Updated on July 16, 2023 with the latest
July 2023-July 2024 estimates from the 2022 U.N. Revision

Taiwan Population (LIVE)

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Taiwan Population (1950 - 2023)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)

The current population of Taiwan is 23,930,283 as of Wednesday, October 4, 2023, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data ¹.
Taiwan 2023 population is estimated at 23,923,276 people at mid year.
Taiwan population is equivalent to 0.3% of the total world population.
Taiwan ranks number 57 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
The population density in Taiwan is 676 per Km² (1,750 people per mi²).
The total land area is 35,410 Km2 (13,672 sq. miles)
80.2 % of the population is urban (19,189,289 people in 2023)
The median age in Taiwan is 42.5 years.

1. Updated on July 16, 2023 with the latest July 2023-July 2024 estimates from the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Taiwan (2023 and historical)

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Taiwan Global Rank
2023	23,923,276	0.13 %	29,882	23,999	42.5	1.15	676	80.2 %	19,189,289	0.30 %	8,045,311,447	57
2022	23,893,394	0.14 %	33,482	23,999	41.9	1.13	675	79.8 %	19,065,559	0.30 %	7,975,105,156	57
2020	23,821,464	0.18 %	43,727	26,393	40.8	1.10	673	78.9 %	18,802,314	0.30 %	7,840,952,880	57
2015	23,512,136	0.37 %	85,811	32,099	38.1	1.17	664	76.8 %	18,064,348	0.32 %	7,426,597,537	55
2010	23,083,083	0.25 %	57,355	5,849	35.5	0.91	652	74.7 %	17,254,388	0.33 %	6,985,603,105	51
2005	22,796,306	0.54 %	120,315	8,776	33.0	1.14	644	71.7 %	16,339,969	0.35 %	6,558,176,119	48
2000	22,194,731	0.68 %	147,784	-9,304	30.7	1.46	627	68.7 %	15,258,841	0.36 %	6,148,898,975	46
1995	21,455,813	0.83 %	173,928	-51,283	28.5	1.77	606	67.7 %	14,516,273	0.37 %	5,743,219,454	44
1990	20,586,174	1.08 %	214,860	-49,742	26.2	1.77	581	65.4 %	13,457,894	0.39 %	5,316,175,862	41
1985	19,511,876	1.51 %	282,319	-2,399	23.7	1.89	551	56.6 %	11,043,738	0.40 %	4,861,730,613	39
1980	18,100,281	1.80 %	309,701	-38,131	21.5	2.54	511	47.7 %	8,631,549	0.41 %	4,444,007,706	37
1975	16,551,774	2.05 %	318,781	-19,493	19.4	2.97	467	39.0 %	6,458,027	0.41 %	4,069,437,231	36
1970	14,957,870	2.73 %	377,432	-15,126	17.5	3.95	422	35.8 %	5,360,607	0.40 %	3,695,390,336	36
1965	13,070,708	3.54 %	417,512	63,400	16.5	4.99	369	32.8 %	4,282,804	0.39 %	3,337,111,983	41
1960	10,983,147	3.54 %	350,737	24,395	16.5	5.80	310	30.6 %	3,361,618	0.36 %	3,019,233,434	38
1955	9,229,462	3.90 %	321,266	3,210	17.1	6.57	261	28.4 %	2,623,092	0.34 %	2,746,072,141	41

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Taiwan Population Forecast

23,999

Year	Population	Yearly % Change	Yearly Change	Migrants (net)	Median Age	Fertility Rate	Density (P/Km²)	Urban Pop %	Urban Population	Country's Share of World Pop	World Population	Taiwan Global Rank
2025	23,974,031	0.13 %	30,513	23,999	43.6	1.18	677	81.0 %	19,421,267	0.29 %	8,191,988,453	60
2030	24,027,999	0.04 %	10,794	23,999	46.2	1.24	679	82.8 %	19,901,735	0.28 %	8,546,141,327	62
2035	23,924,394	-0.09 %	-20,721	23,999	48.6	1.29	676	84.5 %	20,210,297	0.27 %	8,879,397,401	64
2040	23,608,730	-0.27 %	-63,133	23,999	50.6	1.34	667	85.9 %	20,291,254	0.26 %	9,188,250,492	65
2045	23,095,226	-0.44 %	-102,701	23,999	52.3	1.38	652	87.3 %	20,170,795	0.24 %	9,467,543,575	68
2050	22,445,526	-0.57 %	-129,940		53.9	1.41	634	88.7 %	19,917,086	0.23 %	9,709,491,761	72

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Taiwan Demographics

Main Page: Demographics of Taiwan

Life Expectancy

81.47 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)
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Infant Mortality

3.1

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)
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Deaths under age 5

3.8

(per 1,000 live births)
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Main Cities by Population in Taiwan

(includes boroughs, districts, urban agglomerations, etc.)

#	CITY NAME	POPULATION
1	Taipei	7,871,900
2	Kaohsiung	1,519,711
3	Taichung	1,040,725
4	Tainan	771,235
5	Banqiao	543,342
6	Hsinchu	404,109
7	Taoyuan City	402,014
8	Keelung	397,515
9	Hualien City	350,468
10	Yuanlin	124,725
11	Taitung City	109,584
12	Nantou	105,682
13	Douliu	104,723
14	Yilan	94,188
15	Puli	86,406
16	Daxi	84,549
17	Magong	56,435
18	Donggang	48,100
19	Jincheng	37,507
20	Hengchun	31,288
21	Zhongxing New Village	25,549
22	Lugu	19,599
23	Yujing	16,597

Notes

The Taiwan Population (Live) counter shows a continuously updated estimate of the current population of Taiwan delivered by Worldometer's RTS algorithm, which processes data collected from the United Nations Population Division.

The Population of Taiwan (1950 - 2023) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2023.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2023. This value can differ from the Yearly % Change shown in the historical table, which shows the last year equivalent percentage change assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period.

Definitions

Year: as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Population: Overall total population (both sexes and all ages) in the country as of July 1 of the year indicated, as estimated by the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2022 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.

Yearly % Change: For 2023: percentage change in total population over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: latest year annual percentage change equivalent assuming homogeneous change in the preceding five year period, calculated through reverse compounding.

Yearly Change: For 2023: absolute change in total population (increase or decrease in number of people) over the last year (from July 1, 2022 to June 30 2023). For all other years: average annual numerical change over the preceding five year period.

Migrants (net): The average annual number of immigrants minus the number of emigrants over the preceding five year period (running from July 1 to June 30 of the initial and final years), or subsequent five year period (for 2016 data). A negative number means that there are more emigrants than immigrants.

Median Age: age that divides the population into two numerically equal groups: half of the people are older than the median age indicated and half are younger. This parameter provides an indication of age distribution.

Fertility Rate: (Total Fertility Rate, or TFR), it is expressed as children per woman. It is calculated as the average number of children an average woman will have during her reproductive period (15 to 49 years old) based on the current fertility rates of every age group in the country, and assuming she is not subject to mortality.

Density (P/Km²): (Population Density) Population per square Kilometer (Km²).

Urban Pop % : Urban population as a percentage of total population.

Urban Population: Population living in areas classified as urban according to the criteria used by each country.

Country's Share of World Pop: Total population in the country as a percentage of total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

World Population: Total World Population as of July 1 of the year indicated.

Global Rank: Position held by Taiwan in the list of all countries worldwide ranked by population (from the highest population to the lowest population) as of July 1 of the year indicated.