What is the population of Tainan?
Tainan has a city population of 1,856,642. That is the population within the city's own boundary, not its wider metropolitan area. City population, GeoNames.
About Tainan
Taiwan's fifth-largest city by population, Tainan holds 1,856,642 residents and accounts for 7.8% of the national population. Located 265 km from Taipei, it sits near Kaohsiung, which has 2,737,660 residents 43 km away, and lies at 26 m elevation in the southwestern part of the island.
This summary is AI-generated from the figures on this page. The figures themselves come from the sources cited beside each value.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#3of 48
Elevation
26 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Asia/Taipei
Coordinates
22.991, 120.213
Record updated
2025-11-06
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 52 in TaiwanClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.
Compared with the World's Largest Cities
City-proper population against the fifteen largest cities in the dataset.
| Name | City population |
|---|---|
| Shanghai | 24.9M |
| Beijing | 19M |
| Shenzhen | 17.5M |
| Guangzhou | 16.1M |
| Kinshasa | 16M |
| Istanbul | 15.7M |
| Lagos | 15.4M |
| Ho Chi Minh City | 14M |
| Chengdu | 13.6M |
| Lahore | 13M |
| Mumbai | 12.7M |
| São Paulo | 12.4M |
| Mexico City | 12.3M |
| Karachi | 11.6M |
| Tianjin | 11.1M |
| Tainan | 1.86M |
Tainan Population FAQ
Where is Tainan?
Tainan is in Taiwan, Taiwan, 265 km from the capital, Taipei. Its coordinates are 22.991, 120.213.
How big is Tainan compared with other cities in Taiwan?
It is the 5th largest of the 52 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Taiwan, holding 7.8% of the national population.