Christmas Island is about 267 times smaller than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Christmas Island is approximately 135 sq km, making Christmas Island 0.38% the size of Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (23.6 million fewer people live in Christmas Island).
This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Christmas Island uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles. Learn more.

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