Northern Region

Taiwan

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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
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	→
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 (C 2020)
Males	5,544,362
Females	5,790,444

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-14 years	1,349,550
15-64 years	8,359,230
65+ years	1,626,026

Age Distribution (C 2020)
80+ years	353,914
70-79 years	633,574
60-69 years	1,388,849
50-59 years	1,664,040
40-49 years	1,847,520
30-39 years	1,866,301
20-29 years	1,686,700
10-19 years	986,136
0-9 years	907,772

Primary Language (C 2020)
Mandarin	8,313,154
Taiwanese	1,883,878
Hakka	138,433
Indigenous language	8,377
Taiwan sign language	3,026
Other language	19,728