Data / Deaths / Taiwan

Deaths in Taiwan

Deaths in Taiwan was 205,339 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 2.6% from 2022. That is the 52nd highest of 236 countries in 2023.

2023, count205,339 Estimated
Change on 2022-2.6%
Rank52nd of 236Countries ranked
Series high210,7662022
Series low69,5061970
Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Deaths in Taiwan, 1950 to 2023

50K100K150K200K250K19501961197219831994200520231950: 80,094 count1951: 81,501 count1952: 82,068 count1953: 82,592 count1954: 83,888 count1955: 83,058 count1956: 83,720 count1957: 83,397 count1958: 84,555 count1959: 84,006 count1960: 80,889 count1961: 81,158 count1962: 79,096 count1963: 77,922 count1964: 78,036 count1965: 76,117 count1966: 76,703 count1967: 76,220 count1968: 77,490 count1969: 74,549 count1970: 69,506 count1971: 69,887 count1972: 70,763 count1973: 72,236 count1974: 71,903 count1975: 71,334 count1976: 72,472 count1977: 75,177 count1978: 76,245 count1979: 80,134 count1980: 82,410 count1981: 85,789 count1982: 86,483 count1983: 89,863 count1984: 88,935 count1985: 90,243 count1986: 93,711 count1987: 95,082 count1988: 100,821 count1989: 102,378 count1990: 104,419 count1991: 105,327 count1992: 109,503 count1993: 111,080 count1994: 114,147 count1995: 119,777 count1996: 121,256 count1997: 121,671 count1998: 124,766 count1999: 127,856 count2000: 128,201 count2001: 130,712 count2002: 131,923 count2003: 135,150 count2004: 138,886 count2005: 144,618 count2006: 141,014 count2007: 145,207 count2008: 147,934 count2009: 147,841 count2010: 150,087 count2011: 158,254 count2012: 159,739 count2013: 159,529 count2014: 167,594 count2015: 167,052 count2016: 175,631 count2017: 175,855 count2018: 175,157 count2019: 178,236 count2020: 174,242 count2021: 186,219 count2022: 210,766 count2023: 205,339 count50K100K150K200K250K19501975200020232023: 205,339 count
count. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodcount
2023205,339 Estimated
2022210,766 Estimated
2021186,219 Estimated
2020174,242 Estimated
2019178,236 Estimated
2018175,157 Estimated
2017175,855 Estimated
2016175,631 Estimated
2015167,052 Estimated
2014167,594 Estimated
2013159,529 Estimated
2012159,739 Estimated
2011158,254 Estimated
2010150,087 Estimated
2009147,841 Estimated
2008147,934 Estimated
2007145,207 Estimated
2006141,014 Estimated
2005144,618 Estimated
2004138,886 Estimated
2003135,150 Estimated
2002131,923 Estimated
2001130,712 Estimated
2000128,201 Estimated
1999127,856 Estimated
1998124,766 Estimated
1997121,671 Estimated
1996121,256 Estimated
1995119,777 Estimated
1994114,147 Estimated
1993111,080 Estimated
1992109,503 Estimated
1991105,327 Estimated
1990104,419 Estimated
1989102,378 Estimated
1988100,821 Estimated
198795,082 Estimated
198693,711 Estimated
198590,243 Estimated
198488,935 Estimated
198389,863 Estimated
198286,483 Estimated
198185,789 Estimated
198082,410 Estimated
197980,134 Estimated
197876,245 Estimated
197775,177 Estimated
197672,472 Estimated
197571,334 Estimated
197471,903 Estimated
197372,236 Estimated
197270,763 Estimated
197169,887 Estimated
197069,506 Estimated
196974,549 Estimated
196877,490 Estimated
196776,220 Estimated
196676,703 Estimated
196576,117 Estimated
196478,036 Estimated
196377,922 Estimated
196279,096 Estimated
196181,158 Estimated
196080,889 Estimated
195984,006 Estimated
195884,555 Estimated
195783,397 Estimated
195683,720 Estimated
195583,058 Estimated
195483,888 Estimated
195382,592 Estimated
195282,068 Estimated
195181,501 Estimated
195080,094 Estimated

Taiwan compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 9,916 countAfghanistan: 240,296 countAntigua and Barbuda: 643 countAlbania: 23,428 countArmenia: 27,579 countAngola: 254,482 countArgentina: 349,195 countAustria: 93,223 countAustralia: 183,924 countAzerbaijan: 67,842 countBosnia and Herzegovina: 42,861 countBangladesh: 859,075 countBelgium: 113,791 countBurkina Faso: 183,375 countBulgaria: 102,980 countBurundi: 91,963 countBenin: 124,132 countBrunei: 2,400 countBolivia: 87,812 countBrazil: 1,494,154 countBahamas: 3,480 countBhutan: 4,805 countBotswana: 14,197 countBelarus: 121,587 countBelize: 2,025 countCanada: 311,824 countDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 901,851 countCentral African Republic: 48,529 countRepublic of the Congo: 38,880 countSwitzerland: 73,788 countCôte d’Ivoire: 238,741 countChile: 127,691 countCameroon: 202,882 countChina: 11,684,177 countColombia: 282,433 countCosta Rica: 27,861 countCuba: 111,819 countCape Verde: 2,642 countCyprus: 9,499 countCzechia: 113,525 countGermany: 1,034,140 countDjibouti: 8,596 countDenmark: 57,275 countDominican Republic: 70,823 countAlgeria: 214,259 countEcuador: 92,204 countEstonia: 16,693 countEgypt: 625,449 countWestern Sahara: 3,678 countEritrea: 20,984 countSpain: 447,463 countEthiopia: 767,018 countFinland: 59,984 countFiji: 8,553 countFalkland Islands: 27 countFaroe Islands: 564 countFrance: 616,095 countGabon: 15,577 countUnited Kingdom: 653,747 countGeorgia: 45,077 countGhana: 237,869 countGreenland: 551 countGambia: 16,975 countGuinea: 131,455 countEquatorial Guinea: 14,556 countGreece: 127,018 countGuatemala: 87,523 countGuinea-Bissau: 15,181 countGuyana: 6,049 countHong Kong: 57,190 countHonduras: 47,670 countCroatia: 55,029 countHaiti: 90,966 countHungary: 128,063 countIndonesia: 2,117,706 countIreland: 35,550 countIsrael: 51,294 countIsle of Man: 882 countIndia: 9,507,008 countIraq: 186,266 countIran: 423,367 countIceland: 2,612 countItaly: 663,448 countJamaica: 22,933 countJordan: 34,873 countJapan: 1,524,430 countKenya: 399,024 countKyrgyzstan: 42,200 countCambodia: 111,340 countKiribati: 934 countNorth Korea: 255,826 countSouth Korea: 345,502 countKuwait: 8,624 countCayman Islands: 351 countKazakhstan: 136,388 countLaos: 47,682 countLebanon: 34,419 countSri Lanka: 162,453 countLiberia: 44,333 countLesotho: 24,612 countLithuania: 40,940 countLuxembourg: 4,642 countLatvia: 27,614 countLibya: 48,610 countMorocco: 212,624 countMoldova: 41,730 countMontenegro: 7,209 countMadagascar: 234,841 countNorth Macedonia: 19,863 countMali: 205,047 countMyanmar: 495,470 countMongolia: 20,340 countMauritania: 27,725 countMauritius: 11,124 countMalawi: 113,181 countMexico: 799,366 countMalaysia: 181,166 countMozambique: 235,520 countNamibia: 18,279 countNew Caledonia: 1,818 countNiger: 231,746 countNigeria: 2,675,442 countNicaragua: 31,294 countNetherlands: 166,338 countNorway: 44,143 countNepal: 205,841 countNew Zealand: 37,686 countOman: 9,597 countPanama: 21,272 countPeru: 185,861 countFrench Polynesia: 1,026 countPapua New Guinea: 67,700 countPhilippines: 716,490 countPakistan: 1,600,313 countPoland: 412,310 countPuerto Rico: 34,664 countPalestine: 38,937 countPortugal: 115,917 countPalau: 204 countParaguay: 39,034 countQatar: 2,771 countRomania: 257,119 countSerbia: 93,928 countRussia: 1,794,857 countRwanda: 82,826 countSaudi Arabia: 77,837 countSolomon Islands: 4,113 countSudan: 320,491 countSweden: 93,944 countSingapore: 27,728 countSlovenia: 21,581 countSlovakia: 54,167 countSierra Leone: 70,116 countSenegal: 100,882 countSomalia: 180,554 countSuriname: 4,182 countSouth Sudan: 110,339 countEl Salvador: 47,443 countSyria: 118,900 countEswatini: 9,475 countChad: 213,123 countTogo: 71,661 countThailand: 637,306 countTajikistan: 47,595 countTimor-Leste: 10,065 countTurkmenistan: 42,575 countTunisia: 74,071 countTürkiye: 551,598 countTrinidad and Tobago: 12,577 countTaiwan: 205,339 countTanzania: 385,799 countUkraine: 495,421 countUganda: 235,583 countUnited States: 2,975,658 countUruguay: 33,145 countUzbekistan: 221,249 countVenezuela: 213,955 countVietnam: 659,980 countVanuatu: 1,629 countSamoa: 1,334 countYemen: 188,764 countSouth Africa: 584,015 countZambia: 107,917 countZimbabwe: 124,412 count
  • Under 100K
  • 100K to 200K
  • 200K to 300K
  • 300K and over
  • No data
Deaths, 2023, count. Taiwan is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Rankings

Definition

Deaths of residents in the area during the year.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths) (Deaths, Taiwan, 1950 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz

MLA 9

World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths), Deaths, Taiwan, 1950 to 2023. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, 13 Dec. 2024, https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/taiwan. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Deaths, Taiwan, 1950 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/taiwan.

Harvard

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths), Deaths, Taiwan, 1950 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/taiwan (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{united_deaths_taiwan_2023,
  author = {{United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division}},
  title = {{World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths): Deaths, Taiwan, 1950 to 2023}},
  year = {2024},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/taiwan. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel\%20Files/1\_Indicator\%20(Standard)/CSV\_FILES/WPP2024\_Demographic\_Indicators\_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
TI  - World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths): Deaths, Taiwan, 1950 to 2023
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/12/13
PB  - United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/taiwan
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/deaths/taiwan.
N1  - Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Modelled estimate. https://population.un.org/wpp/assets/Excel%20Files/1_Indicator%20(Standard)/CSV_FILES/WPP2024_Demographic_Indicators_Medium.csv.gz. Retrieved 2026-10-12. CC BY 3.0 IGO.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest deaths in Taiwan? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"deaths","place":"tw"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=deaths&place=tw

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the deaths in Taiwan?

Deaths in Taiwan was 205,339 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 2.6% from 2022. That is the 52nd highest of 236 countries in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Total deaths during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (Deaths). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest deaths in Taiwan?

210,766 in 2022, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

Deaths in other countries

Related statistics for Taiwan

All statistics for Taiwan