Taiwan: Division

Contents: Regions and Counties

The population of the statistical regions, counties and county-level cities of Taiwan (Republic of China) by census years.

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Name	Status	Native	Population Census 1990-12-16	Population Census 2000-12-16	Population Census 2010-12-01	Population Census 2020-11-01
Central Region	Region	中部地區	5,021,559	5,482,063	5,567,265	5,763,919	→
Miaoli	County (Xian)	苗栗縣	526,181	534,366	530,339	521,962	→
Nantou	County (Xian)	南投縣	515,167	487,398	460,869	430,211	→
Taizhong Shi [Taichung Shih]	Special Municipality	臺中市	2,057,857	2,499,527	2,731,056	3,033,840	→
Yunlin	County (Xian)	雲林縣	717,263	705,440	618,581	591,111	→
Zhanghua [Changhua]	County (Xian)	彰化縣	1,205,091	1,255,332	1,226,420	1,186,795	→
Eastern Region	Region	東部地區	585,978	531,983	510,980	489,858	→
Hualien	County (Xian)	花蓮縣	336,890	327,064	309,941	300,406	→
Taidong [Taitung]	County (Xian)	臺東縣	249,088	204,919	201,039	189,452	→
Kinma Region	Region	金馬地區	107,454	74,050	71,825	78,986	→
Jinmen [Kinmen; Quemoy]	County (Xian)	金門縣	81,479	56,275	57,221	67,173	→
Lianjiang [Lienchiang; Matsu Islands]	County (Xian)	連江縣	25,975	17,775	14,604	11,813	→
Northern Region	Region	北部地區	8,702,359	9,834,688	10,707,544	11,334,806	→
Jilong Shi [Chilung; Keelung]	Provincial City	基隆市	348,586	387,504	381,809	367,264	→
Taibei Shi [Taipei Shih]	Special Municipality	臺北市	2,760,475	2,624,257	2,655,515	2,594,581	→
Taoyuan Shi	Special Municipality	桃園市	1,377,934	1,808,833	2,190,342	2,441,064	→
Xinbei Shi [New Taipei City]	Special Municipality	新北市	3,065,779	3,722,082	4,054,467	4,365,947	→
Xinzhu [Hsinchu]	County (Xian)	新竹縣	370,970	451,316	522,163	633,163	→
Xinzhu Shi [Hsinchu Shih]	Provincial City	新竹市	342,015	395,746	476,273	499,468	→
Yilan	County (Xian)	宜蘭縣	436,600	444,950	426,975	433,319	→
Southern Region	Region	南部地區	5,976,278	6,378,145	6,266,252	6,162,328	→
Gaoxiong Shi [Kaohsiung Shih]	Special Municipality	高雄市	2,512,858	2,756,775	2,777,384	2,734,275	→
Jiayi [Chiayi]	County (Xian)	嘉義縣	534,761	552,749	492,981	464,164	→
Jiayi Shi [Chiayi Shih]	Provincial City	嘉義市	252,371	266,126	267,651	252,028	→
Penghu [Pescadores]	County (Xian)	澎湖縣	105,848	83,214	86,967	81,738	→
Pingdong [Pingtung]	County (Xian)	屏東縣	875,330	872,902	801,012	755,047	→
Tainan Shi	Special Municipality	臺南市	1,695,110	1,846,379	1,840,257	1,875,076	→
Taiwan	Republic	臺灣 (中華民國)	20,393,628	22,300,929	23,123,866	23,829,897

Source: National Statistics, Republic of China (Taiwan).

Explanation: The tabulated census figures refer to the permanent population. They differ from the household population that is reported by Taiwanese population estimates.

Further information about the population structure:

Gender	Persons
Males	11,747,698
Females	12,082,199

Gender (C 2020)
Males	11,747,698
Females	12,082,199

Age Groups	Persons
0-14 years	2,913,287
15-64 years	17,246,508
65+ years	3,670,102

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-14 years	2,913,287
15-64 years	17,246,508
65+ years	3,670,102

Age Distribution	Males	Females
80+ years	349117	485227
70-79 years	656919	779908
60-69 years	1450337	1577860
50-59 years	1734631	1822143
40-49 years	1835557	1979761
30-39 years	1856847	1878902
20-29 years	1738412	1599589
10-19 years	1114228	1018430
0-9 years	1011650	940379

Age Distribution (C 2020)
80+ years	834,344
70-79 years	1,436,827
60-69 years	3,028,197
50-59 years	3,556,774
40-49 years	3,815,318
30-39 years	3,735,749
20-29 years	3,338,001
10-19 years	2,132,658
0-9 years	1,952,029