Country size comparison

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Hong Kong is about 32 times smaller than Taiwan.

Taiwan is approximately 35,980 sq km, while Hong Kong is approximately 1,108 sq km, making Hong Kong 3.08% the size of Taiwan. Meanwhile, the population of Taiwan is ~23.6 million people (16.3 million fewer people live in Hong Kong).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of Taiwan vs. Hong Kong uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.
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