Demographics of Taiwan

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2022)
Date28 Mar 2024

There are 11.83 million males and 12.12 million females in Taiwan. The percentage of the male population is 49.41%, compared to 50.59% of the female population. Taiwan has 280k more females than males. The sex ratio in Taiwan in 2024 will be 97.685 males per 100 females. Taiwan is in the 85th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Taiwan population

Year Population Growth (%)
19507,623,1304.06
19559,229,4623.63
196010,983,1473.45
196513,070,7083.40
197014,957,8702.26
197516,551,7741.86
198018,100,2811.68
198519,511,8761.32
199020,586,1740.89
199521,455,8130.74
200022,194,7310.61
200522,796,3060.37
201023,083,0830.16
201523,512,1360.38
202023,821,4640.17
202123,859,9120.15
202223,893,3940.13
202323,923,2760.12
202423,950,2140.11
  • Total
  • Crude

Taiwan death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
195084,552344,43311.11345.271
195583,967416,0579.09645.072
196078,134432,9367.12139.456
196571,712452,2305.50034.683
197067,592420,9064.51828.132
197571,827399,3074.33724.111
198082,177424,3594.53423.411
198590,317349,9864.63017.942
1990104,626337,0305.07316.340
1995120,230330,8325.59615.397
2000126,381270,3745.69512.185
2005140,688216,7476.1749.512
2010145,178175,6666.2927.613
2015159,321216,3296.7819.207
2020172,149186,8977.2317.850
2021176,533185,8857.4037.795
2022179,016186,2417.4967.799
2023182,090186,6437.6157.806
2024185,289186,6007.7407.795
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Taiwan

Year Population Urban (%)
UrbanRural
19502,046,2755,577,08526.842
19552,623,0926,399,09129.074
19603,361,6187,340,09531.412
19654,282,8048,366,92233.857
19705,360,6079,332,54636.484
19756,458,0279,774,64539.784
19808,631,5499,085,82348.718
198511,043,7388,086,35557.730
199013,457,8946,853,80466.257
199514,516,2736,712,23968.381
200015,258,8416,581,39469.866
200516,339,9696,262,91772.292
201017,254,3885,848,01874.687
201518,064,3485,421,40776.916
202018,802,3145,015,59178.942
202118,936,5534,936,12779.323
202219,065,5594,857,16879.696
202319,189,2894,778,77080.062
202419,307,8544,701,01880.420
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Taiwan population by Age Group (2024)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 482,889 451,842 934,731 3.90 106.871
05-09 534,647 497,671 1,032,319 4.31 107.430
10-14 535,578 496,865 1,032,443 4.31 107.791
15-19 530,896 489,096 1,019,993 4.26 108.546
20-24 667,856 619,027 1,286,882 5.37 107.888
25-29 833,338 778,653 1,611,991 6.73 107.023
30-34 865,429 805,317 1,670,747 6.98 107.464
35-39 901,820 856,836 1,758,656 7.34 105.250
40-44 1,013,486 1,021,716 2,035,202 8.50 99.194
45-49 963,631 1,005,986 1,969,618 8.22 95.790
50-54 839,428 895,467 1,734,896 7.24 93.742
55-59 868,552 921,737 1,790,289 7.48 94.230
60-64 820,853 893,525 1,714,379 7.16 91.867
65-69 724,915 815,082 1,539,997 6.43 88.938
70-74 546,322 638,513 1,184,834 4.95 85.562
75-79 321,409 386,142 707,552 2.95 83.236
80-84 220,840 270,030 490,870 2.05 81.784
85-89 110,418 161,715 272,134 1.14 68.279
90-94 41,538 77,760 119,299 0.50 53.418
95-99 9,694 26,270 35,965 0.15 36.901
100+ 1,342 6,077 7,418 0.03 22.083
Total 11,834,881 12,115,327 23,950,215 97.685