Southern 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
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 (C 2020)
Males	3,034,498
Females	3,127,830

Age Groups (C 2020)
0-14 years	719,983
15-64 years	4,402,008
65+ years	1,040,337

Age Distribution (C 2020)
80+ years	237,414
70-79 years	410,655
60-69 years	841,872
50-59 years	950,321
40-49 years	984,466
30-39 years	898,167
20-29 years	807,927
10-19 years	552,521
0-9 years	478,985

Primary Language (C 2020)
Mandarin	2,835,990
Taiwanese	2,751,103
Hakka	72,276
Indigenous language	12,773
Taiwan sign language	2,256
Other language	7,623