| Official name |
Republic of China |
| Area (Taiwan and associated islands) |
36,191 square kilometers |
| Population |
23.19 million (July 2011) |
| Ethnicity |
Over 95 percent Han Chinese (including Holo, Hakka and other groups that originated in mainland China); 2 percent indigenous Austronesian peoples |
| Government |
Multiparty democracy |
| President |
Ma Ying-jeou |
| Capital |
Taipei City |
| Other large cities |
New Taipei City, Kaohsiung, Taichung, Tainan |
| National currency |
New Taiwan Dollar (NT$ or TWD) |
| Official language |
Mandarin (Chinese) |
| Other important languages |
Holo, Hakka, Austronesian languages, English, Japanese |
| Major religions |
Buddhism, Taoism, I-Kuan Tao, Chinese folk religion, Catholicism, Protestantism, Islam |
