The latest officially reported population of Taiwan was 23,410,331 in 2024 vs 10,986,400 people in the United Arab Emirates in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Taiwan's population is 23,205,944 people compared to 11,533,895 in the United Arab Emirates.
Population statistics:
- Taiwan's population is 2.01 times bigger than the United Arab Emirates'.
- Taiwan is ranked the 60th most populous country in the world, while the United Arab Emirates is the 86th.
- The countries together account for 0.42% of the world: 0.28% for Taiwan vs 0.14% for the United Arab Emirates.
- For the last 10 years, Taiwan has had an average growth rate of +0.03% per year vs +3.31% in the United Arab Emirates.
- Since 2006, the population of Taiwan has increased from 22.8M people to 23.2M (1.68% growth), while the United Arab Emirates has grown from 5.01M to 11.5M (130.3% growth).
- The United Arab Emirates is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 26M 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 United Arab Emirates: live population counter
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| Current population |
23205944
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11533895
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| Population rank | 60/197 | 86/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.28% | 0.14% |
| One net population change |
7.75 minutes
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1.05 minutes
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| One birth every |
3.9 minutes
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5.13 minutes
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| One death every |
2.6 minutes
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53.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
11.2 minutes
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1.89 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +47,029 | +278,439 |
| Daily growth/decline | +186 | +1,377 |
| Annual growth/decline | +67,790 | +502,649 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.29% | +4.79% |
| Population growth rate rank | 151/197 | 3/197 |
Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | - | 131,334 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,030,385 | 137,989 | - | 5.07% |
| 1962 | 11,392,513 | 144,946 | 3.28% | 5.04% |
| 1963 | 11,762,101 | 152,211 | 3.24% | 5.01% |
| 1964 | 12,137,143 | 159,692 | 3.19% | 4.91% |
| 1965 | 12,511,863 | 167,103 | 3.09% | 4.64% |
| 1966 | 12,874,153 | 173,976 | 2.9% | 4.11% |
| 1967 | 13,210,344 | 179,700 | 2.61% | 3.29% |
| 1968 | 13,548,537 | 199,416 | 2.56% | 11% |
| 1969 | 14,068,984 | 239,660 | 3.84% | 20.2% |
| 1970 | 14,582,944 | 286,536 | 3.65% | 19.6% |
| 1971 | 14,913,564 | 335,027 | 2.27% | 16.9% |
| 1972 | 15,220,495 | 385,014 | 2.06% | 14.9% |
| 1973 | 15,505,121 | 436,399 | 1.87% | 13.3% |
| 1974 | 15,784,817 | 489,087 | 1.8% | 12.1% |
| 1975 | 16,075,128 | 542,856 | 1.84% | 11% |
| 1976 | 16,401,413 | 615,866 | 2.03% | 13.4% |
| 1977 | 16,730,895 | 710,209 | 2.01% | 15.3% |
| 1978 | 17,042,272 | 809,274 | 1.86% | 13.9% |
| 1979 | 17,372,779 | 912,010 | 1.94% | 12.7% |
| 1980 | 17,704,538 | 1,015,700 | 1.91% | 11.4% |
| 1981 | 18,029,982 | 1,099,855 | 1.84% | 8.29% |
| 1982 | 18,354,855 | 1,166,370 | 1.8% | 6.05% |
| 1983 | 18,653,146 | 1,235,305 | 1.63% | 5.91% |
| 1984 | 18,929,866 | 1,305,996 | 1.48% | 5.72% |
| 1985 | 19,191,510 | 1,377,911 | 1.38% | 5.51% |
| 1986 | 19,411,454 | 1,467,383 | 1.15% | 6.49% |
| 1987 | 19,617,046 | 1,574,244 | 1.06% | 7.28% |
| 1988 | 19,839,704 | 1,681,788 | 1.14% | 6.83% |
| 1989 | 20,055,492 | 1,789,851 | 1.09% | 6.43% |
| 1990 | 20,278,946 | 1,898,220 | 1.11% | 6.05% |
| 1991 | 20,503,568 | 2,006,626 | 1.11% | 5.71% |
| 1992 | 20,704,227 | 2,114,730 | 0.98% | 5.39% |
| 1993 | 20,899,019 | 2,222,093 | 0.94% | 5.08% |
| 1994 | 21,086,645 | 2,328,188 | 0.9% | 4.77% |
| 1995 | 21,267,653 | 2,434,662 | 0.86% | 4.57% |
| 1996 | 21,441,432 | 2,597,564 | 0.82% | 6.69% |
| 1997 | 21,634,124 | 2,817,410 | 0.9% | 8.46% |
| 1998 | 21,835,703 | 3,040,421 | 0.93% | 7.92% |
| 1999 | 22,010,489 | 3,266,009 | 0.8% | 7.42% |
| 2000 | 22,184,530 | 3,493,575 | 0.79% | 6.97% |
| 2001 | 22,341,120 | 3,723,590 | 0.71% | 6.58% |
| 2002 | 22,463,172 | 3,956,826 | 0.55% | 6.26% |
| 2003 | 22,562,663 | 4,192,457 | 0.44% | 5.96% |
| 2004 | 22,646,836 | 4,428,967 | 0.37% | 5.64% |
| 2005 | 22,729,753 | 4,664,790 | 0.37% | 5.32% |
| 2006 | 22,823,455 | 5,009,100 | 0.41% | 7.38% |
| 2007 | 22,917,444 | 5,624,635 | 0.41% | 12.3% |
| 2008 | 22,997,696 | 6,302,664 | 0.35% | 12.1% |
| 2009 | 23,078,402 | 6,707,058 | 0.35% | 6.42% |
| 2010 | 23,140,948 | 6,869,838 | 0.27% | 2.43% |
| 2011 | 23,193,518 | 7,104,538 | 0.23% | 3.42% |
| 2012 | 23,270,367 | 7,391,448 | 0.33% | 4.04% |
| 2013 | 23,344,670 | 7,693,031 | 0.32% | 4.08% |
| 2014 | 23,403,635 | 8,059,440 | 0.25% | 4.76% |
| 2015 | 23,462,914 | 8,505,237 | 0.25% | 5.53% |
| 2016 | 23,515,945 | 8,935,095 | 0.23% | 5.05% |
| 2017 | 23,555,522 | 9,223,225 | 0.17% | 3.22% |
| 2018 | 23,580,080 | 9,346,701 | 0.1% | 1.34% |
| 2019 | 23,596,027 | 9,445,785 | 0.07% | 1.06% |
| 2020 | 23,582,179 | 9,401,038 | -0.06% | -0.47% |
| 2021 | 23,468,275 | 9,575,152 | -0.48% | 1.85% |
| 2022 | 23,319,977 | 10,074,977 | -0.63% | 5.22% |
| 2023 | 23,342,541 | 10,483,751 | 0.1% | 4.06% |
| 2024 | 23,410,331 | 10,986,400 | 0.29% | 4.79% |
| 2025 | 23,308,308 | 11,304,093 | -0.44% | 2.89% |
| 2026 | 23,205,944 | 11,531,926 | -0.44% | 2.02% |
| 2027 | 23,102,120 | 11,712,175 | -0.45% | 1.56% |
| 2028 | 22,996,693 | 11,868,257 | -0.46% | 1.33% |
| 2029 | 22,890,335 | 12,010,111 | -0.46% | 1.2% |
| 2030 | 22,781,040 | 12,145,577 | -0.48% | 1.13% |
| 2031 | 22,667,327 | 12,281,573 | -0.5% | 1.12% |
| 2032 | 22,549,689 | 12,421,758 | -0.52% | 1.14% |
| 2033 | 22,428,721 | 12,565,679 | -0.54% | 1.16% |
| 2034 | 22,302,402 | 12,712,942 | -0.56% | 1.17% |
| 2035 | 22,170,689 | 12,863,015 | -0.59% | 1.18% |
| 2036 | 22,034,775 | 13,015,458 | -0.61% | 1.19% |
| 2037 | 21,893,029 | 13,169,969 | -0.64% | 1.19% |
| 2038 | 21,746,001 | 13,326,337 | -0.67% | 1.19% |
| 2039 | 21,594,236 | 13,484,193 | -0.7% | 1.18% |
| 2040 | 21,436,947 | 13,643,197 | -0.73% | 1.18% |
| 2041 | 21,274,187 | 13,803,349 | -0.76% | 1.17% |
| 2042 | 21,105,682 | 13,964,553 | -0.79% | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 20,932,105 | 14,126,724 | -0.82% | 1.16% |
| 2044 | 20,754,623 | 14,289,828 | -0.85% | 1.15% |
| 2045 | 20,571,741 | 14,453,775 | -0.88% | 1.15% |
| 2046 | 20,384,903 | 14,619,554 | -0.91% | 1.15% |
| 2047 | 20,194,425 | 14,788,991 | -0.93% | 1.16% |
| 2048 | 19,999,753 | 14,961,419 | -0.96% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 19,801,293 | 15,135,496 | -0.99% | 1.16% |
| 2050 | 19,598,997 | 15,310,628 | -1.02% | 1.16% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Taiwan increased by 692,490 people (a 3.03% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,925,995 people (a 78.4% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Taiwan lost -310,001 (a 1.32% decline), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,598,800 (a 29.1% growth).
Taiwan was ranked 49th most populous country in 2006 and is 60th in 2026. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 114th in 2006 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 32.7% to 15,310,628 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| New Taipei | 4.04M |
| Taichung | 3.03M |
| Kaohsiung | 2.73M |
| Taipei | 2.6M |
| Taoyuan | 2.33M |
| Tainan | 1.87M |
| Hsinchu | 499K |
| Keelung | 367K |
| Chiayi | 252K |
| Changhua | 225K |
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| City | Population |
| Dubai | 3.94M |
| Abu Dhabi | 1.57M |
| Sharjah | 1.25M |
| Al Ain | 767K |
| Ajman | 490K |
| Fujairah | 119K |
| Ras al-Khaimah | 116K |
| Umm al-Quwain | 44.4K |
| Madinat Zayed | 29.1K |
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Population differences between Taiwan and the United Arab Emirates
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| Life expectancy | 81.1 years | 83.4 years |
| Average age | 44.1 years | 32.1 years |
| Median age | 45.1 years | 32.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 63.9:36.1 |
| Fertility rate | 0.89 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,675 ppl/mi² | 401 ppl/mi² |
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