Population in Kiribati compared to Taiwan: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Kiribati and Taiwan: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Kiribati	Taiwan	Kiribati	Taiwan
1960	47,157	-	-	-
1961	48,323	11,030,385	2.47%	-
1962	49,538	11,392,513	2.51%	3.28%
1963	50,791	11,762,101	2.53%	3.24%
1964	52,088	12,137,143	2.55%	3.19%
1965	53,439	12,511,863	2.59%	3.09%
1966	54,425	12,874,153	1.85%	2.9%
1967	54,996	13,210,344	1.05%	2.61%
1968	55,529	13,548,537	0.97%	2.56%
1969	56,360	14,068,984	1.5%	3.84%
1970	57,510	14,582,944	2.04%	3.65%
1971	58,652	14,913,564	1.99%	2.27%
1972	59,778	15,220,495	1.92%	2.06%
1973	60,824	15,505,121	1.75%	1.87%
1974	61,219	15,784,817	0.65%	1.8%
1975	60,987	16,075,128	-0.38%	1.84%
1976	60,661	16,401,413	-0.53%	2.03%
1977	60,267	16,730,895	-0.65%	2.01%
1978	59,864	17,042,272	-0.67%	1.86%
1979	60,172	17,372,779	0.51%	1.94%
1980	61,148	17,704,538	1.62%	1.91%
1981	62,121	18,029,982	1.59%	1.84%
1982	63,134	18,354,855	1.63%	1.8%
1983	64,169	18,653,146	1.64%	1.63%
1984	65,228	18,929,866	1.65%	1.48%
1985	66,496	19,191,510	1.94%	1.38%
1986	68,059	19,411,454	2.35%	1.15%
1987	69,733	19,617,046	2.46%	1.06%
1988	71,427	19,839,704	2.43%	1.14%
1989	73,147	20,055,492	2.41%	1.09%
1990	74,855	20,278,946	2.34%	1.11%
1991	76,367	20,503,568	2.02%	1.11%
1992	77,641	20,704,227	1.67%	0.98%
1993	78,841	20,899,019	1.55%	0.94%
1994	80,021	21,086,645	1.5%	0.9%
1995	81,234	21,267,653	1.52%	0.86%
1996	82,623	21,441,432	1.71%	0.82%
1997	84,147	21,634,124	1.84%	0.9%
1998	85,657	21,835,703	1.79%	0.93%
1999	87,126	22,010,489	1.71%	0.8%
2000	88,613	22,184,530	1.71%	0.79%
2001	90,335	22,341,120	1.94%	0.71%
2002	92,264	22,463,172	2.14%	0.55%
2003	94,175	22,562,663	2.07%	0.44%
2004	96,085	22,646,836	2.03%	0.37%
2005	98,035	22,729,753	2.03%	0.37%
2006	100,017	22,823,455	2.02%	0.41%
2007	102,068	22,917,444	2.05%	0.41%
2008	104,222	22,997,696	2.11%	0.35%
2009	106,467	23,078,402	2.15%	0.35%
2010	108,704	23,140,948	2.1%	0.27%
2011	110,647	23,193,518	1.79%	0.23%
2012	112,284	23,270,367	1.48%	0.33%
2013	113,838	23,344,670	1.38%	0.32%
2014	115,326	23,403,635	1.31%	0.25%
2015	116,815	23,462,914	1.29%	0.25%
2016	118,478	23,515,945	1.42%	0.23%
2017	120,275	23,555,522	1.52%	0.17%
2018	122,084	23,580,080	1.5%	0.1%
2019	123,921	23,596,027	1.5%	0.07%
2020	126,099	23,582,179	1.76%	-0.06%
2021	128,377	23,468,275	1.81%	-0.48%
2022	130,469	23,319,977	1.63%	-0.63%
2023	132,530	23,342,541	1.58%	0.1%
2024	134,518	23,410,331	1.5%	0.29%
2025	136,501	23,308,308	1.47%	-0.44%
2026	138,451	23,205,944	1.43%	-0.44%
2027	140,405	23,102,120	1.41%	-0.45%
2028	142,335	22,996,693	1.37%	-0.46%
2029	144,231	22,890,335	1.33%	-0.46%
2030	146,130	22,781,040	1.32%	-0.48%
2031	148,028	22,667,327	1.3%	-0.5%
2032	149,915	22,549,689	1.27%	-0.52%
2033	151,768	22,428,721	1.24%	-0.54%
2034	153,602	22,302,402	1.21%	-0.56%
2035	155,447	22,170,689	1.2%	-0.59%
2036	157,316	22,034,775	1.2%	-0.61%
2037	159,188	21,893,029	1.19%	-0.64%
2038	161,050	21,746,001	1.17%	-0.67%
2039	162,895	21,594,236	1.15%	-0.7%
2040	164,711	21,436,947	1.11%	-0.73%
2041	166,508	21,274,187	1.09%	-0.76%
2042	168,325	21,105,682	1.09%	-0.79%
2043	170,182	20,932,105	1.1%	-0.82%
2044	172,012	20,754,623	1.08%	-0.85%
2045	173,818	20,571,741	1.05%	-0.88%
2046	175,629	20,384,903	1.04%	-0.91%
2047	177,392	20,194,425	1%	-0.93%
2048	179,152	19,999,753	0.99%	-0.96%
2049	180,915	19,801,293	0.98%	-0.99%
2050	182,629	19,598,997	0.95%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Kiribati increased by 18,780 people (a 19.2% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Kiribati gained 21,252 (a 18.2% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

Kiribati was ranked 183rd most populous country in 2005 and is 180th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Kiribati's population will grow by 32.3% to 182,629 people with a rank change from 180th to 178th. The population of Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.