Country size comparison

compared to

British Indian Ocean Territory is about 600 times smaller than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while British Indian Ocean Territory is approximately 60 sq km, making British Indian Ocean Territory 0.17% the size of Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.4 million people (23.4 million fewer people live in British Indian Ocean Territory).

Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. British Indian Ocean Territory uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.