Population Composition of Taipei City
A. Total: 2,480,881 persons as of February, 2025 B. Population composition shifts as of February, 2025(Source: Department of Civil Affairs) Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 Feb, Births 29,024 28,987 27,992 25,042 22,849 21,468 19,029 16,695 14,528 16,027 17,122 2,407 Deaths 17,177 17,106 17,982 17,467 17,902 18,026 17,212 18,623 20,783 20,357 19,734 3,548 C. Life Expectancy of 2023. D. Children, Youths and Elderly populations (a)The number of senior citizens over 65 years old is 577,310 accounting for 23.27% of total city population as of February, 2025. Age 65-69 70-74 75-79 80-84 85-89 90-94 95-99 100+ No. 184,919 165,398 100,243 63,914 38,071 17,768 5,874 1,123
(Source: Department of Civil Affairs)
Males: 1,169,575
Females: 1,311,306
2025
(Source: Ministry of the Interior)
Male: 80.58
Female: 86.00
(Source: Department of Civil Affairs)
(a) Total 2,480,881 persons accounting for of the total city population
0-1 years of age: 29,732
2-5 years of age: 77,492
6-11 years old: 135,593
(b) Developmentally delayed children under 6 years old: 2,971 as of February, 2025
(Source: DOSW)
(c) Physically or mentally disabled children under 12 years old: 3,377 as of February,2025.
(Source: DOSW)
(Source: Department of Civil Affairs)
The numbers of youth 0-17 years old is 361,960 persons, accounting for 14.59% of the total city population.
(Source: Department of Civil Affairs)
(b) The number of senior citizens with income just under poverty line: 9,056 as of February, 2025. (Source: DOSW)
(c) Elderly living alone: 9,821 as of January, 2025. (Source: DOSW)
(d) Disabled senior citizens: 63,784(those who issued a disabililty identification) as of February, 2025. (Source: DOSW)
(e) Functionally disabled elders:
According to the estimates of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, 13.3% of the elderly population is functionally disabled. There would be about 76,782 of them in Taipei City.
Definition of the "functionally disabled" : One who fails to gain full scores of the following tasks on the Barthel scale, including feeding, bathing, traveling, toilet use, mobility or dressing.