Taiwan
Taiwan is a country in East Asia & Pacific with a population of approximately ~23.4 million. Its capital is Taipei. This is the complete reference for identifying Taiwan in MapDash, Worldle, Globle, and other daily geography puzzles — drawn from one of 212 country profiles in the network.
Quick facts
| Continent / region | East Asia & Pacific |
| Capital | Taipei |
| Population | ~23.4 million |
| ISO codes | TW / TWN |
| Coordinates | 23.70°, 121.00° |
| Bordering countries | None on file (island or maritime) |
How Taiwan appears in daily geography puzzles
In MapDash, Taiwan is identified through the clue sequence: east asia & pacific first, then population range (~23.4 million), then bordering countries, then capital (Taipei), then a famous-for hint.
In Worldle, Taiwan is identified by its country outline shape. In Globle, the heat-map proximity game warms guesses as they approach East Asia & Pacific.
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Reading Taiwan in MapDash context
The Taiwan record above pulls directly from OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary. What follows is the per-entity context — how Taiwan sits in the broader country-guessing geography puzzles distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the OpenStreetMap country geometries and MapDash editorial commentary portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
Practical use of this page is in combination with the comparison and ranking pages elsewhere on the site, which surface the same data for Taiwan’s peers within recognized sovereign countries. A single-entity reading without peer context can be misleading when an entity is an outlier on one axis but typical on another.
Frequently asked questions
What is the capital of Taiwan?
The capital of Taiwan is Taipei.
What continent is Taiwan in?
Taiwan is in East Asia & Pacific.
What is the population of Taiwan?
Taiwan has a population of approximately ~23.4 million.
What countries border Taiwan?
Taiwan has no bordering countries on file — likely an island nation or has only maritime neighbors.