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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Taiwan	Tonga	Taiwan	Tonga
1960	-	66,170	-	-
1961	11,030,385	68,037	-	2.82%
1962	11,392,513	69,940	3.28%	2.8%
1963	11,762,101	71,885	3.24%	2.78%
1964	12,137,143	73,879	3.19%	2.77%
1965	12,511,863	75,924	3.09%	2.77%
1966	12,874,153	78,002	2.9%	2.74%
1967	13,210,344	79,814	2.61%	2.32%
1968	13,548,537	81,353	2.56%	1.93%
1969	14,068,984	82,885	3.84%	1.88%
1970	14,582,944	84,401	3.65%	1.83%
1971	14,913,564	85,896	2.27%	1.77%
1972	15,220,495	87,356	2.06%	1.7%
1973	15,505,121	88,805	1.87%	1.66%
1974	15,784,817	90,683	1.8%	2.11%
1975	16,075,128	93,017	1.84%	2.57%
1976	16,401,413	95,325	2.03%	2.48%
1977	16,730,895	96,725	2.01%	1.47%
1978	17,042,272	97,204	1.86%	0.5%
1979	17,372,779	97,544	1.94%	0.35%
1980	17,704,538	97,769	1.91%	0.23%
1981	18,029,982	97,909	1.84%	0.14%
1982	18,354,855	97,980	1.8%	0.07%
1983	18,653,146	97,998	1.63%	0.02%
1984	18,929,866	97,990	1.48%	-0.008%
1985	19,191,510	97,984	1.38%	-0.006%
1986	19,411,454	98,010	1.15%	0.03%
1987	19,617,046	98,376	1.06%	0.37%
1988	19,839,704	98,969	1.14%	0.6%
1989	20,055,492	99,403	1.09%	0.44%
1990	20,278,946	99,700	1.11%	0.3%
1991	20,503,568	99,895	1.11%	0.2%
1992	20,704,227	100,022	0.98%	0.13%
1993	20,899,019	100,103	0.94%	0.08%
1994	21,086,645	100,166	0.9%	0.06%
1995	21,267,653	100,225	0.86%	0.06%
1996	21,441,432	100,275	0.82%	0.05%
1997	21,634,124	100,674	0.9%	0.4%
1998	21,835,703	101,388	0.93%	0.71%
1999	22,010,489	102,046	0.8%	0.65%
2000	22,184,530	102,677	0.79%	0.62%
2001	22,341,120	103,288	0.71%	0.6%
2002	22,463,172	103,874	0.55%	0.57%
2003	22,562,663	104,464	0.44%	0.57%
2004	22,646,836	105,071	0.37%	0.58%
2005	22,729,753	105,671	0.37%	0.57%
2006	22,823,455	106,253	0.41%	0.55%
2007	22,917,444	106,726	0.41%	0.45%
2008	22,997,696	107,020	0.35%	0.28%
2009	23,078,402	107,203	0.35%	0.17%
2010	23,140,948	107,400	0.27%	0.18%
2011	23,193,518	107,570	0.23%	0.16%
2012	23,270,367	107,460	0.33%	-0.1%
2013	23,344,670	107,078	0.32%	-0.36%
2014	23,403,635	106,609	0.25%	-0.44%
2015	23,462,914	106,095	0.25%	-0.48%
2016	23,515,945	105,524	0.23%	-0.54%
2017	23,555,522	105,356	0.17%	-0.16%
2018	23,580,080	105,567	0.1%	0.2%
2019	23,596,027	105,669	0.07%	0.1%
2020	23,582,179	105,704	-0.06%	0.03%
2021	23,468,275	105,490	-0.48%	-0.2%
2022	23,319,977	105,042	-0.63%	-0.42%
2023	23,342,541	104,597	0.1%	-0.42%
2024	23,410,331	104,175	0.29%	-0.4%
2025	23,308,308	103,744	-0.44%	-0.41%
2026	23,205,944	103,290	-0.44%	-0.44%
2027	23,102,120	102,899	-0.45%	-0.38%
2028	22,996,693	102,568	-0.46%	-0.32%
2029	22,890,335	102,280	-0.46%	-0.28%
2030	22,781,040	102,069	-0.48%	-0.21%
2031	22,667,327	101,927	-0.5%	-0.14%
2032	22,549,689	101,837	-0.52%	-0.09%
2033	22,428,721	101,807	-0.54%	-0.03%
2034	22,302,402	101,806	-0.56%	-0.001%
2035	22,170,689	101,833	-0.59%	0.03%
2036	22,034,775	101,895	-0.61%	0.06%
2037	21,893,029	101,993	-0.64%	0.1%
2038	21,746,001	102,173	-0.67%	0.18%
2039	21,594,236	102,367	-0.7%	0.19%
2040	21,436,947	102,568	-0.73%	0.2%
2041	21,274,187	102,805	-0.76%	0.23%
2042	21,105,682	103,038	-0.79%	0.23%
2043	20,932,105	103,306	-0.82%	0.26%
2044	20,754,623	103,612	-0.85%	0.3%
2045	20,571,741	103,928	-0.88%	0.3%
2046	20,384,903	104,232	-0.91%	0.29%
2047	20,194,425	104,502	-0.93%	0.26%
2048	19,999,753	104,744	-0.96%	0.23%
2049	19,801,293	104,975	-0.99%	0.22%
2050	19,598,997	105,193	-1.02%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Taiwan increased by 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Taiwan lost -154,606 (a 0.66% decline), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Taiwan was ranked 48th most populous country in 2005 and is 60th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Taiwan's population will shrink by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people with a rank change from 60th to 76th. The population of Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.