The latest officially reported population of Taiwan was 23,410,331 in 2024 vs 9,646 people in Tuvalu in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Taiwan's population is 23,308,308 people compared to 9,493 in Tuvalu.
Population statistics:
- Taiwan's population is 2,455 times bigger than Tuvalu's.
- Taiwan is ranked the 60th most populous country in the world, while Tuvalu is the 196th.
- The countries together account for 0.28% of the world: 0.28% for Taiwan vs 0.0001% for Tuvalu.
- For the last 10 years, Taiwan has had an average growth rate of +0.03% per year vs -1.19% in Tuvalu.
- Since 2005, the population of Taiwan has increased from 22.7M people to 23.3M (2.55% growth), while Tuvalu has declined from 9.94K to 9.49K (4.5% decline).
- Tuvalu is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 12.3K people, while Taiwan's population already peaked in 2019 at 23.6M people and is projected to decrease to 10.1M people by 2100.
Taiwan vs Tuvalu: live population counter
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| Current population |
23308308
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9493
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| Population rank | 60/197 | 196/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.28% | 0.0001% |
| One net population change |
7.75 minutes
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2.15 days
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| One birth every |
3.9 minutes
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1.62 days
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| One death every |
2.6 minutes
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4.1 days
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| One migration net change every |
11.2 minutes
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1.3 days
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| Annual migration change | +47,029 | -280 |
| Daily growth/decline | +186 | +0 |
| Annual growth/decline | +67,790 | -170 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.29% | -1.73% |
| Population growth rate rank | 150/197 | 194/197 |
Taiwan and Tuvalu: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | - | 5,598 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,030,385 | 5,648 | - | 0.89% |
| 1962 | 11,392,513 | 5,699 | 3.28% | 0.9% |
| 1963 | 11,762,101 | 5,751 | 3.24% | 0.91% |
| 1964 | 12,137,143 | 5,752 | 3.19% | 0.02% |
| 1965 | 12,511,863 | 5,715 | 3.09% | -0.64% |
| 1966 | 12,874,153 | 5,686 | 2.9% | -0.51% |
| 1967 | 13,210,344 | 5,652 | 2.61% | -0.6% |
| 1968 | 13,548,537 | 5,624 | 2.56% | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 14,068,984 | 5,631 | 3.84% | 0.12% |
| 1970 | 14,582,944 | 5,663 | 3.65% | 0.57% |
| 1971 | 14,913,564 | 5,685 | 2.27% | 0.39% |
| 1972 | 15,220,495 | 5,692 | 2.06% | 0.12% |
| 1973 | 15,505,121 | 5,681 | 1.87% | -0.19% |
| 1974 | 15,784,817 | 5,822 | 1.8% | 2.48% |
| 1975 | 16,075,128 | 6,117 | 1.84% | 5.07% |
| 1976 | 16,401,413 | 6,404 | 2.03% | 4.69% |
| 1977 | 16,730,895 | 6,686 | 2.01% | 4.4% |
| 1978 | 17,042,272 | 6,957 | 1.86% | 4.05% |
| 1979 | 17,372,779 | 7,184 | 1.94% | 3.26% |
| 1980 | 17,704,538 | 7,366 | 1.91% | 2.53% |
| 1981 | 18,029,982 | 7,526 | 1.84% | 2.17% |
| 1982 | 18,354,855 | 7,664 | 1.8% | 1.83% |
| 1983 | 18,653,146 | 7,789 | 1.63% | 1.63% |
| 1984 | 18,929,866 | 7,902 | 1.48% | 1.45% |
| 1985 | 19,191,510 | 8,046 | 1.38% | 1.82% |
| 1986 | 19,411,454 | 8,217 | 1.15% | 2.13% |
| 1987 | 19,617,046 | 8,371 | 1.06% | 1.87% |
| 1988 | 19,839,704 | 8,518 | 1.14% | 1.76% |
| 1989 | 20,055,492 | 8,662 | 1.09% | 1.69% |
| 1990 | 20,278,946 | 8,798 | 1.11% | 1.57% |
| 1991 | 20,503,568 | 8,928 | 1.11% | 1.48% |
| 1992 | 20,704,227 | 9,038 | 0.98% | 1.23% |
| 1993 | 20,899,019 | 9,126 | 0.94% | 0.97% |
| 1994 | 21,086,645 | 9,207 | 0.9% | 0.89% |
| 1995 | 21,267,653 | 9,280 | 0.86% | 0.79% |
| 1996 | 21,441,432 | 9,342 | 0.82% | 0.67% |
| 1997 | 21,634,124 | 9,400 | 0.9% | 0.62% |
| 1998 | 21,835,703 | 9,451 | 0.93% | 0.54% |
| 1999 | 22,010,489 | 9,496 | 0.8% | 0.48% |
| 2000 | 22,184,530 | 9,544 | 0.79% | 0.51% |
| 2001 | 22,341,120 | 9,586 | 0.71% | 0.44% |
| 2002 | 22,463,172 | 9,623 | 0.55% | 0.39% |
| 2003 | 22,562,663 | 9,695 | 0.44% | 0.75% |
| 2004 | 22,646,836 | 9,816 | 0.37% | 1.25% |
| 2005 | 22,729,753 | 9,940 | 0.37% | 1.26% |
| 2006 | 22,823,455 | 10,056 | 0.41% | 1.17% |
| 2007 | 22,917,444 | 10,182 | 0.41% | 1.25% |
| 2008 | 22,997,696 | 10,321 | 0.35% | 1.37% |
| 2009 | 23,078,402 | 10,461 | 0.35% | 1.36% |
| 2010 | 23,140,948 | 10,614 | 0.27% | 1.46% |
| 2011 | 23,193,518 | 10,780 | 0.23% | 1.56% |
| 2012 | 23,270,367 | 10,934 | 0.33% | 1.43% |
| 2013 | 23,344,670 | 11,001 | 0.32% | 0.61% |
| 2014 | 23,403,635 | 10,984 | 0.25% | -0.15% |
| 2015 | 23,462,914 | 10,963 | 0.25% | -0.19% |
| 2016 | 23,515,945 | 10,930 | 0.23% | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 23,555,522 | 10,869 | 0.17% | -0.56% |
| 2018 | 23,580,080 | 10,751 | 0.1% | -1.09% |
| 2019 | 23,596,027 | 10,581 | 0.07% | -1.58% |
| 2020 | 23,582,179 | 10,399 | -0.06% | -1.72% |
| 2021 | 23,468,275 | 10,194 | -0.48% | -1.97% |
| 2022 | 23,319,977 | 9,992 | -0.63% | -1.98% |
| 2023 | 23,342,541 | 9,816 | 0.1% | -1.76% |
| 2024 | 23,410,331 | 9,646 | 0.29% | -1.73% |
| 2025 | 23,308,308 | 9,493 | -0.44% | -1.58% |
| 2026 | 23,205,944 | 9,363 | -0.44% | -1.37% |
| 2027 | 23,102,120 | 9,255 | -0.45% | -1.15% |
| 2028 | 22,996,693 | 9,175 | -0.46% | -0.87% |
| 2029 | 22,890,335 | 9,102 | -0.46% | -0.79% |
| 2030 | 22,781,040 | 9,047 | -0.48% | -0.6% |
| 2031 | 22,667,327 | 9,011 | -0.5% | -0.4% |
| 2032 | 22,549,689 | 8,984 | -0.52% | -0.3% |
| 2033 | 22,428,721 | 8,975 | -0.54% | -0.1% |
| 2034 | 22,302,402 | 8,970 | -0.56% | -0.06% |
| 2035 | 22,170,689 | 8,977 | -0.59% | 0.08% |
| 2036 | 22,034,775 | 8,995 | -0.61% | 0.2% |
| 2037 | 21,893,029 | 9,017 | -0.64% | 0.24% |
| 2038 | 21,746,001 | 9,051 | -0.67% | 0.38% |
| 2039 | 21,594,236 | 9,095 | -0.7% | 0.48% |
| 2040 | 21,436,947 | 9,143 | -0.73% | 0.53% |
| 2041 | 21,274,187 | 9,191 | -0.76% | 0.52% |
| 2042 | 21,105,682 | 9,245 | -0.79% | 0.6% |
| 2043 | 20,932,105 | 9,308 | -0.82% | 0.68% |
| 2044 | 20,754,623 | 9,375 | -0.85% | 0.72% |
| 2045 | 20,571,741 | 9,435 | -0.88% | 0.64% |
| 2046 | 20,384,903 | 9,502 | -0.91% | 0.71% |
| 2047 | 20,194,425 | 9,571 | -0.93% | 0.72% |
| 2048 | 19,999,753 | 9,644 | -0.96% | 0.76% |
| 2049 | 19,801,293 | 9,712 | -0.99% | 0.71% |
| 2050 | 19,598,997 | 9,778 | -1.02% | 0.68% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Taiwan increased by 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth), while Tuvalu gained 1,023 people (a 10.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Taiwan lost -154,606 (a 0.66% decline), while Tuvalu's population decreased by -1,470 (a 13.4% decline).
Taiwan was ranked 48th most populous country in 2005 and is 60th in 2025. Tuvalu was ranked 196th in 2005 and still ranked 196th 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 Tuvalu will increase by 3% to 9,778 people and will still be ranked 196th.
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Population differences between Taiwan and Tuvalu
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| Life expectancy | 80.9 years | 67.4 years |
| Average age | 44.1 years | 29.5 years |
| Median age | 45.1 years | 25.3 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 51.2:48.8 |
| Fertility rate | 0.89 births per woman | 3.21 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,675 ppl/mi² | 833 ppl/mi² |
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