What is the difference in population between Niger and Taiwan?

2.84 million people, with Niger ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Taiwan?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Niger vs Taiwan: Population

Niger

26.16 million people

in 2023

Taiwan

23.32 million people

in 2023

Niger rank

57th

Taiwan rank

60th

Population over time

Niger
Taiwan

How they compare

Niger currently reports 26.16 million people against 23.32 million people in Taiwan, a difference of 2.84 million people.

That makes Niger's figure about 1.1 times Taiwan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Niger ahead.

Niger ranks 57th and Taiwan ranks 60th of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Niger averaged higher in 10 and Taiwan in 30.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Niger	Taiwan	Difference	Ahead
1000s	548,000 people	99,087 people	448,913 people	Niger
1100s	589,100 people	118,905 people	470,195 people	Niger
1200s	630,200 people	138,722 people	491,478 people	Niger
1300s	700,000 people	158,540 people	541,460 people	Niger
1400s	750,000 people	178,357 people	571,643 people	Niger
1500s	822,000 people	198,175 people	623,825 people	Niger
1600s	959,000 people	198,175 people	760,825 people	Niger
1700s	1.10 million people	990,877 people	105,123 people	Niger
1710s	1.16 million people	1.13 million people	33,340 people	Niger
1720s	1.17 million people	1.19 million people	16,240 people	Taiwan
1730s	1.18 million people	1.25 million people	68,420 people	Taiwan
1740s	1.19 million people	1.31 million people	123,330 people	Taiwan
1750s	1.20 million people	1.38 million people	181,070 people	Taiwan
1760s	1.22 million people	1.46 million people	241,760 people	Taiwan
1770s	1.23 million people	1.53 million people	305,500 people	Taiwan
1780s	1.24 million people	1.61 million people	372,410 people	Taiwan
1790s	1.26 million people	1.70 million people	442,590 people	Taiwan
1800s	852,737 people	2.00 million people	1.15 million people	Taiwan
1810s	856,297 people	2.01 million people	1.15 million people	Taiwan
1820s	878,260 people	2.04 million people	1.16 million people	Taiwan
1830s	920,687 people	2.09 million people	1.17 million people	Taiwan
1840s	970,265 people	2.16 million people	1.19 million people	Taiwan
1850s	1.02 million people	2.23 million people	1.21 million people	Taiwan
1860s	1.06 million people	2.29 million people	1.23 million people	Taiwan
1870s	1.13 million people	2.36 million people	1.23 million people	Taiwan
1880s	1.20 million people	2.43 million people	1.23 million people	Taiwan
1890s	1.27 million people	2.62 million people	1.35 million people	Taiwan
1900s	1.40 million people	2.99 million people	1.59 million people	Taiwan
1910s	1.56 million people	3.42 million people	1.86 million people	Taiwan
1920s	1.75 million people	3.97 million people	2.22 million people	Taiwan
1930s	2.00 million people	5.06 million people	3.06 million people	Taiwan
1940s	2.32 million people	6.33 million people	4.01 million people	Taiwan
1950s	3.00 million people	9.01 million people	6.02 million people	Taiwan
1960s	4.00 million people	12.87 million people	8.86 million people	Taiwan
1970s	5.27 million people	16.24 million people	10.97 million people	Taiwan
1980s	7.04 million people	19.36 million people	12.32 million people	Taiwan
1990s	9.62 million people	21.43 million people	11.81 million people	Taiwan
2000s	13.60 million people	22.78 million people	9.18 million people	Taiwan
2010s	19.65 million people	23.48 million people	3.83 million people	Taiwan
2020s	24.92 million people	23.49 million people	1.43 million people	Niger

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Niger or Taiwan?: Niger, at 26.16 million people against 23.32 million people in Taiwan as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Niger and Taiwan?: 2.84 million people, with Niger ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Taiwan?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Niger and Taiwan rank globally for population?: Niger ranks 57th and Taiwan ranks 60th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.