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Taiwan: cities by population

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 GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	Taipei	Taiwan	7,871,900
2	New Taipei City	Taipei	4,004,367
3	Taichung	Taiwan	2,850,285
4	Kaohsiung	Takao	2,737,660
5	Tainan	Taiwan	1,856,642
6	Banqiao	Taipei	551,221
7	Taoyuan	Taiwan	475,798
8	Hsinchu	Taiwan	453,536
9	Keelung	Taiwan	362,487
10	Fengshan	Takao	356,463
11	Neihu	Taiwan	274,538
12	Chiayi City	Taiwan	263,188
13	Yongkang	Taiwan	233,730
14	Chang-hua	Taiwan	226,564
15	Changhua	Taiwan	226,564
16	Zhubei	Taiwan	212,695
17	Bade	Taiwan	209,148
18	Xizhi	Taipei	204,619
19	Danshui	Taipei	189,271
20	Shulin	Taipei	180,044
21	Yuanlin	Taiwan	124,725
22	Sanxia	Taipei	115,185
23	Neili	Taiwan	112,845
24	Douliu	Taiwan	107,924
25	Toufen	Taiwan	106,310
26	Nantou	Taiwan	105,682
27	Taitung	Taiwan	103,260
28	Hualien City	Taiwan	99,458
29	Caotun	Taiwan	96,838
30	Zhudong	Taiwan	96,518
31	Daxi	Taiwan	94,222
32	Yilan	Taiwan	94,188
33	Yingge	Taipei	87,920
34	Puli	Taiwan	86,406
35	Miaoli	Taiwan	86,327
36	Xinying	Taiwan	74,972
37	Wufeng	Taiwan	65,567
38	Magong	Taiwan	63,745
39	Xihu	Taiwan	54,033
40	Chaozhou	Taiwan	53,338
41	Donggang	Taiwan	47,746
42	Zhushan	Taiwan	44,083
43	Erlin	Taiwan	43,652
44	Buzi	Taiwan	40,467
45	Taibao	Taiwan	38,696
46	Jincheng	Fukien	37,507
47	Xiluo	Taiwan	37,181
48	Shetou	Taiwan	36,565
49	Yongjing	Taiwan	35,365
50	Tianzhong	Taiwan	34,903

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