World population growth in Taiwan
Taiwan: World population growth was -1.2% in 2100. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2100)
-1.2%
Change on year
up 0.7%
World rank
225th
of 239 countries
All-time high
4.0%
in 1957
All-time low
-1.5%
in 2072
Years of data
163
1700–2100
World population growth in Taiwan, 1700–2100
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Taiwan recorded -1.2% for world population growth in 2100.
The figure is up 0.7% on the previous year and up 7.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, world population growth in Taiwan peaked at 4.0% in 1957 and was at its lowest, -1.5%, in 2072.
Taiwan ranks 225th of 239 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
World population growth in Taiwan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1700 | 1.6% | — |
| 1800 | 0.3% | -84.1% |
| 1900 | 1.4% | +438.0% |
| 1905 | 1.3% | -6.0% |
| 1910 | 1.5% | +12.0% |
| 1915 | 1.0% | -29.0% |
| 1920 | 1.2% | +20.7% |
| 1925 | 2.1% | +68.1% |
| 1930 | 2.6% | +23.6% |
| 1935 | 2.5% | -3.5% |
| 1940 | 2.7% | +9.5% |
| 1945 | 0.2% | -92.7% |
| 1950 | 3.4% | +1593.3% |
| 1951 | 3.5% | +4.2% |
| 1952 | 3.6% | +3.4% |
| 1953 | 3.7% | +0.6% |
| 1954 | 3.7% | +1.2% |
| 1955 | 3.8% | +3.6% |
| 1956 | 4.0% | +3.3% |
| 1957 | 4.0% | +1.4% |
| 1958 | 3.9% | -3.6% |
| 1959 | 3.8% | -2.8% |
| 1960 | 3.7% | -2.6% |
| 1961 | 3.6% | -2.1% |
| 1962 | 3.5% | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 3.4% | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 3.3% | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 3.2% | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 3.0% | -4.6% |
| 1967 | 2.3% | -24.4% |
| 1968 | 2.2% | -4.6% |
| 1969 | 2.1% | -3.5% |
| 1970 | 1.9% | -10.7% |
| 1971 | 2.2% | +16.9% |
| 1972 | 2.1% | -3.8% |
| 1973 | 2.0% | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 1.9% | -6.8% |
| 1975 | 1.6% | -14.0% |
| 1976 | 2.1% | +29.4% |
| 1977 | 2.0% | -1.9% |
| 1978 | 2.1% | +0.6% |
| 1979 | 2.1% | -0.0% |
| 1980 | 1.9% | -10.0% |
| 1981 | 1.7% | -7.3% |
| 1982 | 1.6% | -5.2% |
| 1983 | 1.5% | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 1.4% | -6.6% |
| 1985 | 1.3% | -9.6% |
| 1986 | 1.1% | -16.1% |
| 1987 | 1.0% | -5.9% |
| 1988 | 1.0% | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 0.9% | -15.9% |
| 1990 | 0.8% | -4.6% |
| 1991 | 1.0% | +15.4% |
| 1992 | 1.0% | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 0.9% | -7.9% |
| 1994 | 0.8% | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 0.8% | -3.1% |
| 1996 | 0.8% | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 0.8% | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.7% | -16.4% |
| 1999 | 0.7% | +5.4% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | -38.2% |
| 2001 | 0.6% | +28.4% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | -11.6% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -29.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | -5.6% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | +31.3% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -19.3% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | -8.1% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 0.2% | -51.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | +49.7% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +47.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2% | -37.1% |
| 2014 | 0.2% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 0.2% | -2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.2% | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -38.4% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -52.3% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -25.0% |
| 2020 | -0.1% | -366.7% |
| 2021 | -0.7% | +419.4% |
| 2022 | -0.4% | -42.8% |
| 2023 | -0.5% | +5.8% |
| 2024 | -0.4% | -4.2% |
| 2025 | -0.4% | +1.4% |
| 2026 | -0.4% | -0.0% |
| 2027 | -0.5% | +3.9% |
| 2028 | -0.5% | +0.2% |
| 2029 | -0.5% | +2.4% |
| 2030 | -0.5% | +4.1% |
| 2031 | -0.5% | +4.9% |
| 2032 | -0.5% | +3.1% |
| 2033 | -0.5% | +3.8% |
| 2034 | -0.6% | +6.2% |
| 2035 | -0.6% | +3.4% |
| 2036 | -0.6% | +4.2% |
| 2037 | -0.7% | +5.7% |
| 2038 | -0.7% | +3.2% |
| 2039 | -0.7% | +4.8% |
| 2040 | -0.7% | +4.0% |
| 2041 | -0.8% | +4.4% |
| 2042 | -0.8% | +4.2% |
| 2043 | -0.8% | +3.4% |
| 2044 | -0.9% | +2.7% |
| 2045 | -0.9% | +5.1% |
| 2046 | -0.9% | +1.2% |
| 2047 | -1.0% | +4.6% |
| 2048 | -1.0% | +1.8% |
| 2049 | -1.0% | +4.1% |
| 2050 | -1.0% | +1.9% |
| 2051 | -1.1% | +1.7% |
| 2052 | -1.1% | +2.3% |
| 2053 | -1.1% | +2.8% |
| 2054 | -1.1% | +3.0% |
| 2055 | -1.2% | +2.2% |
| 2056 | -1.2% | +0.9% |
| 2057 | -1.2% | +3.3% |
| 2058 | -1.2% | +1.8% |
| 2059 | -1.3% | +3.1% |
| 2060 | -1.3% | +2.4% |
| 2061 | -1.3% | +2.3% |
| 2062 | -1.4% | +1.6% |
| 2063 | -1.4% | +0.7% |
| 2064 | -1.4% | +1.7% |
| 2065 | -1.4% | +0.9% |
| 2066 | -1.4% | +0.6% |
| 2067 | -1.4% | +1.5% |
| 2068 | -1.4% | +1.0% |
| 2069 | -1.4% | -0.2% |
| 2070 | -1.5% | +0.8% |
| 2071 | -1.5% | +1.2% |
| 2072 | -1.5% | +0.9% |
| 2073 | -1.5% | -0.5% |
| 2074 | -1.5% | +0.4% |
| 2075 | -1.5% | -0.1% |
| 2076 | -1.5% | -1.0% |
| 2077 | -1.5% | -0.0% |
| 2078 | -1.5% | -0.1% |
| 2079 | -1.5% | -1.1% |
| 2080 | -1.4% | -1.5% |
| 2081 | -1.4% | -0.6% |
| 2082 | -1.4% | -1.8% |
| 2083 | -1.4% | -0.9% |
| 2084 | -1.4% | -0.4% |
| 2085 | -1.4% | -2.0% |
| 2086 | -1.3% | -1.7% |
| 2087 | -1.3% | -0.7% |
| 2088 | -1.3% | -0.2% |
| 2089 | -1.3% | -1.4% |
| 2090 | -1.3% | -0.2% |
| 2091 | -1.3% | -2.0% |
| 2092 | -1.3% | -1.0% |
| 2093 | -1.2% | -0.7% |
| 2094 | -1.2% | -0.5% |
| 2095 | -1.2% | -0.7% |
| 2096 | -1.2% | -0.8% |
| 2097 | -1.2% | -0.1% |
| 2098 | -1.2% | -0.6% |
| 2099 | -1.2% | -0.6% |
| 2100 | -1.2% | -0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where World population growth in Taiwan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | +1593.3% | 0.2% | 3.4% |
| 1900 | +438.0% | 0.3% | 1.4% |
| 2021 | -419.4% | -0.1% | -0.7% |
| 2020 | -366.7% | 0.1% | -0.1% |
| 1945 | -92.7% | 2.7% | 0.2% |
| 1800 | -84.1% | 1.6% | 0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1700s | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1.6% | 1 |
| 1800s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 |
| 1900s | 1.3% | 1.3% | 1.4% | 2 |
| 1910s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 2 |
| 1920s | 1.7% | 1.2% | 2.1% | 2 |
| 1930s | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.6% | 2 |
| 1940s | 1.5% | 0.2% | 2.7% | 2 |
| 1950s | 3.7% | 3.4% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 1960s | 3.0% | 2.1% | 3.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.0% | 1.6% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.3% | 0.9% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.4% | -0.7% | -0.1% | 10 |
| 2030s | -0.6% | -0.7% | -0.5% | 10 |
| 2040s | -0.9% | -1.0% | -0.7% | 10 |
| 2050s | -1.1% | -1.3% | -1.0% | 10 |
| 2060s | -1.4% | -1.4% | -1.3% | 10 |
| 2070s | -1.5% | -1.5% | -1.5% | 10 |
| 2080s | -1.4% | -1.4% | -1.3% | 10 |
| 2090s | -1.2% | -1.3% | -1.2% | 10 |
| 2100s | -1.2% | -1.2% | -1.2% | 1 |
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- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -1.57 % change on previous year (2100)
- Population density 282.89 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 301,946 people (2100)
- Population growth rate, by level of development -1.2% (2100)
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, annual growth rate -0.4176 % change on previous year (2025)
- Natural population growth, annual growth rate 2.68 % change on previous year (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is world population growth in Taiwan?
- World population growth in Taiwan was -1.2% in 2100, according to HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest world population growth recorded in Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 4.0% in 1957.
- What is the lowest world population growth recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.5% in 2072.
- How does Taiwan rank for world population growth?
- Taiwan ranks 225th out of 239 countries with data for 2100.
- Is world population growth rising or falling in Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Taiwan data come from?
- The figures come from HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of World population growth. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Average exponential rate of growth of the population over a given period. It is calculated as ln(P2/P1) where P1 and P2 are the populations on subsequent years. Available from 1700 to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.