Taiwan
Urban population in Taiwan
Urban population in Taiwan: 44.9% in 1950 and 78.9% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 78.9%
- Since 1950
- +34 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 70 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 79.7%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 79.7% in 2050.
- The highest was 80.6% in 2011, the lowest 44.9% in 1950.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 78.9 |
| 2024 | 78.9 |
| 2023 | 78.9 |
| 2022 | 78.9 |
| 2021 | 79.2 |
| 2020 | 79.4 |
| 2019 | 79.2 |
| 2018 | 79.3 |
| 2017 | 79.7 |
| 2016 | 79.8 |
| 2015 | 79.9 |
| 2014 | 79.8 |
| 2013 | 80.1 |
| 2012 | 80.5 |
| 2011 | 80.6 |
| 2010 | 80 |
| 2009 | 79.9 |
| 2008 | 80.1 |
| 2007 | 79.7 |
| 2006 | 79 |
| 2005 | 78.7 |
| 2004 | 78.5 |
| 2003 | 77.8 |
| 2002 | 78 |
| 2001 | 78.1 |
| 2000 | 77.9 |
| 1999 | 77.6 |
| 1998 | 76.8 |
| 1997 | 76.9 |
| 1996 | 77.2 |
| 1995 | 76.9 |
| 1994 | 76.6 |
| 1993 | 76.9 |
| 1992 | 77.3 |
| 1991 | 76.9 |
| 1990 | 76.1 |
| 1989 | 76 |
| 1988 | 75.9 |
| 1987 | 75.6 |
| 1986 | 74.8 |
| 1985 | 73.6 |
| 1984 | 72.7 |
| 1983 | 72 |
| 1982 | 71.4 |
| 1981 | 70.4 |
| 1980 | 69.4 |
| 1979 | 68.3 |
| 1978 | 66.5 |
| 1977 | 65.1 |
| 1976 | 62.6 |
| 1975 | 60.7 |
| 1974 | 58.9 |
| 1973 | 55.4 |
| 1972 | 53.9 |
| 1971 | 53.5 |
| 1970 | 53.2 |
| 1969 | 53 |
| 1968 | 52.9 |
| 1967 | 52.7 |
| 1966 | 52.6 |
| 1965 | 52.4 |
| 1964 | 52.1 |
| 1963 | 51.8 |
| 1962 | 51.2 |
| 1961 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 49.7 |
| 1959 | 48.8 |
| 1958 | 47.9 |
| 1957 | 47.3 |
| 1956 | 46.9 |
| 1955 | 46.6 |
| 1954 | 46.3 |
| 1953 | 46 |
| 1952 | 45.7 |
| 1951 | 45.4 |
| 1950 | 44.9 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 79 |
| 2027 | 79 |
| 2028 | 79.1 |
| 2029 | 79.1 |
| 2030 | 79.2 |
| 2031 | 79.4 |
| 2032 | 79.5 |
| 2033 | 79.5 |
| 2034 | 79.5 |
| 2035 | 79.5 |
| 2036 | 79.6 |
| 2037 | 79.6 |
| 2038 | 79.6 |
| 2039 | 79.6 |
| 2040 | 79.6 |
| 2041 | 79.6 |
| 2042 | 79.6 |
| 2043 | 79.7 |
| 2044 | 79.7 |
| 2045 | 79.7 |
| 2046 | 79.7 |
| 2047 | 79.7 |
| 2048 | 79.7 |
| 2049 | 79.7 |
| 2050 | 79.7 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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