Taiwan Population (LIVE)

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Taiwan Population (1950 - 2025)

Yearly Population Growth Rate (%)
  • The current population of Taiwan is 23,140,906 as of Friday, March 21, 2025, based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data1.
  • Taiwan 2025 population is estimated at 23,112,793 people at mid-year.
  • Taiwan population is equivalent to 0.28% of the total world population.
  • Taiwan ranks number 61 in the list of countries (and dependencies) by population.
  • The population density in Taiwan is 653 per Km² (1,691 people per mi²).
  • The total land area is 35,410 Km² (13,672 sq. miles).
  • 84.03% of the population is urban (19,421,267 people in 2025)
  • The median age in Taiwan is 44.8 years.
1. U.N. Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs - Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Population of Taiwan (2025 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
2025 23,112,793 −0.44% −101,169 −20,947 44.8 0.86 653 84% 19,421,267 0.28% 8,231,613,070 61
2024 23,213,962 −0.44% −103,183 −25,832 44.2 0.86 656 83.2% 19,307,854 0.28% 8,161,972,572 60
2023 23,317,145 −0.44% −102,966 −32,777 43.5 0.87 658 82.3% 19,189,289 0.29% 8,091,734,930 59
2022 23,420,111 −0.52% −121,674 −24,930 42.9 0.87 661 81.4% 19,065,559 0.29% 8,021,407,192 57
2020 23,663,459 0.11% 26,841 −21,224 41.7 0.99 668 79.5% 18,802,314 0.30% 7,887,001,292 57
2015 23,529,254 0.26% 61,041 10,681 39 1.19 664 76.8% 18,064,348 0.31% 7,470,491,872 55
2010 23,224,049 0.35% 79,824 17,969 36.5 0.92 656 74.3% 17,254,388 0.33% 7,021,732,148 51
2005 22,824,931 0.44% 98,412 13,157 33.8 1.13 645 71.6% 16,339,969 0.35% 6,586,970,132 47
2000 22,332,870 0.73% 159,675 −45,743 31.1 1.47 631 68.3% 15,258,841 0.36% 6,171,702,993 46
1995 21,534,495 0.9% 187,918 −38,021 28.5 1.78 608 67.4% 14,516,273 0.37% 5,758,878,982 44
1990 20,594,906 1.02% 204,644 −62,876 26.1 1.79 582 65.3% 13,457,894 0.39% 5,327,803,110 41
1985 19,571,687 1.59% 297,033 −8,777 23.7 1.88 553 56.4% 11,043,738 0.40% 4,868,943,465 40
1980 18,086,520 2.02% 344,251 −9,653 21.6 2.53 511 47.7% 8,631,549 0.41% 4,447,606,236 38
1975 16,365,267 2.01% 309,904 −54,146 19.3 2.97 462 39.5% 6,458,027 0.40% 4,070,735,277 36
1970 14,815,745 2.45% 338,189 −39,483 17.7 3.98 418 36.2% 5,360,607 0.40% 3,694,683,794 36
1965 13,124,802 3.51% 415,709 70,592 16.7 4.99 371 32.6% 4,282,804 0.39% 3,334,533,703 36
1960 11,046,258 3.94% 388,425 60,801 16.9 5.79 312 30.4% 3,361,618 0.37% 3,015,470,894 38
1955 9,104,134 3.69% 301,521 22,736 16.9 6.59 257 28.8% 2,623,092 0.33% 2,740,213,792 42

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Taiwan Population Forecast

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
2030 22,589,950 −0.46% −104,569 −3,770 47.8 0.89 638 88.1% 19,901,735 0.26% 8,569,124,911 65
2035 21,984,722 −0.54% −121,046 3,046 50.7 0.94 621 91.9% 20,210,297 0.25% 8,885,210,181 67
2040 21,257,134 −0.67% −145,518 6,967 53 0.99 600 95.5% 20,291,254 0.23% 9,177,190,203 69
2045 20,399,190 −0.82% −171,589 5,621 54.7 1.04 576 98.9% 20,170,795 0.22% 9,439,639,668 76
2050 19,434,600 −0.96% −192,918 6,774 56.3 1.07 549 0.20% 9,664,378,587 76

Source: Worldometer (www.Worldometers.info)

Elaboration of data by United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects: The 2024 Revision. (Medium-fertility variant).

Taiwan Demographics

Life Expectancy
80.9 years

(life expectancy at birth, both sexes)

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Infant Mortality Rate
3.0

(infant deaths per 1,000 live births)

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Deaths under age 5
4.2

(per 1,000 live births)

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See also


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 - 2025) chart plots the total population count as of July 1 of each year, from 1950 to 2025.

The Yearly Population Growth Rate chart plots the annual percentage changes in population registered on July 1 of each year, from 1951 to 2025. 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 2024 Revision. For forecasted years, the U.N. medium-fertility variant is used.