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Net migration in Taiwan

Net migration in Taiwan was -32,777 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 31.5% from 2022.

2023, persons-32,777 Estimated
Change on 2022-31.5%
Series high72,2151966
Series low-145,7432021
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Net migration in Taiwan, 1950 to 2023

-150K-100K-50K050K100K19501961197219831994200520231950: -5,334 persons1951: -2,822 persons1952: 2,447 persons1953: 3,823 persons1954: 8,758 persons1955: 22,736 persons1956: 42,376 persons1957: 57,781 persons1958: 59,297 persons1959: 62,738 persons1960: 60,801 persons1961: 62,418 persons1962: 63,220 persons1963: 68,634 persons1964: 70,026 persons1965: 70,592 persons1966: 72,215 persons1967: -8,595 persons1968: -10,631 persons1969: -12,799 persons1970: -39,483 persons1971: 23,309 persons1972: 27,232 persons1973: 18,009 persons1974: -3,688 persons1975: -54,146 persons1976: 2,474 persons1977: 18,802 persons1978: 17,523 persons1979: 15,056 persons1980: -9,653 persons1981: -25,663 persons1982: -23,783 persons1983: -14,873 persons1984: -12,859 persons1985: -8,777 persons1986: -15,579 persons1987: -25,712 persons1988: -31,094 persons1989: -49,726 persons1990: -62,876 persons1991: -24,939 persons1992: -20,985 persons1993: -36,644 persons1994: -39,133 persons1995: -38,021 persons1996: -35,827 persons1997: -22,444 persons1998: -10,460 persons1999: 3,766 persons2000: -45,743 persons2001: -120 persons2002: 1,077 persons2003: -14,133 persons2004: 2,063 persons2005: 13,157 persons2006: 36,717 persons2007: 23,516 persons2008: 26,424 persons2009: 40,469 persons2010: 17,969 persons2011: 18,990 persons2012: 25,756 persons2013: 6,505 persons2014: 13,127 persons2015: 10,681 persons2016: 27,377 persons2017: 17,602 persons2018: 9,577 persons2019: 17,107 persons2020: -21,224 persons2021: -145,743 persons2022: -24,930 persons2023: -32,777 persons-200K-100K0100K19501975200020232023: -32,777 persons
persons. Source: UN WPP, World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Net number of migrants during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (NetMigrations). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2024-12-13.
All 74 values
Periodpersons
2023-32,777 Estimated
2022-24,930 Estimated
2021-145,743 Estimated
2020-21,224 Estimated
201917,107 Estimated
20189,577 Estimated
201717,602 Estimated
201627,377 Estimated
201510,681 Estimated
201413,127 Estimated
20136,505 Estimated
201225,756 Estimated
201118,990 Estimated
201017,969 Estimated
200940,469 Estimated
200826,424 Estimated
200723,516 Estimated
200636,717 Estimated
200513,157 Estimated
20042,063 Estimated
2003-14,133 Estimated
20021,077 Estimated
2001-120 Estimated
2000-45,743 Estimated
19993,766 Estimated
1998-10,460 Estimated
1997-22,444 Estimated
1996-35,827 Estimated
1995-38,021 Estimated
1994-39,133 Estimated
1993-36,644 Estimated
1992-20,985 Estimated
1991-24,939 Estimated
1990-62,876 Estimated
1989-49,726 Estimated
1988-31,094 Estimated
1987-25,712 Estimated
1986-15,579 Estimated
1985-8,777 Estimated
1984-12,859 Estimated
1983-14,873 Estimated
1982-23,783 Estimated
1981-25,663 Estimated
1980-9,653 Estimated
197915,056 Estimated
197817,523 Estimated
197718,802 Estimated
19762,474 Estimated
1975-54,146 Estimated
1974-3,688 Estimated
197318,009 Estimated
197227,232 Estimated
197123,309 Estimated
1970-39,483 Estimated
1969-12,799 Estimated
1968-10,631 Estimated
1967-8,595 Estimated
196672,215 Estimated
196570,592 Estimated
196470,026 Estimated
196368,634 Estimated
196263,220 Estimated
196162,418 Estimated
196060,801 Estimated
195962,738 Estimated
195859,297 Estimated
195757,781 Estimated
195642,376 Estimated
195522,736 Estimated
19548,758 Estimated
19533,823 Estimated
19522,447 Estimated
1951-2,822 Estimated
1950-5,334 Estimated

Taiwan compared with nearby places

United Arab Emirates: 300,004 personsAfghanistan: -48,958 personsAntigua and Barbuda: 0 personsAlbania: -25,357 personsArmenia: 75,000 personsAngola: -995 personsArgentina: 4,133 personsAustria: 4,819 personsAustralia: 140,232 personsAzerbaijan: -84,122 personsBosnia and Herzegovina: -485 personsBangladesh: -549,918 personsBelgium: 41,679 personsBurkina Faso: -24,957 personsBulgaria: 5,173 personsBurundi: 1,995 personsBenin: -192 personsBrunei: 0 personsBolivia: -3,008 personsBrazil: -240,059 personsBahamas: 1,001 personsBhutan: 291 personsBotswana: -6,487 personsBelarus: -3,034 personsBelize: 595 personsCanada: 433,842 personsDemocratic Republic of the Congo: -14,992 personsCentral African Republic: -14,682 personsRepublic of the Congo: -995 personsSwitzerland: 45,098 personsCôte d’Ivoire: 6,002 personsChile: 62,679 personsCameroon: -4,798 personsChina: -567,724 personsColombia: 154,521 personsCosta Rica: 995 personsCuba: -22,797 personsCape Verde: -1,226 personsCyprus: 8,697 personsCzechia: -14,638 personsGermany: 609,553 personsDjibouti: 500 personsDenmark: 31,006 personsDominican Republic: -34,915 personsAlgeria: -25,963 personsEcuador: -21,948 personsEstonia: 5,717 personsEgypt: 305,006 personsWestern Sahara: 5,606 personsEritrea: -15,284 personsSpain: 119,099 personsEthiopia: -11,996 personsFinland: 38,156 personsFiji: -3,289 personsFalkland Islands: -21 personsFaroe Islands: 599 personsFrance: 91,862 personsGabon: 987 personsUnited Kingdom: 445,523 personsGeorgia: 2,003 personsGhana: -10,003 personsGreenland: -318 personsGambia: -3,000 personsGuinea: -3,997 personsEquatorial Guinea: 3,997 personsGreece: -159,430 personsGuatemala: -8,940 personsGuinea-Bissau: -1,400 personsGuyana: -6,161 personsHong Kong: -3,427 personsHonduras: -5,044 personsCroatia: 10,202 personsHaiti: -31,786 personsHungary: 49,213 personsIndonesia: -37,501 personsIreland: 43,873 personsIsrael: 9,999 personsIsle of Man: 196 personsIndia: -979,179 personsIraq: -5,710 personsIran: 262,044 personsIceland: 4,630 personsItaly: 150,189 personsJamaica: -10,003 personsJordan: -17,445 personsJapan: 175,003 personsKenya: -10,003 personsKyrgyzstan: 5,601 personsCambodia: -31,837 personsKiribati: -485 personsNorth Korea: -1,997 personsSouth Korea: 87,800 personsKuwait: 50,008 personsCayman Islands: 921 personsKazakhstan: -4,822 personsLaos: -10,003 personsLebanon: -34,193 personsSri Lanka: -28,011 personsLiberia: -5,002 personsLesotho: -5,168 personsLithuania: 44,935 personsLuxembourg: 5,905 personsLatvia: 7,966 personsLibya: -2,001 personsMorocco: -39,650 personsMoldova: -18,570 personsMontenegro: 12,000 personsMadagascar: -1,487 personsNorth Macedonia: -5,597 personsMali: -39,953 personsMyanmar: -34,989 personsMongolia: 0 personsMauritania: 2,999 personsMauritius: -2,824 personsMalawi: -5,811 personsMexico: -101,044 personsMalaysia: 181,071 personsMozambique: -36,276 personsNamibia: 11,675 personsNew Caledonia: 485 personsNiger: 995 personsNigeria: -57,936 personsNicaragua: -7,996 personsNetherlands: 144,558 personsNorway: 53,806 personsNepal: -409,782 personsNew Zealand: 21,404 personsOman: 156,285 personsPanama: 7,262 personsPeru: 24,783 personsFrench Polynesia: -1,348 personsPapua New Guinea: -787 personsPhilippines: -164,284 personsPakistan: -1,619,557 personsPoland: -7,824 personsPuerto Rico: 19,833 personsPalestine: -24,996 personsPortugal: 29,102 personsPalau: -19 personsParaguay: -12,500 personsQatar: 39,995 personsRomania: -27,780 personsSerbia: 4,348 personsRussia: 27,807 personsRwanda: -9,001 personsSaudi Arabia: 325,691 personsSolomon Islands: 1,636 personsSudan: -1,349,998 personsSweden: 55,209 personsSingapore: 26,996 personsSlovenia: 5,339 personsSlovakia: 4,933 personsSierra Leone: -4,000 personsSenegal: -9,999 personsSomalia: 46,217 personsSuriname: -988 personsSouth Sudan: 455,000 personsEl Salvador: -23,253 personsSyria: 757,309 personsEswatini: -8,549 personsChad: 496,830 personsTogo: -1,997 personsThailand: 19,648 personsTajikistan: -19,999 personsTimor-Leste: -5,620 personsTurkmenistan: 15,005 personsTunisia: -14,001 personsTürkiye: -318,070 personsTrinidad and Tobago: 2,126 personsTaiwan: -32,777 personsTanzania: -39,388 personsUkraine: -299,961 personsUganda: -126,181 personsUnited States: 1,322,668 personsUruguay: -1,501 personsUzbekistan: -6,004 personsVenezuela: -112,899 personsVietnam: -81,789 personsVanuatu: 0 personsSamoa: -2,810 personsYemen: -5,233 personsSouth Africa: 228,222 personsZambia: 9,521 personsZimbabwe: -97,380 persons
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Net migration, 2023, persons. 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).

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Immigrants minus emigrants during the year, citizens and noncitizens together. A negative value means more people left than arrived.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Net number of migrants during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (NetMigrations). 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.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Net number of migrants during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (NetMigrations) (Net migration, 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

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World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Net number of migrants during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (NetMigrations), Net migration, 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/net-migration/taiwan. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. 2024. World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Net number of migrants during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (NetMigrations). Net migration, 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/net-migration/taiwan.

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United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024) World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Net number of migrants during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (NetMigrations), Net migration, 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/net-migration/taiwan (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/net-migration/taiwan. Publisher attribution: United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2024). World Population Prospects 2024, Online Edition. Net number of migrants during the calendar year, estimates 1950 to 2023 (NetMigrations). 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.},
}
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What is the net migration in Taiwan?

Net migration in Taiwan was -32,777 in 2023, according to the United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division. That is down 31.5% from 2022.

Where does this figure come from?

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

What was the highest net migration in Taiwan?

72,215 in 1966, the highest value since 1950 in this series.

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