Demographic profile
Taiwan is the 61st most populous of the 238 countries and territories tracked on this site, home to about 0.28% of everyone alive. Within Eastern Asia, it ranks 5 of 8.
Each day brings roughly 382 births and 510 deaths — a net decline of about 46,751 people a year. At -0.2% annually, the population would halve in roughly 350 years if the trend held. Real trajectories bend as fertility, mortality and migration shift, which is why the chart below shows both history and projection.
Among its first-level divisions, the largest by our modelled allocation is Taichung, holding an estimated 23.2% of the national population. The full breakdown of all 19 states and regions is in the table below — regional figures outside Sudan are modelled estimates built on real region names, and are flagged as such.
Literacy stands near 98.5% and adult smoking prevalence around 13.1%, with life expectancy at about 80.9 years. Baselines come from UN World Population Prospects, the World Bank, WHO surveys, WorldPop and HDX; the counters project them forward in real time — the method, and every caveat, is documented on our data sources page.
Quick answers
What is the population of Taiwan in 2026? Approximately 23,303,021 people (live projection; the counter above updates every second).
How fast is Taiwan shrinking? About -0.2% per year — roughly 382 births and 510 deaths every day.
What share of the world lives in Taiwan? Around 0.28% — ranked 61 worldwide by population.