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 June 2009 and was sourced from the Ministry of the Interior.
| Rank | County name¹ | Chinese name | Population | City name | Chinese name | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taipei | 台北縣 | 3,849,492 | Taipei | 台北市 | 2,616,520 | |
| 2 | Taoyuan | 桃園縣 | 1,967,038 | Kaohsiung | 高雄市 | 1,526,420 | |
| 3 | Taichung | 台中縣 | 1,559,178 | Taichung | 台中市 | 1,070,145 | |
| 4 | Changhua | 彰化縣 | 1,312,165 | Tainan | 台南市 | 769,892 | |
| 5 | Kaohsiung | 高雄縣 | 1,242,652 | Hsinchu | 新竹市 | 408,466 | |
| 6 | Tainan | 台南縣 | 1,103,789 | Keelung | 基隆市 | 388,703 | |
| 7 | Pingtung | 屏東縣 | 883,075 | Chiayi | 嘉義市 | 274,171 | |
| 8 | Yunlin | 雲林縣 | 723,065 | ||||
| 9 | Miaoli | 苗栗縣 | 560,581 | ||||
| 10 | Chiayi | 嘉義縣 | 547,550 | ||||
| 11 | Nantou | 南投縣 | 531,307 | ||||
| 12 | Hsinchu | 新竹縣 | 506,546 | ||||
| 13 | Yilan | 宜蘭縣 | 461,461 | ||||
| 14 | Hualien | 花蓮縣 | 340,903 | ||||
| 15 | Taitung | 台東縣 | 232,071 | ||||
| 16 | Penghu | 澎湖縣 | 94,886 | ||||
| 17 | Kinmen | 金門縣 | 89,471² | ||||
| 18 | Lienchiang | 連江縣 | 9,798² |
Notes:
1. Only the cities of Taipei, Kaohsiung, province-administered cities and counties are listed. County-administered cities are excluded.
2. Kinmen and Lienchiang are under the jurisdictions of Fuchien Province of the Republic of China (not to be confused with the Fujian Province of the People's Republic of China). All other counties are part of the Taiwan Province.
See also
- List of Taiwanese counties and cities by area
List of Taiwanese counties and cities by population density - List of cities in the Republic of China
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