1. Taiwan Compared to Other Nations

2. Yes, Taiwan is small in area…
36,191 km2 (Rank, 138)
… but it’s not the smallest country in the world. Can you think of ten countries that are smaller?

3. Here are some countries you might know…
Belgium
Haiti
El Salvador
Belize
Fiji
Kuwait Israel Jamaica Lebanon Brunei

4. What is the population of Taiwan?

5. Monthly estimate, February 29, 2012: 23,234,003 (Rank, 50)

6. Which of the following countries have fewer people than Taiwan?
Australia
Syria
Sri Lanka
Chile
Cambodia
Greece
Portugal
Sweden

7. Answer: All of them! Australia 22,870,606 Syria 21,502,000
Sri Lanka ,653,000
Chile ,248,450
Cambodia 13,395,682
Greece ,787,690
Portugal ,561,614
Sweden ,486,591

8. How about Taiwan’s GDP? According to the IMF ranking, Taiwan ranks 24…
…just behind Saudi Arabia and ahead of Norway.
Saudi Arabia City

9. How about GDP per person? (PPP = Purchasing Power Parity)

10. Rank: 18 (IMF)
Just below Germany: Germany $ 37,935 Taiwan $ 37,931 And ahead of : U.K. $ 35,974 France $ 35,048 Japan $ 34,362 Korea $ 31,753

11. Public debt (% of GDP) China 16.3% Australia 26.6% Taiwan 33.9%
EU %
Canada %
USA %
Greece %
Iceland %
Japan %
Zimbabwe %

12. Let’s review…
RANK
Area
Population
GDP
PPP
138 50 34 18

13. Still think this island is just a dot on the map?