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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Taiwan	Thailand	Taiwan	Thailand
1960	-	26,851,747	-	-
1961	11,030,385	27,650,334	-	2.97%
1962	11,392,513	28,481,040	3.28%	3%
1963	11,762,101	29,342,322	3.24%	3.02%
1964	12,137,143	30,232,141	3.19%	3.03%
1965	12,511,863	31,149,337	3.09%	3.03%
1966	12,874,153	32,086,071	2.9%	3.01%
1967	13,210,344	33,037,801	2.61%	2.97%
1968	13,548,537	34,002,560	2.56%	2.92%
1969	14,068,984	34,973,782	3.84%	2.86%
1970	14,582,944	35,954,408	3.65%	2.8%
1971	14,913,564	36,937,387	2.27%	2.73%
1972	15,220,495	37,933,929	2.06%	2.7%
1973	15,505,121	38,947,787	1.87%	2.67%
1974	15,784,817	39,952,891	1.8%	2.58%
1975	16,075,128	40,940,005	1.84%	2.47%
1976	16,401,413	41,896,504	2.03%	2.34%
1977	16,730,895	42,843,974	2.01%	2.26%
1978	17,042,272	43,788,976	1.86%	2.21%
1979	17,372,779	44,718,434	1.94%	2.12%
1980	17,704,538	45,650,022	1.91%	2.08%
1981	18,029,982	46,575,855	1.84%	2.03%
1982	18,354,855	47,494,577	1.8%	1.97%
1983	18,653,146	48,423,309	1.63%	1.96%
1984	18,929,866	49,351,708	1.48%	1.92%
1985	19,191,510	50,270,753	1.38%	1.86%
1986	19,411,454	51,177,834	1.15%	1.8%
1987	19,617,046	52,074,105	1.06%	1.75%
1988	19,839,704	52,969,595	1.14%	1.72%
1989	20,055,492	53,848,956	1.09%	1.66%
1990	20,278,946	54,738,329	1.11%	1.65%
1991	20,503,568	55,637,434	1.11%	1.64%
1992	20,704,227	56,528,834	0.98%	1.6%
1993	20,899,019	57,408,198	0.94%	1.56%
1994	21,086,645	58,260,854	0.9%	1.49%
1995	21,267,653	59,098,232	0.86%	1.44%
1996	21,441,432	59,920,064	0.82%	1.39%
1997	21,634,124	60,724,584	0.9%	1.34%
1998	21,835,703	61,522,630	0.93%	1.31%
1999	22,010,489	62,299,043	0.8%	1.26%
2000	22,184,530	63,007,815	0.79%	1.14%
2001	22,341,120	63,651,141	0.71%	1.02%
2002	22,463,172	64,266,437	0.55%	0.97%
2003	22,562,663	64,868,166	0.44%	0.94%
2004	22,646,836	65,452,047	0.37%	0.9%
2005	22,729,753	66,017,420	0.37%	0.86%
2006	22,823,455	66,567,687	0.41%	0.83%
2007	22,917,444	67,102,394	0.41%	0.8%
2008	22,997,696	67,619,830	0.35%	0.77%
2009	23,078,402	68,121,080	0.35%	0.74%
2010	23,140,948	68,579,447	0.27%	0.67%
2011	23,193,518	69,007,208	0.23%	0.62%
2012	23,270,367	69,436,098	0.33%	0.62%
2013	23,344,670	69,845,114	0.32%	0.59%
2014	23,403,635	70,216,367	0.25%	0.53%
2015	23,462,914	70,540,795	0.25%	0.46%
2016	23,515,945	70,859,841	0.23%	0.45%
2017	23,555,522	71,160,187	0.17%	0.42%
2018	23,580,080	71,376,079	0.1%	0.3%
2019	23,596,027	71,522,271	0.07%	0.2%
2020	23,582,179	71,641,484	-0.06%	0.17%
2021	23,468,275	71,727,332	-0.48%	0.12%
2022	23,319,977	71,735,329	-0.63%	0.01%
2023	23,342,541	71,702,435	0.1%	-0.05%
2024	23,410,331	71,668,011	0.29%	-0.05%
2025	23,308,308	71,619,867	-0.44%	-0.07%
2026	23,205,944	71,559,621	-0.44%	-0.08%
2027	23,102,120	71,488,156	-0.45%	-0.1%
2028	22,996,693	71,406,996	-0.46%	-0.11%
2029	22,890,335	71,316,195	-0.46%	-0.13%
2030	22,781,040	71,215,017	-0.48%	-0.14%
2031	22,667,327	71,104,025	-0.5%	-0.16%
2032	22,549,689	70,982,286	-0.52%	-0.17%
2033	22,428,721	70,847,947	-0.54%	-0.19%
2034	22,302,402	70,701,651	-0.56%	-0.21%
2035	22,170,689	70,540,884	-0.59%	-0.23%
2036	22,034,775	70,366,496	-0.61%	-0.25%
2037	21,893,029	70,180,031	-0.64%	-0.26%
2038	21,746,001	69,979,034	-0.67%	-0.29%
2039	21,594,236	69,763,928	-0.7%	-0.31%
2040	21,436,947	69,535,003	-0.73%	-0.33%
2041	21,274,187	69,288,477	-0.76%	-0.35%
2042	21,105,682	69,025,348	-0.79%	-0.38%
2043	20,932,105	68,748,075	-0.82%	-0.4%
2044	20,754,623	68,456,533	-0.85%	-0.42%
2045	20,571,741	68,150,148	-0.88%	-0.45%
2046	20,384,903	67,827,309	-0.91%	-0.47%
2047	20,194,425	67,489,358	-0.93%	-0.5%
2048	19,999,753	67,136,737	-0.96%	-0.52%
2049	19,801,293	66,767,316	-0.99%	-0.55%
2050	19,598,997	66,382,732	-1.02%	-0.58%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Taiwan increased by 692,490 people (a 3.03% growth), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Taiwan lost -310,001 (a 1.32% decline), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).

Taiwan was ranked 49th most populous country in 2006 and is 60th in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Taiwan's population will shrink by 15.5% to 19,598,997 people with a rank change from 60th to 76th. The population of Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.