GDP Official Exchange Rate (OER is more precise at gauging a countries economic power)
(Estimated 2011): $466.8 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (OER) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011):
GDP Purchasing Power Parity (PPP is good for gauging living conditions and use of resources but not as accurate as OER. This data has been calculated based on the sum value of all goods and services produced in the country valued at prices prevailing in the United States)
(Estimated 2011): $885.3 billion (US$) or (GBP)
GDP (PPP) Per Capita (per member of the population estimated 2011): $38,200 (US$) or (GBP)
Capital: Taipei
Population (Estimated July 2012): 23,113,901
Area: 36,191km2 or 13,973mi2
Currency: New Taiwan Dollar (NT$)
Official Language: Mandarin Chinese
Political Information: Multiparty Democracy
Official Religion: No Official Religion
(approximately 93% of the population are a mixture of Buddhist and Taoist, 4.5% are Christian and 2.5% have other religious beliefs)
Highest Mountain: Yu Shan Mountain at 3,952m or 12,966ft
Largest River:
Time Zone (GMT/UTC): +8:00
Wildlife:
Counties/Provinces/States: 18 counties (hsien, singular and plural), 3 municipalities (shih, singular and plural), and 4 special municipalities (chih-hsia-shih, singular and plural)
counties: Changhua, Chiayi (county), Hsinchu (county), Hualien, Kaohsiung (county), Kinmen, Lienchiang, Miaoli, Nantou, Penghu, Pingtung, Taichung, Tainan (county), Taipei (county), Taitung (county), Taoyuan, Yilan, Yunlin
municipalities: Chiayi (city), Hsinchu (city), Keelung
special municipalities: Kaohsiung (city), Taichung (city), Tainan (city), Taipei (city)
Leaders: President Ma Ying-jeou; Premier Sean C. Chen
Sources: CIA World Fact Book, and Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Taiwan (Chung-hua Min-kuo (Republic of China))