Demographics of Taiwan

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	06 Feb 2025

As of 2025, the population of Taiwan is projected at 23.11 million, compared to 23.21 million in 2024. It ranks 61st in the world by population and 24th in Asia. The population growth rate for 2025 is projected at -0.44 percent, the 198th highest among 237 countries and dependent territories.

There are 11.43 million males and 11.68 million females in Taiwan. The percentage of the male population is 49.46%, compared to 50.54% of the female population. Taiwan has 252k more females than males. The sex ratio in Taiwan in 2025 will be 97.844 males per 100 females. Taiwan is in the 109th position in terms of the female-to-male ratio.

Taiwan population

Year	Population			Growth (%)	M per 100 F
Year	Male	Female	Total	Growth (%)	M per 100 F
1950	3,902,233	3,694,298	7,596,530	3.37	105.629
1955	4,672,667	4,431,467	9,104,134	3.83	105.443
1960	5,772,855	5,273,404	11,046,258	3.66	109.471
1965	6,993,566	6,131,236	13,124,802	3.17	114.065
1970	7,851,072	6,964,672	14,815,745	1.88	112.727
1975	8,597,496	7,767,772	16,365,267	1.61	110.682
1980	9,544,676	8,541,844	18,086,520	1.86	111.740
1985	10,290,526	9,281,161	19,571,687	1.29	110.875
1990	10,805,990	9,788,916	20,594,906	0.84	110.390
1995	11,204,068	10,330,426	21,534,495	0.81	108.457
2000	11,516,749	10,816,120	22,332,870	0.44	106.478
2005	11,643,657	11,181,274	22,824,931	0.34	104.135
2010	11,715,727	11,508,322	23,224,049	0.17	101.802
2015	11,769,051	11,760,203	23,529,254	0.24	100.075
2020	11,749,427	11,914,031	23,663,459	-0.14	98.618
2021	11,690,860	11,867,472	23,558,333	-0.75	98.512
2022	11,615,575	11,804,536	23,420,111	-0.43	98.399
2023	11,553,630	11,763,514	23,317,145	-0.45	98.216
2024	11,491,392	11,722,570	23,213,962	-0.43	98.028
2025	11,430,475	11,682,318	23,112,793	-0.44	97.844
2026	11,370,090	11,641,202	23,011,292	-0.44	97.671

Life expectancy
Median age
Fertility rate

Demographics Indicators

Year	Life expectancy	Median age	Fertility rate
1950	56.587	17.727	6.481
1955	59.796	16.913	6.586
1960	62.543	16.878	5.787
1965	65.734	16.729	4.994
1970	69.036	17.699	3.976
1975	70.876	19.304	2.973
1980	71.959	21.639	2.530
1985	73.295	23.685	1.884
1990	73.936	26.070	1.787
1995	74.617	28.466	1.782
2000	76.139	31.054	1.472
2005	77.133	33.803	1.133
2010	79.036	36.495	0.916
2015	79.879	38.975	1.185
2020	81.107	41.725	0.990
2021	80.785	42.315	0.975
2022	80.157	42.917	0.870
2023	80.559	43.538	0.870
2024	80.750	44.167	0.863
2025	80.942	44.789	0.860
2026	81.135	45.407	0.861

Total
Crude

Taiwan death and birth rate

Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	80,094	341,603	10.543	44.968
1955	83,058	408,954	9.123	44.920
1960	80,889	424,359	7.323	38.417
1965	76,117	421,862	5.799	32.142
1970	69,506	387,464	4.691	26.152
1975	71,334	389,650	4.359	23.810
1980	82,410	427,793	4.556	23.653
1985	90,243	352,431	4.611	18.007
1990	104,419	339,915	5.070	16.505
1995	119,777	333,164	5.562	15.471
2000	128,201	272,895	5.740	12.219
2005	144,618	208,823	6.336	9.149
2010	150,087	171,332	6.463	7.377
2015	167,052	212,264	7.100	9.021
2020	174,242	161,442	7.363	6.822
2021	186,219	155,741	7.905	6.611
2022	210,766	135,481	8.999	5.785
2023	205,339	132,404	8.806	5.678
2024	203,422	128,597	8.763	5.540
2025	206,062	125,322	8.916	5.422
2026	208,866	122,589	9.077	5.327

Population
Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Taiwan

Year	Population		Urban (%)
Year	Urban	Rural	Urban (%)
1950	3,410,420	4,186,110	44.894
1955	4,243,503	4,860,631	46.611
1960	5,484,516	5,561,742	49.650
1965	6,879,343	6,245,459	52.415
1970	7,882,298	6,933,446	53.202
1975	9,933,718	6,431,550	60.700
1980	12,552,647	5,533,873	69.403
1985	14,406,195	5,165,492	73.607
1990	15,666,472	4,928,434	76.070
1995	16,560,026	4,974,469	76.900
2000	17,397,306	4,935,564	77.900
2005	17,951,809	4,873,122	78.650
2010	18,579,239	4,644,810	80.000
2015	18,788,110	4,741,144	79.850
2020	18,794,703	4,868,756	79.425
2021	18,658,200	4,900,133	79.200
2022	18,478,503	4,941,608	78.900
2023	18,397,651	4,919,494	78.902
2024	18,317,734	4,896,228	78.908
2025	18,241,229	4,871,564	78.923
2026	18,166,986	4,844,306	78.948

Population pyramid
Gender ratio

Taiwan population by Age Group (2024)

Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	334,949	313,675	648,623	2.82	106.782
05-09	456,040	424,193	880,234	3.83	107.508
10-14	553,105	514,211	1,067,315	4.64	107.564
15-19	505,228	463,341	968,569	4.21	109.040
20-24	605,984	555,332	1,161,316	5.05	109.121
25-29	690,461	642,374	1,332,835	5.79	107.486
30-34	784,521	732,258	1,516,779	6.59	107.137
35-39	804,546	747,734	1,552,280	6.75	107.598
40-44	903,395	910,978	1,814,373	7.88	99.168
45-49	965,693	998,404	1,964,098	8.54	96.724
50-54	848,187	887,788	1,735,974	7.54	95.539
55-59	867,389	901,237	1,768,627	7.69	96.244
60-64	863,598	918,887	1,782,486	7.75	93.983
65-69	773,990	851,511	1,625,501	7.06	90.896
70-74	638,944	729,683	1,368,628	5.95	87.565
75-79	392,279	470,663	862,942	3.75	83.346
80-84	200,668	270,148	470,816	2.05	74.281
85-89	118,765	189,793	308,558	1.34	62.576
90-94	46,375	85,863	132,238	0.57	54.010
95-99	14,165	27,643	41,808	0.18	51.243
100+	1,808	5,484	7,293	0.03	32.969
Total	11,370,090	11,641,200	23,011,293		97.671