Share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents in Taiwan
Taiwan: Share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents was 62.6% in 2020. ▲ Rising
Share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents in Taiwan, 1950–2020
Source: European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Taiwan recorded 62.6% for share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents in 2020. That is the highest value across all 15 years on record.
That represents a change of up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents in Taiwan peaked at 62.6% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 15.6%, in 1950.
Taiwan ranks 7th of 180 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
Share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents in Taiwan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 15.6% | — |
| 1955 | 16.9% | +8.3% |
| 1960 | 18.1% | +7.0% |
| 1965 | 36.0% | +99.5% |
| 1970 | 37.5% | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 40.8% | +8.9% |
| 1980 | 43.9% | +7.5% |
| 1985 | 53.2% | +21.2% |
| 1990 | 51.7% | -2.8% |
| 1995 | 58.0% | +12.1% |
| 2000 | 59.1% | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 59.8% | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 60.7% | +1.6% |
| 2015 | 61.3% | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 62.6% | +2.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents in Taiwan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | +99.5% | 18.1% | 36.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 16.2% | 15.6% | 16.9% | 2 |
| 1960s | 27.1% | 18.1% | 36.0% | 2 |
| 1970s | 39.2% | 37.5% | 40.8% | 2 |
| 1980s | 48.6% | 43.9% | 53.2% | 2 |
| 1990s | 54.8% | 51.7% | 58.0% | 2 |
| 2000s | 59.4% | 59.1% | 59.8% | 2 |
| 2010s | 61.0% | 60.7% | 61.3% | 2 |
| 2020s | 62.6% | 62.6% | 62.6% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Taiwan
More reference data data for Taiwan
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 2,323 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 111.86 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 46.04 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.51 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0594 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4506 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 7.6 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on 360.08 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 2,013 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents in Taiwan?
- Share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents in Taiwan was 62.6% in 2020, according to European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents recorded in Taiwan?
- The highest recorded value was 62.6% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents recorded in Taiwan?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.6% in 1950.
- How does Taiwan rank for share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents?
- Taiwan ranks 7th out of 180 countries with data for 2020.
- Is share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents rising or falling in Taiwan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Taiwan data come from?
- The figures come from European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC) (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of population living in cities with more than 1 million residents. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage of the total population living in cities with 1 million or more people. City boundaries are defined using a consistent global approach based on satellite imagery and population data.