|
|
Taiwan
|
Japan
|
South Korea
|
China
|
|
Population
|
22.3
millions
|
126.7
millions
|
47.9
millions
|
1273.1
millions
|
|
Age
Structure
|
0-14
21.22%
15-64
69.97%
65
over 8.81%
|
0-14
14.64%
15-64
67.83%
65
over 17.53%
|
0-14
21.59%
15-64
71.14%
65
over 7.27%
|
0-14
25.01%
15-64
67.88%
65
over 7.11%
|
|
Average
Education Level
|
12.3
years
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
N/A
|
|
Territories
(Location, Total Area)
|
Asia,
Total:
35,980 sq km
Land:
32,250 sq km
Water:
3,720 sq km
|
Asia,
Total:
377,835 sq km
Land:
374,744 sq km
Water:
3,091 sq km
|
Asia,
Total:
98,480 sq km
Land:
98,190 sq km
Water:
290 sq km
|
Asia,
Total:
9,596,960 sq km
Land:
9,326,410 sq km
Water:
270,550 sq km
|
|
Urban/Rural
(Ratio)
|
75:25
|
78.6:
21.4
|
N/A
|
32.1:
67.9
|
|
Ethnic
|
Taiwanese
(including Hakka) 84%; Mainland
Chinese 14%; Aborigine 2%
|
Japanese
99.4%; Korean
0.6%
|
Homogeneous
(except for about 20,000 Chinese)
|
Han
Chinese 91.9%, Zhuang, Miao, Yi, Tibetan, and other nationalities
8.1%
|
|
Geographical
Variation
|
2
provinces, 16 counties, 5 municipalities, and 2 special
municipalities. (Both Taiwan and China claim authority of Taiwan.)
|
47
prefectures.
|
9
provinces and 7 metropolitan cities.
|
23
provinces, 5 autonomous regions, and 4 municipalities
|
|
Colonialism
History
|
Dutch
and Japanese heritage
|
N/A
|
Japanese
colony era
|
Hong
Kong Colony by Britain under Treaty of Nanking
|
