Source: The World Factbook
| Area: | 35,980 sq km |
| Capital: | Taipei |
| Geographic coordinates: | 23 30 N, 121 00 E |
| Climate: | tropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year |
| Government: | multiparty democratic regime headed by popularly-elected president and unicameral legislature |
| Currency: | new Taiwan dollar (TWD) |
| Literacy(%): | 96.1 |
| Languages: | Mandarin Chinese (official), Taiwanese (Min), Hakka dialects |
| Ethnicity/race: | Taiwanese (including Hakka), mainland Chinese, aborigine |
| Religions: | mixture of Buddhist, Confucian, and Taoist, Christian, other |
| Industries: | electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, textiles, iron and steel, machinery, cement, food processing |
| Natural resources: | small deposits of coal, natural gas, limestone, marble, and asbestos |