Place comparison

Phu Quoc Island compared with Taiwan: area, population and density

Taiwan has about 64 times Phu Quoc Island’s land and about 130 times its population, so Taiwan’s national average is about twice as dense.

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Direct answer

How different are Phu Quoc Island and Taiwan?

Phu Quoc Island covers 567 km² (218.9 sq mi); Phu Quoc Island's area is about 1.6% of Taiwan's. Its reported population is 179,480; Phu Quoc Island's population is about 0.77% of Taiwan's. By average density, Phu Quoc Island's population density is about 49.2% of Taiwan's.

Area difference

Phu Quoc Island's area is about 1.6% of Taiwan's 567 km² (218.9 sq mi) · 36,197.3 km² (13,976 sq mi)

Population difference

Phu Quoc Island's population is about 0.77% of Taiwan's 179,480 · 23,299,132

Density difference

Phu Quoc Island's population density is about 49.2% of Taiwan's 316.5 /km² (820 /sq mi) · 643.7 /km² (1,667 /sq mi)

Full data and sources for each place: Phu Quoc Island area & population, Taiwan area & population

Straight-line distance between geometric centres: about 2328 km; time difference: 1 hour.

On a familiar scale

Phu Quoc Island ≈ 73% of New York City 3,159 m² of land per resident
Taiwan ≈ 1.44 × Maryland (reference rung) 1,554 m² of land per resident

Reference scales come from U.S. Census Bureau: 2025 Gazetteer Files: land area of states and counties , as of 2025-01-01.

How to read it

Against Taiwan, Phu Quoc is small; against Taiwan’s own islands, it is large — about twice Penghu and Kinmen put together.

Geography and shape

Phu Quoc is Vietnam’s largest island, lying in the Gulf of Thailand close to the Cambodian coast, with forested hills across its north. Taiwan is a mountainous island of about 36,000 km² including its outlying islands, with most of its people on the western plains.

Population context

Phu Quoc’s official population of 179,480 (2020) on 567 km² gives about 317 people per km²; Taiwan’s 23,299,132 registered residents on 36,197 km² average about 644. Phu Quoc holds about 0.8% of Taiwan’s population on about 1.6% of its land, and about 1.7 times Penghu County’s population.

Boundaries and definitions

Phu Quoc’s area is the physical main island, but its population is the official figure used to establish Phu Quoc City in 2020, an administrative area (reorganised as a special zone in 2025) that also covers smaller islands such as the An Thoi group. Its density is therefore approximate, and its population date is five years older than Taiwan’s. Taiwan uses household registration at year-end 2025 and the national administrative land area, outlying islands included.

Phu Quoc Island: Area and outline represent the physical main island. Population is the official figure used to establish Phu Quoc City in 2020 and covers the wider city archipelago, including smaller islands; main-island density is therefore approximate.

Taiwan: Registered population and official administrative land area.

In-depth guide

How should Phu Quoc Island and Taiwan be understood in context?

Readers who search “Phu Quoc area Taiwan” usually want a sense of scale for a trip. Taiwan has about 64 times Phu Quoc’s land, so a percentage says little; the useful yardsticks are Taipei City and Taiwan’s own outlying islands.

Phu Quoc on a Taiwanese scale

Phu Quoc Island’s 567 km² is about 2.1 times Taipei City, about 4.4 times Penghu County and about 3.7 times Kinmen County. Penghu and Kinmen together cover 279.6 km², about half of Phu Quoc.

Its 179,480 residents (2020) are about 1.7 times Penghu’s population, but spread over far more land: Phu Quoc averages about 317 people per km², against about 843 for Penghu and about 644 for Taiwan as a whole.

Why Phu Quoc’s density is approximate

The area is the physical main island, while the population is the whole administrative area in 2020 — Phu Quoc City at the time, a special zone since 2025 — which also takes in smaller islands. Dividing one by the other slightly overstates the main island’s density, and the population count is five years older than Taiwan’s.

Questions people ask

About this geographic comparison

Which is bigger, Phu Quoc Island or Taiwan?

Taiwan is bigger, with a land area about 63.8× that of Phu Quoc Island (567 vs 36,197.3 km², or 218.9 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi).

How do Phu Quoc Island and Taiwan differ in area, population and density?

Phu Quoc Island is 1.6% the size of Taiwan — 567 km² vs 36,197.3 km² (218.9 sq mi vs 13,976 sq mi). Population is 0.77% as high; average density is 49.2% as high. Each side’s scope and reference date are set out under “Boundaries and definitions” on this page.

How big is Phu Quoc compared with Taiwan?

About 1.6%: 567 km² against 36,197 km², or one sixty-fourth. On a Taiwanese scale that is about 2.1 Taipei Cities, or about twice Penghu and Kinmen counties combined (279.6 km²).

Is Phu Quoc bigger than Phuket?

Slightly: Phu Quoc Island’s 567 km² is about 4% more than Phuket Province’s 543.03 km², and Phuket’s figure also includes its small surrounding islands. Phuket Province has about 2.4 times Phu Quoc’s population, though the two counts are four years apart.

Sources

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