Taiwan
Population growth in Taiwan
Population growth in Taiwan: 3.37% a year in 1950 and -0.45% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -0.45% a year
- Since 1950
- −3.83 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 202 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -1.2% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -1.2% a year in 2100, between -3.19% a year and 0.29% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 4.01% a year in 1957, the lowest -0.75% a year in 2021.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Taiwan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -0.45 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | -0.43 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | -0.75 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | -0.14 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 0.05 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 0.07 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 0.15 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 0.25 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 0.24 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 0.24 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 0.23 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 0.37 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 0.25 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 0.17 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 0.35 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 0.33 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 0.36 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 0.45 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 0.34 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 0.36 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 0.36 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 0.5 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 0.57 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 0.44 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 0.72 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 0.68 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 0.81 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 0.8 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 0.81 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 0.84 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 0.88 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 0.95 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 0.97 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 0.84 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 0.88 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 1.04 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 1.02 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 1.09 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 1.3 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 1.43 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 1.53 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 1.63 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 1.72 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 1.86 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 2.06 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 2.06 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 2.05 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 2.09 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 1.61 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 1.88 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 2.01 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 2.11 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 2.2 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 1.88 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 2.11 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 2.18 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 2.29 | 2 |
| 1966 | 3.03 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 3.17 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 3.31 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 3.44 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 3.51 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 3.58 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 3.66 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 3.76 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 3.87 | 2 |
| 1957 | 4.01 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 3.96 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 3.83 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 3.7 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 3.65 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 3.63 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 3.52 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 3.37 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Taiwan | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -0.43-0.79–0.1 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | -0.44-0.89–0.14 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | -0.44-1.02–0.12 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | -0.46-1.08–0.13 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | -0.46-1.1–0.11 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | -0.47-1.12–0.13 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | -0.49-1.17–0.12 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | -0.51-1.26–0.1 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | -0.53-1.24–0.09 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | -0.55-1.33–0.1 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | -0.58-1.37–0.09 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | -0.6-1.45–0.12 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | -0.63-1.5–0.06 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | -0.66-1.55–0.03 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | -0.68-1.6–0.06 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | -0.72-1.58–0.07 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | -0.75-1.63–0.01 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | -0.78-1.72–-0.02 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | -0.81-1.77–-0.05 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | -0.84-1.88–-0.08 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | -0.86-1.89–-0.04 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | -0.91-1.99–-0.09 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | -0.92-2–-0.08 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | -0.96-2–-0.09 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | -0.98-2.12–-0.07 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | -1.02-2.16–-0.14 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | -1.04-2.2–-0.12 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | -1.05-2.21–-0.14 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | -1.08-2.27–-0.13 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | -1.11-2.31–-0.18 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | -1.14-2.35–-0.2 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -1.17-2.38–-0.17 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -1.18-2.39–-0.09 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -1.22-2.46–-0.17 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -1.24-2.58–-0.2 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -1.28-2.63–-0.26 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -1.31-2.69–-0.29 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -1.34-2.75–-0.29 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -1.36-2.79–-0.28 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -1.37-2.83–-0.26 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -1.39-2.79–-0.25 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -1.4-2.93–-0.24 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -1.41-2.9–-0.19 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -1.43-2.94–-0.17 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -1.45-2.94–-0.17 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -1.45-2.96–-0.12 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -1.46-3–-0.14 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -1.48-3.05–-0.15 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -1.49-3.03–-0.15 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -1.48-3.12–-0.12 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -1.49-3.17–-0.14 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -1.49-3.25–-0.06 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -1.47-3.37–-0.03 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -1.47-3.25–-0.02 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -1.47-3.24–0.02 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -1.45-3.32–-0.06 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -1.43-3.24–0 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -1.42-3.23–0.01 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -1.4-3.29–0.05 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -1.39-3.18–0.02 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -1.38-3.18–0.03 | -0 |
| 2085 | -1.35-3.25–0.07 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -1.33-3.26–0.09 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -1.32-3.23–0.12 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -1.32-3.18–0.13 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -1.3-3.2–0.17 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -1.3-3.25–0.11 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -1.27-3.3–0.16 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -1.26-3.27–0.23 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -1.25-3.25–0.31 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -1.24-3.24–0.35 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -1.24-3.22–0.39 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -1.23-3.14–0.33 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -1.22-3.2–0.34 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -1.22-3.2–0.27 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -1.21-3.29–0.27 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -1.2-3.19–0.29 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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Taiwan in numbers
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