Taiwan’s Country Codes
- Telephone: +886
- 2 Letter: TW
- 3 Letter: TWN
- ISO 3116-1 Numeric: 158
- Internet TLD: .tw
- ICAO Airport Code: RC
- Maritime Identification Digits: 416
- Emoji Flag: U+1F1F9 U+1F1FC
- Official Name: The Republic of China
How to call Taiwan
- Do not include a leading ‘0’ in the international call sequence – it is only used in Taiwan for domestic long distance calls and domestic calls to a mobile phone.
- A leading '+' in the phone number means 'dial your country's exit code'.
- Calling from a mobile phone: dial from on the country where you're currently located.
- Calling from a VoIP or satellite phone: dial from on the country where the phone is registered.
… to a mobile (cellular) phone or text (SMS)
Use the same call sequence.
Mobile phone numbers begin with ‘9’. They area often listed as area code ’09’. Do not dial the leading ‘0’ when calling from outside Taiwan.
When calling a mobile phone user, dial to the country where the mobile phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a VoIP phone
Use the same call sequence.
When calling a VoIP phone user, dial to the country where the VoIP phone is registered, regardless of where the person is roaming.
… to a satellite phone
Taiwan does not have a country-specific satellite phone system.
Most satellite phones operate on their country code – calls to these satellite phones follow their call sequence.
… sending a fax
Use the same call sequence.
How to call within Taiwan (domestic dialing)
‘0’ is used as a trunk prefix used when calling to a different area code or a mobile phone within Taiwan.
Local calling (within the same area code)
Dial only the local phone number when calling within the same area code. Do not dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ or the area code.
| seven to nine digits |
| local phone number |
Long distance calling (to a different area code)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, then the area code, then the local phone number.
| 0 | one to three digits | seven to nine digits |
| trunk prefix | area code | local phone number |
Mobile calling (to or from a mobile phone)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, then the area code, then the local phone number.
| 0 | one to three digits | seven to nine digits |
| trunk prefix | area code | local phone number |
The area code for mobile phones is ‘9’.
Taiwanese phone numbers explained
Number details
Taiwanese phone numbers are seven to nine digits.
The first one to three digits is an area code representing a geographic region.
Mobile numbers being with digit ‘9’.
An example of a Taiwanese phone number
The Taipei Fine Arts Museum lists its phone number in Taipei City as +886 2 25957656.
Number explanation
| 886 | 2 | 25957656 |
| country code for Taiwan | geographic (area) code for Taipei City | local phone number in Taipei City |
Local example – calling from another location in Taipei City
Dial only the local phone number when calling within the same area code. Do not dial the trunk prefix ‘0’ or the area code.
| 25957656 |
| local phone number in Taipei City |
Long distance example – calling from Tungkang, Taiwan (on the other side of the country)
Dial the trunk prefix ‘0’, then the area code, then the local phone number.
| 0 | 2 | 25957656 |
| trunk prefix | geographic (area) code for Taipei City | local phone number in Taipei City |
International example – calling from outside of Taiwan
To call from outside Taiwan, dial the exit code of the country the call is dialed from, followed by Taiwan’s country code of ‘886’, followed by the local phone number.
Do not include a leading ‘0’ in the call when calling from outside Taiwan.
| exit code | secondone | 2 | 25957656 |
| exit code of the country the call is dialed from | country code for Taiwan | geographic (area) code for Taipei City | local phone number in Taipei City |
How to call from Taiwan
‘002’ is used as an exit code when dialing an international phone call from Taiwan.
Dial calls to China, Hong Kong, and Macau as an international call by using the exit code.
Sources and more resources
- National Communications Commission – Taiwan’s telephone systems regulator.
- ITU (International Telecommunications Union) – United Nations specialized agency for information and communications technologies.
- International Telecommunications Union – DIALLING PROCEDURES (INTERNATIONAL PREFIX, NATIONAL (TRUNK) PREFIX AND NATIONAL (SIGNIFICANT) NUMBER) (IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITU-T RECOMMENDATION E.164 (11/2010)) – A collection of dialing procedures for all countries and regions of the world. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
- International Telecommunications Union – Taiwan (country code +886) National Numbering Plan – Details of Taiwan’s telephone numbering plan as submitted to the ITU. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- Wikipedia – Telephone numbers in Taiwan – Wikipedia entry for telephone number data for Taiwan. Includes specific number ranges for each city as well as detail on calling procedures.
- BT – The Phonebook – Taiwan – Entry for Taiwan in the British Telecom international directory.