Infrastructure — Taiwan
Transport, communications, and energy.
Profile updated 2026-06-02
⚡ Infrastructure at a glance
Transport, communications, and energy. Key figure for Taiwan: 37
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Transportation
- Airports - total
37
- Airports with Paved Runways
35
- Heliports
31
- Railways
982 Miles 1,580 Kilometers
- Roadways- total
25,771 Miles 41,475 Kilometers
- Roadways- paved
25,497 Miles 41,033 Kilometers
- Ports and Terminals
Chi-lung (Keelung), Hua-lien, Kao-hsiung, Su-ao, T'ai-chung
Communications
- Telephones
14,596,000
- Cell Phones
24,302,000
- Internet Users
14,760,000
- Internet Country Code
.tw
- Internet Hosts
6,336,000
- Broadcast Media
- 5 nationwide television networks operating roughly 75 TV stations
- about 85% of households utilize multi-channel cable TV
- national and regional radio networks with about 170 radio stations
- Telephone System
- general assessment: provides telecommun
- ications service for every business and private need domestic: thoroughly modern;
- completely digitalized international: country code - 886; roughly 15 submarine fiber cables provide links throughout Asia, Australia, the Middle East, Europe, and the US; satellite earth stations - 2
Energy
- Electricity Consumption- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
220,800,000,000
- Electricity Production- Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
225,300,000,000
- Natural Gas Consumption - Kilowatt Hours (kWh)
16,370,000,000
- Natural Gas Imports- Cubic Meters (cu m)
15,900,000,000
- Natural Gas Production- Cubic Meters (cu m)
330,200,000
- Natural Gas Reserves- Cubic Meters (cu m)
6,229,000,000
- Oil Consumption- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
786,100
- Oil Imports- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
885,900
- Oil Production- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
8,354
- Oil Reserves- Barrels Per Day (bbl/day)
2,380,000