List of Taiwanese counties and cities by population - Definition and Overview

The following is a list of counties and cities under the jurisdiction of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ranked by population. Data is current as of May 31, 2004 and was sourced from the Ministry of the Interior (http://www.moi.gov.tw/W3/stat/month/list.htm).

 Rank County name          Chinese name   Population
 1    Taipei County        台北縣           3689664
 2    Taipei City          台北市           2625512
 3    Taoyuan County       桃園縣           1834045
 4    Taichung County      台中縣           1522986
 5    Kaohsiung City       高雄市           1510441
 6    Changhua County      彰化縣           1315886
 7    Kaohsiung County     高雄縣           1237501
 8    Tainan County        台南縣           1105748
 9    Taichung City        台中市           1014080
10    Pingtung County      屏東縣            902323
11    Tainan City          台南市            751902
12    Yunlin County        雲林縣            738158
13    Miaoli County        苗栗縣            560453
14    Chiayi County        嘉義縣            558932
15    Nantou County        南投縣            539431
16    Yilan County         宜蘭縣            462477
17    Hsinchu County       新竹縣            462169
18    Keelung City         基隆市            392342
19    Hsinchu City         新竹市            384384
20    Hualien County       花蓮縣            350135
21    Chiayi City          嘉義市            270143
22    Taitung County       台東縣            241676
23    Penghu County        澎湖縣             91840
24    Kinmen County        金門縣             61757
25    Lienchiang County    連江縣              8912

Kinmen and Lienchiang are under the jurisdictions of Fuchien province, instead of Taiwan province.

Footnotes

See also

• List of Taiwanese counties and cities by area
• List of Taiwanese counties and cities by population density

External links

• Taiwanese national bureau of statistics (http://www.stat.gov.tw/)
• MOI Statistical information service (http://www.moi.gov.tw/W3/stat/english/index.htm)