diff --git a/data/countries.txt b/data/countries.txt
index ce36aa5810..1810e7a9fa 100644
--- a/data/countries.txt
+++ b/data/countries.txt
@@ -9362,7 +9362,12 @@
      "old": [
       "China"
      ]
-    },
+    }
+   ]
+  },
+  {
+   "id": "Taiwan",
+   "g": [
     {
      "id": "Taiwan_North",
      "s": 40157789,
diff --git a/data/hierarchy.txt b/data/hierarchy.txt
index 56f7f18c22..d41fcf2642 100644
--- a/data/hierarchy.txt
+++ b/data/hierarchy.txt
@@ -752,6 +752,7 @@ People's Republic of China;Q148;cn;zh
  China_Xinjiang;Q34800
  China_Yunnan;Q43194
  China_Zhejiang;Q16967
+Taiwan;Q865
  Taiwan_North;Q865-North
  Taiwan_South;Q865-South
 Peru;Q419;pe