Country scorecard
Taiwan
Asia · 23.4M people
ALPS
1.19
languages per person
#172 of 235 most multilingual
GLCI
22%
globally connected
Largely monolingual — the average person here speaks 1.2 languages.
Most connected partners
Where a random person from Taiwan is most likely to share a language — the pair GLCI.
- 🇨🇳 China98%
- 🇸🇬 Singapore59%
- 🇭🇰 Hong Kong55%
- 🇲🇴 Macau53%
- 🇲🇾 Malaysia24%
What people speak
Share of the population with at least conversational (A2+) command.
- Mandarin Chinese99%
- English18%
- Cantonese2%
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The countries sitting next to Taiwan in the world multilingualism ranking.
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