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How many babies are born in Taiwan?

123 thousand babies born in Taiwan in 2026. That is 0.09% of all births worldwide, and the 100th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Taiwan: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Taiwan’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~4K ~99K 40.0 Modelled estimate
1000 ~4.1K ~99K 41.0 Modelled estimate
1500 ~8.1K ~200K 40.7 Modelled estimate
1800 ~81.4K ~2M 40.7 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~111K ~2.81M 39.5 Historical reconstruction
1950 342K 7.6M 45.0 UN estimate
2000 273K 22.3M 12.2 UN estimate
2023 132K 23.3M 5.7 UN estimate
2026 123K 23M 5.3 UN projection
2050 105K 19.4M 5.4 UN projection
2075 73.1K 14M 5.2 UN projection
2100 58.1K 10M 5.8 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Taiwan among estimates through 2023 were in 1962, at about 432K. That is roughly 109 times the estimated ~3.96K births a year in 1 CE.

At 0.86 children per woman, fertility in Taiwan is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Taiwan each year?

An estimated 123 thousand babies are born in Taiwan in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 336 a day and 0.09% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Taiwan?

Taiwan has an estimated 5.3 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 0.86 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.