List of Taiwanese counties and cities by population

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 October 2008 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	3,825,164	Taipei	台北市	2,622,539
2	Taoyuan	桃園縣	1,954,237	Kaohsiung	高雄市	1,524,341
3	Taichung	台中縣	1,556,176	Taichung	台中市	1,064,440
4	Changhua	彰化縣	1,312,611	Tainan	台南市	767,968
5	Kaohsiung	高雄縣	1,243,017	Hsinchu	新竹市	404,109
6	Tainan	台南縣	1,104,488	Keelung	基隆市	388,976
7	Pingtung	屏東縣	885,443	Chiayi	嘉義市	274,086
8	Yunlin	雲林縣	724,311
9	Miaoli	苗栗縣	560,167
10	Chiayi	嘉義縣	548,603
11	Nantou	南投縣	532,034
12	Hsinchu	新竹縣	502,012
13	Yilan	宜蘭縣	461,010
14	Hualien	花蓮縣	341,792
15	Taitung	台東縣	232,063
16	Penghu	澎湖縣	93,104
17	Kinmen	金門縣	83,735²
18	Lienchiang	連江縣	9,831²

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.

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