Taiwan

Population (million)23.07 [2011]
Urban population (%) 
Labor force (million)11.070 [2010]
ICT sector workforce (million) 
Median age (years)37.6 [2011]
GDP (PPP) USD billion823.60 [2010]
GDP - per capita (PPP) USD35,800 [2010]
Exchange rates (1 USD = )31.642 New Taiwan dollars (TWD) [2010]
Electricity - consumption (billion kWh)220.8 [2007]
Telecommunication services revenue 
Trade in ICT goods 
ICT industry Revenue 
ICT investment  
R&D expenditure by ICT industries 
Telephones - main lines (million)14.596 [2009]
Telephones - mobile cellular (million)26.959 [2009]
Internet hosts (million)6.336 [2010]
Internet users (million)16.147 [2009]
Broadband Users (million) 
Fixed Internet subscribers (million)5.668 [2009]
Broadband subscribers (fixed&mobile) (million)19.156 [2009]
Business use of broadband 
Personal Computers (million) 
Households with a home computer (million) 

Area (sq km)35,980
Climatetropical; marine; rainy season during southwest monsoon (June to August); cloudiness is persistent and extensive all year
Ethnic groupsTaiwanese (including Hakka) 84%, mainland Chinese 14%, indigenous 2%
Religionsmixture of Buddhist and Taoist 93%, Christian 4.5%, other 2.5%

Note: PPP - Purchasing Power Parity;
Source: The World Factbook; UNCTAD; INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION;


Source: The World Factbook