Bhutan is 1.12× the size of Taiwan

Bhutan covers about 40,400 km² (15,600 mi²) and Taiwan about 36,200 km² (14,000 mi²). Below, both outlines are drawn at one scale and centred on each other.

40,400km²Bhutan
36,200km²Taiwan

100 km

Bhutan
Taiwan

The boundary or political status of Taiwan is contested. Size Versus draws the Natural Earth de facto outline and takes no position on it.

What fits

Taiwan is 90% of the size of Bhutan.
Bhutan is larger by 4,220 km² (1,630 mi²), which is 12% of the area of Taiwan.
Measured in Belgiums: Bhutan is about 1.32, Taiwan about 1.18.

How they differ

Bhutan is larger, but Taiwan has the larger population: 23.3 million against 787,000, 29.5× as many people.
Per square kilometre that is 643 in Taiwan against 19 in Bhutan: Taiwan is 33.0× as densely populated.
Their centres are about 3,080 km apart.
Together Bhutan and Taiwan cover 76,600 km², close to the size of Serbia (77,600 km², 1.3% bigger).
The gap between them, 4,220 km², is about the size of Cape Verde (3,930 km²).
At Taiwan's density, Bhutan would have 26.0 million people (it has 787,000). At Bhutan's density, Taiwan would have 705,000 (it has 23.3 million).
Bhutan's centre is 3.7° of latitude, about 410 km, farther north than Taiwan's.

Who wins on what

Measure	Winner	By
Larger area	Bhutan	1.12×
More people	Taiwan	29.5×
More crowded	Taiwan	33.0×
Farther north	Bhutan	3.7° of latitude
Stretched more on a web map	Bhutan	1.3× against 1.2×

Both against the same yardsticks

Yardstick	Bhutan	Taiwan
Belgium 30,700 km²	1.32×	1.18×
United Kingdom 244,000 km²	0.17×	0.15×
Germany 358,000 km²	0.11×	0.10×
Japan 374,000 km²	0.11×	0.10×
France 548,000 km²	0.07×	0.07×
India 3,151,000 km²	0.01×	0.01×
Brazil 8,473,000 km²	1 in 210	1 in 234
United States 9,447,000 km²	1 in 234	1 in 261
Russia 16,980,000 km²	1 in 420	1 in 469

Each figure is the place's area divided by the yardstick's.

Side by side

	Bhutan	Taiwan
Area, main territory	40,400 km²15,600 mi²	36,200 km²14,000 mi²
Population	787,000Wikidata, 2023	23.3 millionWikidata, 2026
Density	19 per km²	643 per km²
Official area	38,400 km²Wikidata	36,200 km²Wikidata
Capital	Thimphu	Taipei
Latitude range	27°N to 28°N	22°N to 25°N
Continent	Asia	Asia

Population: Wikidata 2023 and Wikidata 2026, covering each whole country. Official figures: Wikidata (CC0).

Our measured 40,400 km² is 5.3% above Wikidata's official figure of 38,400 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
Wikidata's official figure of 36,200 km² agrees with our measured area of 36,200 km², to within 2%.

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Sources and method

Outlines: Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
Boundary: De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth. Main territory: the largest landmass and every part within 1,000 km of it.
Area: Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outlines, shown rounded. Comparisons use main-territory area.
Drawing: Each outline is projected with an equal-area projection centred on its own centroid, so areas stay true and the two can be laid over each other.
Data built: 2026-11-11

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