1000 inh. | USA total | USA per 1000 inh. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landlines: | 12,971,900 | 550 | 101,526,000 | 306 |
| Mobile cellulars: | 29,291,500 | 1242 | 351,477,000 | 1059 |
| Internet server: | 6,272,000 | 266 | 505,000,000 | 1522 |
| Internet users: | 21,158,750 | 897 | 301,691,414 | 909 |
Climate
We also provide a more detailed climate comparison of both countries.The data for each country can be found here: Taiwan and United States
| Taiwan | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Daytime temperatures: | 26.9 °C | 18.9 °C |
| Nighttime temperatures: | 20.3 °C | 7.3 °C |
| Water temperature: | 24.0 °C | 17.7 °C |
| Rel. humidity: | 79 % | 67 % |
| Rain days: | 10.5 | 7.1 |
| Sunshine hours per day: | 4.3 | 7.2 |
Native languages
| Taiwan | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Chinese: | 87.5 % | 0.9 % |
| English: | n/a | 82.1 % |
| Spanish: | n/a | 10.7 % |
| Hakka: | 10.2 % | n/a |
| French: | n/a | 0.7 % |
| Ami: | 0.6 % | n/a |
| German: | n/a | 0.6 % |
| Italian: | n/a | 0.6 % |
| Atayal: | 0.4 % | n/a |
| Tagalog: | n/a | 0.4 % |
| Korean: | n/a | 0.3 % |
| Paiwan: | 0.3 % | n/a |
| Polish: | n/a | 0.3 % |
| Vietnamese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
| Japanese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
| Portuguese: | n/a | 0.2 % |
| Russian: | n/a | 0.2 % |
| Eskimo: | n/a | 0.0 % |
| other: | 1.0 % | 2.6 % |
Religions
| Taiwan | United States | |
|---|---|---|
| Christianity: | 4.5 % | 78.5 % |
| Buddhism: | 49.0 % | 0.7 % |
| Taoism: | 44.0 % | n/a |
| Jewry: | n/a | 1.8 % |
| Sikhism: | n/a | 1.6 % |
| Islam: | n/a | 1.1 % |
| Hinduism: | n/a | 1.0 % |
| other: | 2.5 % | 15.3 % |