Taipei City Goverment | taipei population 2019
OneyearaftertheTaiwanRetrocessionin1945,anationalcensuswasconducted(1946).Thepopulationatthattimewas271,754.In1968,thesixdistrictsofNeihu,Nangang,Muzha,Jingmei,ShilinandBeitouwererezonedandannexedintoTaipeiCity,andthepopulationattheendofthatyeartotaled1,604,543.Bytheendof2016,thepopulationreached2,695,704(males,1,289,510;females,1,406,194).Comparedwith2015,thetotalpopulationdroppedby9,106(malesdownby5,952;femalesdownby3,154).1.DemographicDistributionTaipei’spopulationspreadsacrossthecitys12d...
One year after the Taiwan Retrocession in 1945, a national census was conducted (1946). The population at that time was 271,754. In 1968, the six districts of Neihu, Nangang, Muzha, Jingmei, Shilin and Beitou were rezoned and annexed into Taipei City, and the population at the end of that year totaled 1,604,543. By the end of 2016, the population reached 2,695,704 (males, 1,289,510; females, 1,406,194). Compared with 2015, the total population dropped by 9,106 (males down by 5,952; females down by 3,154). 1. Demographic DistributionTaipei’s population spreads across the citys 12 districts. Due to terrain differences, varying socioeconomic development progresses and different development periods, the population is unevenly distributed. Daan, Shilin and Neihu districts are the most populated.
(1) Population Density By the end of 2016, the population density in Taipei City was 9,918 people per square kilometer. By district, Daan was the most densely populated with 27,418 peop...