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Taiwan: cities by population

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Taiwan has a population of 23,451,837, with Taipei as its capital. The 50 largest of its 85 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are UN World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant) where the UN lists the country separately; the handful it reports under a parent state keep a GeoNames figure and are marked as such. Sources & method.
The UN's World Population Prospects does not list Taiwan separately — it is reported under a parent state, or is not a UN member — so the total above comes from GeoNames and carries no stated vintage. Treat it as approximate.

Largest cities in Taiwan

#PlaceRegionPopulation
1TaipeiTaiwan7,871,900
2New Taipei CityTaipei4,004,367
3TaichungTaiwan2,850,285
4KaohsiungTakao2,737,660
5TainanTaiwan1,856,642
6TaoyuanTaiwan475,798
7HsinchuTaiwan453,536
8KeelungTaiwan362,487
9Chiayi CityTaiwan263,188
10Chang-huaTaiwan226,564
11ChanghuaTaiwan226,564
12ZhubeiTaiwan212,695
13BadeTaiwan209,148
14XizhiTaipei204,619
15DanshuiTaipei189,271
16ShulinTaipei180,044
17YuanlinTaiwan124,725
18SanxiaTaipei115,185
19NeiliTaiwan112,845
20DouliuTaiwan107,924
21ToufenTaiwan106,310
22NantouTaiwan105,682
23TaitungTaiwan103,260
24Hualien CityTaiwan99,458
25CaotunTaiwan96,838
26ZhudongTaiwan96,518
27DaxiTaiwan94,222
28YilanTaiwan94,188
29PuliTaiwan86,406
30MiaoliTaiwan86,327
31XinyingTaiwan74,972
32WufengTaiwan65,567
33MagongTaiwan63,745
34XihuTaiwan54,033
35ChaozhouTaiwan53,338
36DonggangTaiwan47,746
37ZhushanTaiwan44,083
38ErlinTaiwan43,652
39BuziTaiwan40,467
40TaibaoTaiwan38,696
41JinchengFukien37,507
42XiluoTaiwan37,181
43ShetouTaiwan36,565
44YongjingTaiwan35,365
45TianzhongTaiwan34,903

Twenty years earlier: Taiwan in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 22,794,795.

Common questions

What is the population of Taiwan?
Taiwan has a population of 23,451,837, a GeoNames figure with no stated vintage, so treat it as approximate.
What is the capital of Taiwan?
Taipei.

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Taipei
The largest place we record in Taiwan: 7,871,900 people
Taiwan in 2005
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