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Attribute
China
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Taiwan
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Geography
Area (km²)9,596,96035,980
ContinentAsiaAsia
Land area (km²)9,326,41032,260
Water area (km²)270,5503,720
Land boundaries (km)22,4570
Border countries
  • Afghanistan
  • Bhutan
  • Burma
  • India
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Mongolia
  • Nepal
  • North Korea
  • Pakistan
  • Russia
  • Tajikistan
  • Vietnam
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Coastline (km)14,5001566.3
Mean elevation (m)1,8401,150
Lowest point (m)-1540
Highest point (m)8,8483,952
People
Population1,394,015,97723,603,049
Official languages
  • Standard Chinese or Mandarin
  • Mandarin Chinese
ReligionBuddhistBuddhist
Government
Long country namePeople's Republic of China-
Short country nameChinaTaiwan
Long local nameZhonghua Renmin Gongheguo-
Short local nameZhongguoTaiwan
Former name-
  • Formosa
Government typeCommunist party-led stateSemi-presidential republic
CapitalBeijingTaipei
Economy
GDP (PPP) (USD)25,360,000,000,0001,189,000,000,000
GDP (OER) (USD)12,010,000,000,000572,600,000,000
GDP (real growth rate) (%)6.92.9
GDP - per capita (PPP) (USD)18,20050,500
Gross national saving (% of GDP)45.834.9
Labor force806,700,00011,780,000
Unemployment rate (%)3.93.8
Population below poverty line (%)3.31.5
Budget revenues (USD)2,553,000,000,00091,620,000,000
Budget expenditures (USD)3,008,000,000,00092,030,000,000
Military expenditures (% of GDP)1.87-
Taxes and other revenues (% of GDP)21.316
Budget surplus or deficit (% of GDP)-3.8-0.1
Public debt (% of GDP)4735.7
Inflation rate (%)1.61.1
Central bank discount rate (%)2.251.38
Commercial bank prime lending rate (%)4.352.63
Stock of narrow money (USD)8,351,000,000,000560,900,000,000
Stock of broad money (USD)8,351,000,000,000560,900,000,000
Stock of domestic credit (USD)27,340,000,000,000880,800,000,000
Market value of publicly traded shares (USD)7,335,000,000,000851,200,000,000
Current account balance (USD)164,900,000,00082,880,000,000
Exports (USD)2,490,000,000,000349,800,000,000
Imports (USD)2,140,000,000,000259,000,000,000
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold (USD)3,236,000,000,000456,700,000,000
External debt (USD)1,598,000,000,000181,900,000,000
National currencyRenminbi yuanNew Taiwan dollars
National currency (code)RMBTWD
National currency (symbol)-NT$
National currency rate to USD7.7630.68



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