Population of Taiwan

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

The current population of Taiwan is 23,142,405 as of March 18, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Taiwan is projected at 23,112,793, or 23.11 million, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Taiwan is projected at 23,213,962, or 23.21 million people, for the year 2024.

Taiwan ranks 61st in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Taiwan is ranked 24th among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Taiwan population projections

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	23,264,288	23,213,962	-100,652	-0.434	0.284
2025	23,163,636	23,112,793	-101,686	-0.440	0.281
2026	23,061,950	23,011,292	-101,315	-0.440	0.277
2027	22,960,635	22,908,339	-104,592	-0.457	0.274
2028	22,856,043	22,803,795	-104,496	-0.458	0.270
2029	22,751,547	22,698,335	-106,425	-0.469	0.267
2030	22,645,122	22,589,950	-110,344	-0.488	0.264
2031	22,534,778	22,477,191	-115,174	-0.512	0.260
2032	22,419,604	22,360,541	-118,126	-0.528	0.257
2033	22,301,478	22,240,592	-121,772	-0.548	0.254
2034	22,179,706	22,115,327	-128,758	-0.582	0.251
2035	22,050,948	21,984,722	-132,452	-0.602	0.247
2036	21,918,496	21,849,951	-137,089	-0.627	0.244
2037	21,781,407	21,709,387	-144,041	-0.663	0.241
2038	21,637,366	21,563,592	-147,547	-0.684	0.238
2039	21,489,819	21,413,102	-153,435	-0.717	0.235
2040	21,336,384	21,257,134	-158,500	-0.746	0.232
2041	21,177,884	21,095,732	-164,303	-0.779	0.228
2042	21,013,581	20,928,646	-169,869	-0.812	0.225
2043	20,843,712	20,756,529	-174,367	-0.840	0.222
2044	20,669,345	20,580,534	-177,622	-0.863	0.219
2045	20,491,723	20,399,190	-185,067	-0.907	0.216
2046	20,306,656	20,213,916	-185,480	-0.918	0.213
2047	20,121,176	20,025,034	-192,285	-0.960	0.210
2048	19,928,891	19,831,992	-193,799	-0.977	0.207
2049	19,735,092	19,635,200	-199,784	-1.017	0.204
2050	19,535,308	19,434,600	-201,417	-1.036	0.201
2051	19,333,891	19,232,504	-202,774	-1.054	0.198
2052	19,131,117	19,028,538	-205,158	-1.078	0.195
2053	18,925,959	18,821,695	-208,529	-1.108	0.192
2054	18,717,430	18,611,286	-212,288	-1.141	0.190
2055	18,505,142	18,397,871	-214,543	-1.166	0.187
2056	18,290,599	18,183,725	-213,749	-1.176	0.184
2057	18,076,850	17,967,686	-218,327	-1.215	0.181
2058	17,858,523	17,748,709	-219,629	-1.237	0.179
2059	17,638,894	17,527,197	-223,394	-1.275	0.176
2060	17,415,500	17,302,547	-225,907	-1.306	0.173
2061	17,189,593	17,075,497	-228,192	-1.336	0.171
2062	16,961,401	16,847,108	-228,585	-1.357	0.168
2063	16,732,816	16,619,264	-227,105	-1.367	0.165
2064	16,505,711	16,391,754	-227,913	-1.390	0.163
2065	16,277,798	16,164,382	-226,831	-1.403	0.160
2066	16,050,967	15,938,480	-224,974	-1.412	0.157
2067	15,825,993	15,713,400	-225,185	-1.433	0.155
2068	15,600,808	15,488,700	-224,216	-1.448	0.152
2069	15,376,592	15,266,325	-220,535	-1.445	0.150
2070	15,156,057	15,046,436	-219,241	-1.457	0.148
2071	14,936,816	14,827,449	-218,734	-1.475	0.145
2072	14,718,082	14,609,395	-217,375	-1.488	0.143
2073	14,500,707	14,394,130	-213,154	-1.481	0.141
2074	14,287,553	14,182,105	-210,895	-1.487	0.138
2075	14,076,658	13,972,861	-207,594	-1.486	0.136
2076	13,869,064	13,767,783	-202,561	-1.471	0.134
2077	13,666,503	13,566,737	-199,532	-1.471	0.132
2078	13,466,971	13,368,750	-196,442	-1.469	0.130
2079	13,270,529	13,174,833	-191,392	-1.453	0.128
2080	13,079,137	12,986,209	-185,856	-1.431	0.126
2081	12,893,281	12,802,198	-182,166	-1.423	0.124
2082	12,711,115	12,622,876	-176,479	-1.398	0.123
2083	12,534,636	12,448,358	-172,556	-1.386	0.121
2084	12,362,080	12,277,383	-169,394	-1.380	0.119
2085	12,192,686	12,110,732	-163,908	-1.353	0.118
2086	12,028,778	11,949,335	-158,886	-1.330	0.116
2087	11,869,892	11,791,992	-155,800	-1.321	0.115
2088	11,714,092	11,637,432	-153,321	-1.318	0.113
2089	11,560,771	11,486,127	-149,289	-1.300	0.112
2090	11,411,482	11,337,897	-147,169	-1.298	0.110
2091	11,264,313	11,193,100	-142,427	-1.272	0.109
2092	11,121,886	11,052,302	-139,168	-1.259	0.108
2093	10,982,718	10,914,505	-136,425	-1.250	0.106
2094	10,846,293	10,779,231	-134,123	-1.244	0.105
2095	10,712,170	10,646,426	-131,487	-1.235	0.104
2096	10,580,683	10,516,285	-128,796	-1.225	0.103
2097	10,451,887	10,388,287	-127,200	-1.224	0.102
2098	10,324,687	10,262,241	-124,892	-1.217	0.101
2099	10,199,795	10,138,469	-122,652	-1.210	0.099
2100	10,077,143	10,016,995	-120,297	-1.201	0.098

Taiwan population estimates

Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	7,468,442	7,596,530	256,176	3.373	0.305
1951	7,724,618	7,862,796	276,356	3.515	0.310
1952	8,000,974	8,148,990	296,032	3.633	0.315
1953	8,297,006	8,451,371	308,729	3.653	0.321
1954	8,605,735	8,767,773	324,077	3.697	0.326
1955	8,929,812	9,104,134	348,644	3.830	0.332
1956	9,278,456	9,465,710	374,507	3.957	0.339
1957	9,652,963	9,850,525	395,125	4.012	0.345
1958	10,048,088	10,246,156	396,137	3.867	0.352
1959	10,444,225	10,644,175	399,901	3.757	0.359
1960	10,844,126	11,046,258	404,265	3.660	0.366
1961	11,248,391	11,453,500	410,218	3.582	0.374
1962	11,658,609	11,866,672	416,125	3.507	0.380
1963	12,074,734	12,285,722	421,976	3.435	0.385
1964	12,496,710	12,706,674	419,929	3.305	0.389
1965	12,916,639	13,124,802	416,327	3.172	0.394
1966	13,332,966	13,537,707	409,481	3.025	0.398
1967	13,742,447	13,901,470	318,046	2.288	0.400
1968	14,060,493	14,215,585	310,183	2.182	0.401
1969	14,370,676	14,523,594	305,837	2.106	0.401
1970	14,676,513	14,815,745	278,463	1.880	0.401
1971	14,954,976	15,121,137	332,322	2.198	0.401
1972	15,287,298	15,450,612	326,628	2.114	0.402
1973	15,613,926	15,772,697	317,541	2.013	0.402
1974	15,931,467	16,082,325	301,716	1.876	0.402
1975	16,233,183	16,365,267	264,169	1.614	0.402
1976	16,497,352	16,671,499	348,294	2.089	0.402
1977	16,845,646	17,020,097	348,903	2.050	0.404
1978	17,194,549	17,373,728	358,357	2.063	0.405
1979	17,552,906	17,735,781	365,749	2.062	0.406
1980	17,918,655	18,086,520	335,731	1.856	0.407
1981	18,254,386	18,412,827	316,883	1.721	0.407
1982	18,571,269	18,723,985	305,433	1.631	0.406
1983	18,876,702	19,022,625	291,845	1.534	0.405
1984	19,168,547	19,306,763	276,431	1.432	0.404
1985	19,444,978	19,571,687	253,418	1.295	0.402
1986	19,698,396	19,805,980	215,167	1.086	0.399
1987	19,913,563	20,015,819	204,511	1.022	0.396
1988	20,118,074	20,223,647	211,147	1.044	0.393
1989	20,329,221	20,418,906	179,370	0.878	0.390
1990	20,508,591	20,594,906	172,630	0.838	0.387
1991	20,681,221	20,781,750	201,058	0.967	0.384
1992	20,882,279	20,982,088	199,618	0.951	0.381
1993	21,081,897	21,174,682	185,570	0.876	0.379
1994	21,267,467	21,357,140	179,346	0.840	0.376
1995	21,446,813	21,534,495	175,364	0.814	0.374
1996	21,622,177	21,709,276	174,199	0.802	0.372
1997	21,796,376	21,885,328	177,905	0.813	0.369
1998	21,974,281	22,049,226	149,890	0.680	0.367
1999	22,124,171	22,203,781	159,220	0.717	0.365
2000	22,283,391	22,332,870	98,957	0.443	0.362
2001	22,382,348	22,446,257	127,819	0.569	0.359
2002	22,510,167	22,566,901	113,469	0.503	0.356
2003	22,623,636	22,664,125	80,977	0.357	0.353
2004	22,704,613	22,745,431	81,636	0.359	0.350
2005	22,786,249	22,824,931	77,365	0.339	0.347
2006	22,863,614	22,914,634	102,040	0.445	0.343
2007	22,965,654	23,006,924	82,540	0.359	0.340
2008	23,048,194	23,086,239	76,090	0.330	0.337
2009	23,124,284	23,164,361	80,154	0.346	0.334
2010	23,204,438	23,224,049	39,222	0.169	0.331
2011	23,243,660	23,273,076	58,833	0.253	0.327
2012	23,302,493	23,345,961	86,936	0.372	0.324
2013	23,389,429	23,416,875	54,891	0.234	0.321
2014	23,444,320	23,472,816	56,991	0.243	0.318
2015	23,501,311	23,529,254	55,886	0.238	0.315
2016	23,557,197	23,586,143	57,891	0.245	0.312
2017	23,615,088	23,632,948	35,720	0.151	0.309
2018	23,650,808	23,659,305	16,994	0.072	0.306
2019	23,667,802	23,674,138	12,671	0.054	0.303
2020	23,680,473	23,663,459	-34,028	-0.144	0.300
2021	23,646,445	23,558,333	-176,225	-0.748	0.296
2022	23,470,220	23,420,111	-100,218	-0.428	0.292
2023	23,370,002	23,317,145	-105,714	-0.453	0.288