Population density of the most populous islands I made from the above and World Island Info. See also Landmasses
Taiwan is twice the size of Lake Ontario.
Taiwan is a sixth the size of Great Britain etc.: 6.54 Honshu; 6.07 Great Britain; 4.02 Java; 3.07 Cuba; 2.37 Ireland; 1.96 Sri Lanka; 1.88 Tasmania; 1.08 Kyushu; 1.00 Taiwan; 0.92 Vancouver; 0.32 Jamaica; 0.26 Puerto Rico. See Islands by Land Area.
Taiwan is about the same size and population of the Indian state of Kerala, about the size of the Jewish Autonomous Republic (Birobidzhan), Russia; and twice the size of the state of Hawaii.
Where's the worst place to fall off a boat, in terms of needing to swim the farthest, i.e., the point in the oceans farthest from land? It is in the southeast Pacific Ocean, where all the globe makers place their label. GMT discussion. See also Wikipedia Pole of inaccessibility.
Photo of islands claimed by Taiwan, Japan, and China.
makefile I used.
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