- TAIPEI (Asia Pulse) - Taiwan
has emerged as the world's second-most populous country in terms of population
density, behind only Bangladesh, an official from the Ministry of the Interior
[MOI] said Tuesday.
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- As of June, Taiwan's population totaled 22,275,660, with
the density reaching 619 persons per square kilometer, the official quoted
MOI-compiled statistics as saying.
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- The official also cited the 2001 World Population Data
Sheet prepared by the U.S. Population Reference Bureau as showing that
Bangladesh's population density has reached 927.09 persons per square kilometer,
ranking first among countries or areas with populations of more than 10
million.
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- Following Bangladesh, according to the U.S. data, are
Taiwan (616.37 persons per square kilometer), South Korea (497.64 persons
per square kilometer), the Netherlands, Belgium, Japan, India, Sri Lanka,
the Philippines and Britain.
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- Mainland China was ranked 18th, with a population density
of 133.76 persons per square kilometer, but the total number of its population
has reached 1,280,600,000, the highest in the world, followed by India,
the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan, the Russian Federation,
Bangladesh, Japan and Nigeria.
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- Meanwhile, the Russian Federation's land area totals
17,075,335 square kilometers, making it the largest country in geographic
terms, followed by Canada (9,970,607 square kilometers), the United States
(9,629,054 square kilometers), mainland China (9,573,952 square kilometers),
Brazil (8,547,366 square kilometers), Australia (7,741,190 square kilometers),
India (3,287,578 square kilometers), Argentina, Kazakhstan and Sudan.
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- Taiwan's land area is 36,180 square kilometers, making
the island country the 77th-largest in the world.
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