English: Comparison between Republic of China (1953-2002 in Taiwan) and People's Republic of China administrative divisions.

• Grey lines are political boundaries drawn by the PRC. The formal names of these political entities are in black text.
• Red lines are political boundaries drawn by the ROC between 1953^[1] and 2002^[2]. The formal names of these political entities are in red text.
• Areas between red and grey lines (international boundaries) represent the territories claimed by the ROC before 2002 but not the PRC.

Adapted from File:ROC PRC comparison eng.jpg. The original ROC map included more cities, but the adaptation removed non-central municipalities to clean up the image. Therefore, this image contains:

Republic of China

• 35 provinces
• 12 Mainland municipalities + 6 Taiwanese municipalities
• 2 areas (Mongolia and Tibet)
• 1 special administrative region (Hainan)

People's Republic of China

• 23 provinces
• 4 municipalities
• 5 autonomous regions
• 2 special administrative regions (Hong Kong and Macau)