The latest officially reported population of Taiwan was 23,410,331 in 2024 vs 3,386,588 people in Uruguay in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Taiwan's population is 23,308,308 people compared to 3,384,690 in Uruguay.
Population statistics:
- Taiwan's population is 6.89 times bigger than Uruguay's.
- Taiwan is ranked the 60th most populous country in the world, while Uruguay is the 133rd.
- The countries together account for 0.32% of the world: 0.28% for Taiwan vs 0.04% for Uruguay.
- For the last 10 years, Taiwan has had an average growth rate of +0.03% per year vs +0.11% in Uruguay.
- Since 2005, the population of Taiwan has increased from 22.7M people to 23.3M (2.55% growth), while Uruguay has grown from 3.29M to 3.38M (3.01% growth).
- Both countries are in a period of decline and in 50 years are projected to lose 39.5% of the population in Taiwan and 16.5% in Uruguay.
Taiwan vs Uruguay: live population counter
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| Current population |
23308308
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3384690
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| Population rank | 60/197 | 133/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.28% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
7.75 minutes
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5.87 hours
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| One birth every |
3.9 minutes
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15.7 minutes
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| One death every |
2.6 minutes
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15.9 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
11.2 minutes
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6.5 hours
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| Annual migration change | +47,029 | -1,348 |
| Daily growth/decline | +186 | -4 |
| Annual growth/decline | +67,790 | -1,493 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.29% | -0.04% |
| Population growth rate rank | 150/197 | 169/197 |
Taiwan and Uruguay: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | - | 2,529,957 | - | - |
| 1961 | 11,030,385 | 2,562,044 | - | 1.27% |
| 1962 | 11,392,513 | 2,593,298 | 3.28% | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 11,762,101 | 2,623,766 | 3.24% | 1.17% |
| 1964 | 12,137,143 | 2,653,180 | 3.19% | 1.12% |
| 1965 | 12,511,863 | 2,681,169 | 3.09% | 1.05% |
| 1966 | 12,874,153 | 2,707,646 | 2.9% | 0.99% |
| 1967 | 13,210,344 | 2,732,277 | 2.61% | 0.91% |
| 1968 | 13,548,537 | 2,754,606 | 2.56% | 0.82% |
| 1969 | 14,068,984 | 2,773,974 | 3.84% | 0.7% |
| 1970 | 14,582,944 | 2,790,807 | 3.65% | 0.61% |
| 1971 | 14,913,564 | 2,806,462 | 2.27% | 0.56% |
| 1972 | 15,220,495 | 2,821,644 | 2.06% | 0.54% |
| 1973 | 15,505,121 | 2,837,133 | 1.87% | 0.55% |
| 1974 | 15,784,817 | 2,853,944 | 1.8% | 0.59% |
| 1975 | 16,075,128 | 2,872,320 | 1.84% | 0.64% |
| 1976 | 16,401,413 | 2,891,392 | 2.03% | 0.66% |
| 1977 | 16,730,895 | 2,909,461 | 2.01% | 0.62% |
| 1978 | 17,042,272 | 2,925,715 | 1.86% | 0.56% |
| 1979 | 17,372,779 | 2,939,903 | 1.94% | 0.48% |
| 1980 | 17,704,538 | 2,951,953 | 1.91% | 0.41% |
| 1981 | 18,029,982 | 2,963,246 | 1.84% | 0.38% |
| 1982 | 18,354,855 | 2,975,492 | 1.8% | 0.41% |
| 1983 | 18,653,146 | 2,988,778 | 1.63% | 0.45% |
| 1984 | 18,929,866 | 3,002,488 | 1.48% | 0.46% |
| 1985 | 19,191,510 | 3,017,037 | 1.38% | 0.48% |
| 1986 | 19,411,454 | 3,032,845 | 1.15% | 0.52% |
| 1987 | 19,617,046 | 3,049,896 | 1.06% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 19,839,704 | 3,067,961 | 1.14% | 0.59% |
| 1989 | 20,055,492 | 3,086,255 | 1.09% | 0.6% |
| 1990 | 20,278,946 | 3,104,403 | 1.11% | 0.59% |
| 1991 | 20,503,568 | 3,122,354 | 1.11% | 0.58% |
| 1992 | 20,704,227 | 3,139,702 | 0.98% | 0.56% |
| 1993 | 20,899,019 | 3,156,345 | 0.94% | 0.53% |
| 1994 | 21,086,645 | 3,172,834 | 0.9% | 0.52% |
| 1995 | 21,267,653 | 3,189,440 | 0.86% | 0.52% |
| 1996 | 21,441,432 | 3,206,324 | 0.82% | 0.53% |
| 1997 | 21,634,124 | 3,223,345 | 0.9% | 0.53% |
| 1998 | 21,835,703 | 3,239,280 | 0.93% | 0.49% |
| 1999 | 22,010,489 | 3,254,015 | 0.8% | 0.45% |
| 2000 | 22,184,530 | 3,266,206 | 0.79% | 0.37% |
| 2001 | 22,341,120 | 3,274,251 | 0.71% | 0.25% |
| 2002 | 22,463,172 | 3,278,867 | 0.55% | 0.14% |
| 2003 | 22,562,663 | 3,281,186 | 0.44% | 0.07% |
| 2004 | 22,646,836 | 3,283,148 | 0.37% | 0.06% |
| 2005 | 22,729,753 | 3,285,771 | 0.37% | 0.08% |
| 2006 | 22,823,455 | 3,289,506 | 0.41% | 0.11% |
| 2007 | 22,917,444 | 3,295,153 | 0.41% | 0.17% |
| 2008 | 22,997,696 | 3,302,177 | 0.35% | 0.21% |
| 2009 | 23,078,402 | 3,310,091 | 0.35% | 0.24% |
| 2010 | 23,140,948 | 3,318,580 | 0.27% | 0.26% |
| 2011 | 23,193,518 | 3,326,825 | 0.23% | 0.25% |
| 2012 | 23,270,367 | 3,335,401 | 0.33% | 0.26% |
| 2013 | 23,344,670 | 3,345,337 | 0.32% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | 23,403,635 | 3,356,334 | 0.25% | 0.33% |
| 2015 | 23,462,914 | 3,368,017 | 0.25% | 0.35% |
| 2016 | 23,515,945 | 3,379,283 | 0.23% | 0.33% |
| 2017 | 23,555,522 | 3,388,438 | 0.17% | 0.27% |
| 2018 | 23,580,080 | 3,394,534 | 0.1% | 0.18% |
| 2019 | 23,596,027 | 3,397,206 | 0.07% | 0.08% |
| 2020 | 23,582,179 | 3,398,968 | -0.06% | 0.05% |
| 2021 | 23,468,275 | 3,396,695 | -0.48% | -0.07% |
| 2022 | 23,319,977 | 3,390,913 | -0.63% | -0.17% |
| 2023 | 23,342,541 | 3,388,081 | 0.1% | -0.08% |
| 2024 | 23,410,331 | 3,386,588 | 0.29% | -0.04% |
| 2025 | 23,308,308 | 3,384,690 | -0.44% | -0.06% |
| 2026 | 23,205,944 | 3,382,543 | -0.44% | -0.06% |
| 2027 | 23,102,120 | 3,380,245 | -0.45% | -0.07% |
| 2028 | 22,996,693 | 3,377,893 | -0.46% | -0.07% |
| 2029 | 22,890,335 | 3,375,428 | -0.46% | -0.07% |
| 2030 | 22,781,040 | 3,372,892 | -0.48% | -0.08% |
| 2031 | 22,667,327 | 3,370,285 | -0.5% | -0.08% |
| 2032 | 22,549,689 | 3,367,544 | -0.52% | -0.08% |
| 2033 | 22,428,721 | 3,364,654 | -0.54% | -0.09% |
| 2034 | 22,302,402 | 3,361,591 | -0.56% | -0.09% |
| 2035 | 22,170,689 | 3,358,284 | -0.59% | -0.1% |
| 2036 | 22,034,775 | 3,354,682 | -0.61% | -0.11% |
| 2037 | 21,893,029 | 3,350,735 | -0.64% | -0.12% |
| 2038 | 21,746,001 | 3,346,431 | -0.67% | -0.13% |
| 2039 | 21,594,236 | 3,341,676 | -0.7% | -0.14% |
| 2040 | 21,436,947 | 3,336,469 | -0.73% | -0.16% |
| 2041 | 21,274,187 | 3,330,804 | -0.76% | -0.17% |
| 2042 | 21,105,682 | 3,324,643 | -0.79% | -0.18% |
| 2043 | 20,932,105 | 3,317,939 | -0.82% | -0.2% |
| 2044 | 20,754,623 | 3,310,611 | -0.85% | -0.22% |
| 2045 | 20,571,741 | 3,302,680 | -0.88% | -0.24% |
| 2046 | 20,384,903 | 3,294,196 | -0.91% | -0.26% |
| 2047 | 20,194,425 | 3,285,160 | -0.93% | -0.27% |
| 2048 | 19,999,753 | 3,275,507 | -0.96% | -0.29% |
| 2049 | 19,801,293 | 3,265,260 | -0.99% | -0.31% |
| 2050 | 19,598,997 | 3,254,361 | -1.02% | -0.33% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Taiwan increased by 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth), while Uruguay gained 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Taiwan lost -154,606 (a 0.66% decline), while Uruguay's population increased by 16,673 (a 0.5% growth).
Taiwan was ranked 48th most populous country in 2005 and is 60th in 2025. Uruguay was ranked 130th in 2005 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.85% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.
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 |
| Montevideo | 1.3M |
| Salto | 125K |
| Ciudad de la Costa | 112K |
| Rivera | 103K |
| Maldonado | 86.8K |
| Paysandu | 76.4K |
| Tacuarembo | 54.8K |
| Melo | 51.8K |
| Mercedes | 42K |
| Artigas | 40.7K |
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Population differences between Taiwan and Uruguay
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| Life expectancy | 80.9 years | 78.5 years |
| Average age | 44.1 years | 38.9 years |
| Median age | 45.1 years | 37.2 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 49.3:50.7 | 48.5:51.5 |
| Fertility rate | 0.89 births per woman | 1.41 births per woman |
| Population density | 1,675 ppl/mi² | 50.1 ppl/mi² |
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