Country comparison
South Korea vs Taiwan
South Korea is 2.8× the size of Taiwan. South Korea has 1.2× as many castles and palaces as Taiwan.
Side by side
| South Korea | Category | Taiwan |
|---|---|---|
| 100,460 km² more | Area (2024) South Korea: 2.8× more World Bank (CC BY 4.0), Natural Earth (public domain) | approx. 35,800 km² |
| 51.7 million | Population (2025) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| 530 people/km² | Population density (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| US$ 36,227 | GDP per capita (2025) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| 83.6 years | Life expectancy (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| 98% | Internet users (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| 44.5 years | Median age (2023) Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0) | 43.5 years |
| 0.75 births per woman | Fertility rate (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| 11.4 t | CO₂ emissions per capita (2024) World Bank (CC BY 4.0) | – |
| 7 more | Castles, fortresses and palaces South Korea: 1.2× more Wikidata (CC0 1.0) | 6 |
| 1 | Ghost stories | 1 |
| 1 | UFO cases | – |
| 30 | VPN providers with servers in the country VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0) | 29 |
| Korean | Official languages Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3) | Chinese |
| South Korean won (KRW) | Currency ISO 4217 | New Taiwan dollar (TWD) |
| Type C, F · 220 V | Plugs and voltage No shared plug type · different voltage | Type A, B · 110 V |
| UTC+9 | Time zone of the capital Time difference: 1 h IANA tz database (public domain) | UTC+8 |
Values link to the country pages in the Ominuvo series maps. Area: World Bank data (indicator AG.SRF.TOTL.K2: land and inland water, source FAO, CC BY 4.0); “approx.” – no such data for the country: area of the map outline (Natural Earth 1:50m), accurate to about 3%.
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Source: World Bank – Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2), FAO (CC BY 4.0), Natural Earth (public domain), World Bank – WDI: UN World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – FAO population estimates, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Population Prospects, United Nations (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union… (CC BY 4.0), Our World in Data – UN, World Population Prospects (CC BY 4.0), World Bank – EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint… (CC BY 4.0), Wikidata (CC0 1.0), VPN Map (Ominuvo) (CC BY 4.0), Unicode CLDR (Unicode License v3), ISO 4217, IANA tz database (public domain), Natural Earth (public domain). Data from the Ominuvo series maps (index of 2026-11-01); details and licences on the map pages.